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Plant Biology
Plant Biology: or Botany, also called plant science(s) or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plantscientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.
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JUN 25, 2016Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at two German research facilities, the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and Helmholtz Zentrum M ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists from Harvard University went on an exploration trip in the Bahamas in July of 2015, and what they’d fin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2016Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2016Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Psilocybin is the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’ that leads to hallucinations and other psychologica ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2016Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 31, 2016Microbiology
Trace metals are a critical part of survival for every cell; metals give structural support to proteins, catalyze reacti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2016Plants & Animals
A gorilla from Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo has reportedly been shot dead after the life of a four-year old boy was put i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2016Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2016Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2016Genetics & Genomics
It was reported today in the New York Times that a private, invitation-only meeting of about 150 scientists was convened ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria have long been thought to be the normal engine of a eukaryotic cell and one that was essential for the surv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2016Plants & Animals
The internet went a little crazy when it saw what appeared to be an unidentified creature in fuzzy photographs shared vi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2016Plants & Animals
When you’re interested in finding some of the most incredible exotic species of animals in the world, the depths o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 29, 2016Plants & Animals
There is a lot going on with the fight to end animal poaching around the world, but a lot of the focus has to do with an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 19, 2016Videos
Yes, you can get vitamin D from a lot of different kinds of foods, such as your morning cereal. But, nothing compares to ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at two German research facilities, the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and Helmholtz Zentrum M
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists from Harvard University went on an exploration trip in the Bahamas in July of 2015, and what they’d fin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Psilocybin is the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’ that leads to hallucinations and other psychologica
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 31, 2016
Microbiology
Trace metals are a critical part of survival for every cell; metals give structural support to proteins, catalyze reacti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
A gorilla from Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo has reportedly been shot dead after the life of a four-year old boy was put i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2016
Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
It was reported today in the New York Times that a private, invitation-only meeting of about 150 scientists was convened
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria have long been thought to be the normal engine of a eukaryotic cell and one that was essential for the surv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
The internet went a little crazy when it saw what appeared to be an unidentified creature in fuzzy photographs shared vi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you’re interested in finding some of the most incredible exotic species of animals in the world, the depths o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
There is a lot going on with the fight to end animal poaching around the world, but a lot of the focus has to do with an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 19, 2016
Videos
Yes, you can get vitamin D from a lot of different kinds of foods, such as your morning cereal. But, nothing compares to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard