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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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AUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 18, 2015Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Cancer
Deep in the soil of Ghana are compounds that could help scientists to understand a group of naturally-occurring chemical ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 10, 2015Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2015Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2015Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2015Videos
Marijuana, a controversial plant that is gaining traction in the United States, has been found to potentially increase t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Kale, the current leafy green of choice for many health-savvy people in the United States, could potentially be under sc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2015Plants & Animals
You probably know a person or two that are into gardening, but some extreme forms of growing plants involve greenhouses, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2015Plants & Animals
How do you imagine a nice a boat ride in the water? With the sun shining and some fishing poles in the water, or maybe a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 10, 2015Videos
Hans-Peter Schiffer of Karst, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany has been documented by Guinness World Records for having the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 13, 2015Plants & Animals
In neighborhoods and on playgrounds everywhere, kids play the game of tag. It's a tradition; someone has to be "It" and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign studied saddleback Tamarin monkeys in the South American ra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Perception is everything when it comes to certain debates. That could be why images of modified food have been so effect ...Written By: Will HectorAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 18, 2015Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Cancer
Deep in the soil of Ghana are compounds that could help scientists to understand a group of naturally-occurring chemical ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 10, 2015Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2015Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2015Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2015Videos
Marijuana, a controversial plant that is gaining traction in the United States, has been found to potentially increase t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Kale, the current leafy green of choice for many health-savvy people in the United States, could potentially be under sc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2015Plants & Animals
You probably know a person or two that are into gardening, but some extreme forms of growing plants involve greenhouses, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2015Plants & Animals
How do you imagine a nice a boat ride in the water? With the sun shining and some fishing poles in the water, or maybe a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 10, 2015Videos
Hans-Peter Schiffer of Karst, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany has been documented by Guinness World Records for having the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 13, 2015Plants & Animals
In neighborhoods and on playgrounds everywhere, kids play the game of tag. It's a tradition; someone has to be "It" and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign studied saddleback Tamarin monkeys in the South American ra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Perception is everything when it comes to certain debates. That could be why images of modified food have been so effect ...Written By: Will Hector
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