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Plant Ecology
Plant ecology studies the association between plants and their environment. Plant survival depends on their ability to obtain light, water, and nutrients from their surroundings making the relationship between plant and environment integral.
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MAY 08, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2019Plants & Animals
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University was conducting a four-year study in some Ohio’s most be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 30, 2019Plants & Animals
Are we underestimating the frequency at which bonobos choose to devour meat? It might seem like a stretch, but according ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 29, 2019Plants & Animals
The Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis), or more colloquially known as the Royal Turtle, is currently recognized b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2019Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever frightened a fish in its natural habitat before, then you’ve likely observed that all the sur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2019Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Yesterday marked nine years since the Deepwater Horizon crude oil started to leak into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak ende ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 07, 2019Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2019Microbiology
The diversity of microbes in a thumbnail-sized mix of volcanic gases, rainwater and snow is greater than the animal and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 31, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
We may have just discovered the snapping organ, but this method of communication is ancient.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
A small Southern California town is experiencing an extraordinary poppy super bloom, thanks to an unusually wet and cold ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Thousands of genes are needed to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2019Plants & Animals
Germany is home to a small species of nocturnal owl called the ‘little owl’ (Athene noctua), and while the G ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2019Plants & Animals
Dingoes have long been considered a type of wild dog to the residents of Australia, when in fact this isn’t entire ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
While life is intrinsically connected to water, there are some so-called anhydrobiotic organisms that can survive for lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University was conducting a four-year study in some Ohio’s most be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
Are we underestimating the frequency at which bonobos choose to devour meat? It might seem like a stretch, but according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis), or more colloquially known as the Royal Turtle, is currently recognized b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2019
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever frightened a fish in its natural habitat before, then you’ve likely observed that all the sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Yesterday marked nine years since the Deepwater Horizon crude oil started to leak into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak ende
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 07, 2019
Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2019
Microbiology
The diversity of microbes in a thumbnail-sized mix of volcanic gases, rainwater and snow is greater than the animal and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
We may have just discovered the snapping organ, but this method of communication is ancient.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A small Southern California town is experiencing an extraordinary poppy super bloom, thanks to an unusually wet and cold
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Thousands of genes are needed to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2019
Plants & Animals
Germany is home to a small species of nocturnal owl called the ‘little owl’ (Athene noctua), and while the G
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2019
Plants & Animals
Dingoes have long been considered a type of wild dog to the residents of Australia, when in fact this isn’t entire
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While life is intrinsically connected to water, there are some so-called anhydrobiotic organisms that can survive for lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard