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Plant is a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site. They are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that use photosynthesis to make their own food. A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
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JUL 31, 2017Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2017Videos
Dave Schubert has been an outspoken critic of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) for some time. In this talk, he focu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new review study published in Microchemical Journal is taking a broad look at the effects of our antibiotics making th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 28, 2017Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati ...JUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Videos
So it turns out that blistery skin rash you got after that beach vacation isn't a coincidence at all. In fact, if you've ...JUL 26, 2017Videos
Humans are lucky if they ever make it to 100 years old; the average person lives just 3/4 of that figure. On the other h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2017Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2017Plants & Animals
New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2017Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2017Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2017Plants & Animals
The most important tools fish possess for ocean navigation are its fins. These appendages help a fish maintain stability ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
The impacts of oil and gas development processes on plant communities are not well studied. It is certain that the remov ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 21, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The year was 2010, when graphene a term that was only known to the scientific community becomes a household name of scie ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 21, 2017Plants & Animals
A hike can be a great outdoorsy activity to help distract your mind from the everyday perils of life, but for one family ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2017
Videos
Dave Schubert has been an outspoken critic of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) for some time. In this talk, he focu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new review study published in Microchemical Journal is taking a broad look at the effects of our antibiotics making th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 28, 2017
Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati
...
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Videos
So it turns out that blistery skin rash you got after that beach vacation isn't a coincidence at all. In fact, if you've
...
JUL 26, 2017
Videos
Humans are lucky if they ever make it to 100 years old; the average person lives just 3/4 of that figure. On the other h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2017
Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2017
Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
The most important tools fish possess for ocean navigation are its fins. These appendages help a fish maintain stability
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The impacts of oil and gas development processes on plant communities are not well studied. It is certain that the remov
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 21, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The year was 2010, when graphene a term that was only known to the scientific community becomes a household name of scie
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
A hike can be a great outdoorsy activity to help distract your mind from the everyday perils of life, but for one family
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard