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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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APR 25, 2017Plants & Animals
When park employees at Walsrode, Germany’s Weltvogelpark bird park noticed an injured Secretary bird, they did eve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Mind control is a form of technology that’s still distant in the future and really only exists in science-fiction ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Plants & Animals
In Scotland, the Highland Wildlife Park has built a new enclosure that will soon be home to a uniquely elusive leopard s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2017Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Cancer
Strawberry season is in full swing, and researchers say the extract of this sweet fruit may stop the spread of breast ca ...APR 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Although SeaWorld announced its departure from breeding orcas as a result of the negativity it has brought about from an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Naked mole rats are very interesting mammals that live under extreme conditions, and they have a unique coping mechanism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into ...APR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 18, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a creature at the bottom of lagoons known as a shipworm, and it’s so terrifying to look at that most ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to scavenge the world to see just how many different kinds of trees there were, you would find so many that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Plants & Animals
While cave-dwelling fish might be somewhat of a regularity in certain parts of the world, you used to be able to count E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos ...APR 13, 2017Videos
If you've ever paid attention to the number of times your body itched each day, the count could be well over several doz ...
APR 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
When park employees at Walsrode, Germany’s Weltvogelpark bird park noticed an injured Secretary bird, they did eve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mind control is a form of technology that’s still distant in the future and really only exists in science-fiction
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
In Scotland, the Highland Wildlife Park has built a new enclosure that will soon be home to a uniquely elusive leopard s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Cancer
Strawberry season is in full swing, and researchers say the extract of this sweet fruit may stop the spread of breast ca
...
APR 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although SeaWorld announced its departure from breeding orcas as a result of the negativity it has brought about from an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Naked mole rats are very interesting mammals that live under extreme conditions, and they have a unique coping mechanism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into
...
APR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a creature at the bottom of lagoons known as a shipworm, and it’s so terrifying to look at that most
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to scavenge the world to see just how many different kinds of trees there were, you would find so many that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
While cave-dwelling fish might be somewhat of a regularity in certain parts of the world, you used to be able to count E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos
...
APR 13, 2017
Videos
If you've ever paid attention to the number of times your body itched each day, the count could be well over several doz
...