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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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MAR 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a mechanism used by a unicellular organism that turns so-called junk DNA into meaningful gen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
Not so long ago Tesla released their novel technology, a residential power-storage solution called Powerwall that uses b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 22, 2017Videos
When gardeners and home owners want a nice lawn or big blooms of flowers, fertilizer is the key. In one Florida county h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that humpback whales are observed in large groups. They’re typically loners that will som ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Videos
In perhaps one of the most inspiring climate justice stories, comes a young boy named Felix Finkbeiner, the founder of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2017Videos
There exists a really weird parasitic type of plant called Hydnora Africana, which thrives underground and essentially s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires were in for quite a surprise when they ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Among the many tools that experts are using to keep track of animals that are protected by conservation laws are GPS tra ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Geographers and dendrochronologists teamed up in a cross-disciplinary study to look at the correlation between tree ring ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 13, 2017Videos
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au" is a Hawaiian saying which means "The rains follows after the forest." This refers the ph ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2017Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a mechanism used by a unicellular organism that turns so-called junk DNA into meaningful gen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Not so long ago Tesla released their novel technology, a residential power-storage solution called Powerwall that uses b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 22, 2017
Videos
When gardeners and home owners want a nice lawn or big blooms of flowers, fertilizer is the key. In one Florida county h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that humpback whales are observed in large groups. They’re typically loners that will som
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
In perhaps one of the most inspiring climate justice stories, comes a young boy named Felix Finkbeiner, the founder of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2017
Videos
There exists a really weird parasitic type of plant called Hydnora Africana, which thrives underground and essentially s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires were in for quite a surprise when they
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among the many tools that experts are using to keep track of animals that are protected by conservation laws are GPS tra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Geographers and dendrochronologists teamed up in a cross-disciplinary study to look at the correlation between tree ring
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 13, 2017
Videos
"Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula'au" is a Hawaiian saying which means "The rains follows after the forest." This refers the ph
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard