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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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DEC 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes ...DEC 06, 2016Plants & Animals
A 21-year-old man from Florida, identified as Granger Ray Wooten, is now facing misdemeanor charges after witnesses told ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Some animals have crushing bites that can break even bones, but the coconut crab can crush incredibly tough objects with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2016Plants & Animals
Most of the time, when a very old fossil is found, it’s not easy to get color samples from the fossil because of i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers have found a new class of photoreceptor protein known as LITE-1 in invertebrates that could be up to 50 time ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Some frogs can change their gender on demand, but perhaps they’re not having much say in the matter. An ong ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Infographics
While it’s true that about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, almost 97 percent of that is he ...DEC 01, 2016Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2016Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to feeding the colony, ants work together to drag large food stuffs back home. On the other hand, when bar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2016Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Plants & Animals
Any time scientists discover a new species of animal on the home planet we thought we knew so well, animal lovers’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2016Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Thousands of silver-colored Atlantic menhaden fish unexplainably began to float in the Shinnecock Canal on New York&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 26, 2016Plants & Animals
You’ve probably heard of stick insects, which can disguise themselves in the wild as small sticks or twigs, but ho ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2016Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been around for thousands of years. It can cause legions to appear on the surf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Two bulls (male moose) have reportedly been discovered frozen in time in the middle of what was once a flowing river in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
The earthquake that struck the east coast of Japan off the coast of Fukushima at 5:50 local time was initially measured ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes
...
DEC 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 21-year-old man from Florida, identified as Granger Ray Wooten, is now facing misdemeanor charges after witnesses told
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Some animals have crushing bites that can break even bones, but the coconut crab can crush incredibly tough objects with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Most of the time, when a very old fossil is found, it’s not easy to get color samples from the fossil because of i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers have found a new class of photoreceptor protein known as LITE-1 in invertebrates that could be up to 50 time
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Some frogs can change their gender on demand, but perhaps they’re not having much say in the matter. An ong
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Infographics
While it’s true that about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, almost 97 percent of that is he
...
DEC 01, 2016
Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to feeding the colony, ants work together to drag large food stuffs back home. On the other hand, when bar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
Any time scientists discover a new species of animal on the home planet we thought we knew so well, animal lovers’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2016
Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Thousands of silver-colored Atlantic menhaden fish unexplainably began to float in the Shinnecock Canal on New York&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
You’ve probably heard of stick insects, which can disguise themselves in the wild as small sticks or twigs, but ho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2016
Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been around for thousands of years. It can cause legions to appear on the surf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Two bulls (male moose) have reportedly been discovered frozen in time in the middle of what was once a flowing river in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The earthquake that struck the east coast of Japan off the coast of Fukushima at 5:50 local time was initially measured
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan