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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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SEP 02, 2016Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 01, 2016Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Videos
Mexico City's Villa Verde seeks to combat pollution and improve its urban landscape with a project that modifies hundred ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 31, 2016Earth & The Environment
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea leve ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Mother nature is beautiful, but sometimes her wrath can be absolutely deadly. A lightning strike is reportedly to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Earth & The Environment
Obama has been busy in the last week with conservation and the Antiquities Act. On the eve of the centennial for the Nat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2016Plants & Animals
A shark that was reeled in from the ocean waters surrounding the land mass we know as Greenland has been given an age fi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2016Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2016Infographics
Did you know that honey bees, both wild and domestic, account for 80% of all pollination around the world? The bees are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
Gray wolves were hunted into near extinction by the early 1930s in Washington state and in 1978 the U.S. Fish and Wildli ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 25, 2016Videos
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, people squander about 2.9 trillion pounds of food every year. To pu ...AUG 25, 2016Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
In yet another conservationists versus residents controversy over land ownership and usage, Obama has stepped into to fa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Videos
Mexico City's Villa Verde seeks to combat pollution and improve its urban landscape with a project that modifies hundred
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 31, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea leve
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Mother nature is beautiful, but sometimes her wrath can be absolutely deadly. A lightning strike is reportedly to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Obama has been busy in the last week with conservation and the Antiquities Act. On the eve of the centennial for the Nat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
A shark that was reeled in from the ocean waters surrounding the land mass we know as Greenland has been given an age fi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2016
Infographics
Did you know that honey bees, both wild and domestic, account for 80% of all pollination around the world? The bees are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Gray wolves were hunted into near extinction by the early 1930s in Washington state and in 1978 the U.S. Fish and Wildli
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 25, 2016
Videos
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, people squander about 2.9 trillion pounds of food every year. To pu
...
AUG 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In yet another conservationists versus residents controversy over land ownership and usage, Obama has stepped into to fa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch