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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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AUG 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Munduruku indigenous people of Brazil and environmentalists alike have recently won a battle worthy of a gold ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The ability to easily manipulate protein levels in living cells is of critical importance to researchers, and can someti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2016Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2016Plants & Animals
During a survey of the ocean waters surrounding Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2016Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest known orca in existence is a 105-year-old killer whale nick-named ‘Granny,’ but bet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Fossils uncovered from the ocean floor in Marble Canyon, a location in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, Canad ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2016Plants & Animals
Pinky the flamingo from the Bush Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida met a rather heart-breaking end this week after a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to understand the role of so-called junk DNA. Made up of long stretches of non-coding ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Although you and I are born with a specific gender and have to stick with it for the rest of our lives, some animal spec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists would like to get a better look at soil microbes in order to have a better understanding of how they impact o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Australia Zoo’s rescue team came across something incredible when they were out doing their jobs. What originally ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2016Plants & Animals
One of the things that scares almost anyone about the ocean is the presence of sharks. Despite the fact that shark attac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2016Earth & The Environment
“Ecosystems don’t collapse, they shift from one steady state to another, and that’s simply what happen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 29, 2016Plants & Animals
If you have a chance to stroll past the New York Botanical Garden this week in the Bronx, New York, then you might end u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2016Plants & Animals
New research into the science of cloning may have debunked the common myth that clones age significantly faster than nat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2016Videos
Harnessing the power of the rise and fall of the sea level or tidal power to generate electricity is one renewable energ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Plants & Animals
In June of 2014, a strange beaked whale-like carcass washed up on the shore of Alaska’s Bering Sea, just out of th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Munduruku indigenous people of Brazil and environmentalists alike have recently won a battle worthy of a gold
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The ability to easily manipulate protein levels in living cells is of critical importance to researchers, and can someti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2016
Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
During a survey of the ocean waters surrounding Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest known orca in existence is a 105-year-old killer whale nick-named ‘Granny,’ but bet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fossils uncovered from the ocean floor in Marble Canyon, a location in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, Canad
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Pinky the flamingo from the Bush Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida met a rather heart-breaking end this week after a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to understand the role of so-called junk DNA. Made up of long stretches of non-coding
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Although you and I are born with a specific gender and have to stick with it for the rest of our lives, some animal spec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists would like to get a better look at soil microbes in order to have a better understanding of how they impact o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Australia Zoo’s rescue team came across something incredible when they were out doing their jobs. What originally
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
One of the things that scares almost anyone about the ocean is the presence of sharks. Despite the fact that shark attac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2016
Earth & The Environment
“Ecosystems don’t collapse, they shift from one steady state to another, and that’s simply what happen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you have a chance to stroll past the New York Botanical Garden this week in the Bronx, New York, then you might end u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
New research into the science of cloning may have debunked the common myth that clones age significantly faster than nat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
Harnessing the power of the rise and fall of the sea level or tidal power to generate electricity is one renewable energ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
In June of 2014, a strange beaked whale-like carcass washed up on the shore of Alaska’s Bering Sea, just out of th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim