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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 01, 2016Plants & Animals
For the first time, researchers have managed to catch a squid using its inking abilities to baffle prey it intends to ca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Conservation efforts to preserve the Florida manatee appear to be working well. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Con ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers from John Hopkins University have recently spent their time studying a very strange type of sea snail that a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2016Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere - even on priceless works of art. A number of researchers think microbes are to blame for ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 27, 2016Plants & Animals
What if we told you dogs and even come primates have the ability to see, yes see, magnetic fields? New research h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2016Plants & Animals
In a very rare scenario, a baby Western lowland gorilla has been born on February 12th in Bristol Zoo by way of Cesarean ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2016Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t ...FEB 25, 2016Microbiology
Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Aliivibrio fischeri! (Formerly known as Vibrio fischeri.) A. fischeri ar ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 25, 2016Plants & Animals
A relatively rare La Plata baby dolphin off the coast of Santa Teresita, Argentina has reportedly passed away after bein ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Plants & Animals
A grand total of thirteen American Bald Eagles have been found dead in the state of Maryland. Scattered across the groun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2016Plants & Animals
This big, long creature recently washed up on an Australian coast at the Sawnsea boat ramp. Although it looks like it co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2016Neuroscience
While the concept of cryopreservation is usually found only in the plots of science fiction movies, it could be getting ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Fish and birds, when moving in groups, use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in ways that co ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 22, 2016Neuroscience
While it’s not true in some areas, when it comes to brains, size does matter. Not just ordinary size, but the size ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2016Videos
Dr. Tzung-Fu Hsieh is a scientist from the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Plants for Human Health Institute (PHH ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 18, 2016Microbiology
Researchers identified a new herpes virus that infects bats. Herpes viruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 18, 2016Technology
Cockroaches, as gross as they are, are very intriguing because of their unique ability to squeeze into tight places as l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Midwestern farmers usually fare well during years that El Niño weather patterns affect the growing season. But ex ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists tagged 30 beluga whales and used the information to produce a rare dataset that spans 15 years, showing where ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Following their typical path of migration patterns from cooler to warmer waters, tens of thousands of black tip sharks h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2016Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the first time, researchers have managed to catch a squid using its inking abilities to baffle prey it intends to ca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Conservation efforts to preserve the Florida manatee appear to be working well. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Con
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers from John Hopkins University have recently spent their time studying a very strange type of sea snail that a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2016
Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere - even on priceless works of art. A number of researchers think microbes are to blame for
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
What if we told you dogs and even come primates have the ability to see, yes see, magnetic fields? New research h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a very rare scenario, a baby Western lowland gorilla has been born on February 12th in Bristol Zoo by way of Cesarean
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2016
Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t
...
FEB 25, 2016
Microbiology
Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Aliivibrio fischeri! (Formerly known as Vibrio fischeri.) A. fischeri ar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
A relatively rare La Plata baby dolphin off the coast of Santa Teresita, Argentina has reportedly passed away after bein
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
A grand total of thirteen American Bald Eagles have been found dead in the state of Maryland. Scattered across the groun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
This big, long creature recently washed up on an Australian coast at the Sawnsea boat ramp. Although it looks like it co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2016
Neuroscience
While the concept of cryopreservation is usually found only in the plots of science fiction movies, it could be getting
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Fish and birds, when moving in groups, use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in ways that co
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 22, 2016
Neuroscience
While it’s not true in some areas, when it comes to brains, size does matter. Not just ordinary size, but the size
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2016
Videos
Dr. Tzung-Fu Hsieh is a scientist from the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Plants for Human Health Institute (PHH
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers identified a new herpes virus that infects bats. Herpes viruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 18, 2016
Technology
Cockroaches, as gross as they are, are very intriguing because of their unique ability to squeeze into tight places as l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Midwestern farmers usually fare well during years that El Niño weather patterns affect the growing season. But ex
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists tagged 30 beluga whales and used the information to produce a rare dataset that spans 15 years, showing where
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Following their typical path of migration patterns from cooler to warmer waters, tens of thousands of black tip sharks h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker