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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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APR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 01, 2015Videos
Have you ever seen a tree with a big, twisted knot growing out of it? That's just one way that plants can show signs of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 01, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
One student in a suburban Seattle dog agility class is drawing a lot of attention, and not just for her athletic skills. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Videos
A single industrious ant tries stealing a fly larva from the liquid trap of a carnivorous pitcher plant.Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U. ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Videos
Have you ever seen a tree with a big, twisted knot growing out of it? That's just one way that plants can show signs of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 01, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
One student in a suburban Seattle dog agility class is drawing a lot of attention, and not just for her athletic skills.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Videos
A single industrious ant tries stealing a fly larva from the liquid trap of a carnivorous pitcher plant.
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...
As ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis