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Trees
Trees are generally considered plants consisting of a long stem, known as a trunk, and branches and/or leaves. Usually, the trunk supports leaves and branches, which grow high off the ground, by providing water and nutrients. Water and nutrients are transported into the trunk through root systems which grow below the ground to aid in stabilizing the tree.
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FEB 01, 2023Plants & Animals
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FEB 01, 2023
Plants & Animals
A new study finds that squirrels who have a larger litter do better in terms of reproductive fitness
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 23, 2023
Plants & Animals
Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change are constantly ramping up. Some of these efforts include conservation
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 18, 2023
Plants & Animals
Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. H
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JAN 18, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society Gold (JACS Au), a team of researchers led by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 25, 2022
Cancer
In 1961, Jacques Miller discovered the function of the thymus, a lymphatic organ that houses important immune cells as t
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 21, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research suggests humans may have become bipedal in the trees, not on the savanna.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
DEC 18, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, an international team of researchers led by the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
DEC 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 09, 2022
Earth & The Environment
A hominin who lived around 200,000 years ago is now thought to have used fire.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
DEC 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2022
Microbiology
This exotic new group of fungi includes these odd "earth tongue" organisms / (Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2022
Plants & Animals
The connection between nature and health has received quite a bit of attention in recent years. For example, some studie
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In the 1980s and 90s, our marvelous neurotoxic treatments for lice began to fail. New reports of reduced efficacy sugges
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 14, 2022
Plants & Animals
Palm trees are a fixture of tropical locales. We often think of them when we think of warm vacation locations, including
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
New research finds that the aye-aye is one of 12 primates who picks their nose.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Equipped with a mohawk, a long sharp beak, and a quick stride the roadrunner has the tools and cunning to adapt to a rug
...
Written By:
Timothy James
NOV 02, 2022
Microbiology
While different strains of influenza virus can co-infect cells and form hybrid flus, virus co-infections have tended to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research suggests that predominantly tree-dwelling monkeys are spending more time on the ground, due to warming temp
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
In honor of Halloween, from venomous bites to bright red faces to full-moon dances, here are the six weirdest monkeys
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscience