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Today we celebrate Earth Day. This holiday was first celebrated in 1970. It is a great day to think about the beautiful ...

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Dog owners should be aware of rules on walking their pets, however they should also be cautious when out on their walks of toxic plants, particularly if their dog is an explorer that likes to dig ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — With bright colors, deceptive shapes and sweet aromas, carnivorous plants lure insects only to trap and devour them. Nothing about them is accidental. Their beauty is the ...

We reconstructed the evolutionary history of the freshwater fish family Nemacheilidae across ... which eradicated three-quarters of all animal and plant species. During the Cenozoic new lifeforms ...

The invasive plants are crowding out and killing off native vegetation and harming the animals that eat them, before dying and becoming fuel for wildfires. The potential for disaster is apparent, ...

Luna Vandoorne/Shutterstock.com These social animals can live in both salt and freshwater. Beluga whales live around the world and are even found in Arctic waters where their layer of fat (blubber) ...

Selenium, present in plant-based foods (nuts, legumes, cereals, and vegetables) and animal-based sources (meat, seafood, eggs, and dairy), has a protective effect against oxidative stress induced by ...

Its aim is “To give the student an intelligent view of the processes involved in the improvement of plants and animals.” A simple primer, with no pretensions to being anything else ...

March 31 (UPI) --A pair of Queensland, Australia, men were left scratching their heads when they came across a freshwater crocodile several miles from the animal's nearest natural habitat.