Understanding migratory habits of the Canada goose
by Steven Pike
The Canada Goose is a common and easily recognizable bird native to North America. It is most famous for its "v" like formation in flocks when migrating in Spring and Fall. Today, especially along the east coast of North America, they are sometimes seen as pests. Their migrating behavior has changed, with a large number of birds becoming sedentary, remaining in a certain area of plentiful food for
A guide to ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the study of how individual cultures and places use indigenous plants. Civilizations have always used plants to create medicines and food and an
by Pat Gray
There are four general theories on how the modern dog evolved: 1) from wolves tamed through human intervention 2) wolves "taming"
by Bill Georato
SO YOU WANNA BE A FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGIST
There’s been a murder. The body is lying there in the field, covered with dirt and bugs.
Marc Bekoff, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder; has written 18 books. His "Encyclopedia
by MR. ITOPA
A Reduction Division
How does an organism with diploid body cells produce haploid gametes?
MEIOSIS:
A process of cellular division
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- What is Bessey's Cactus?
- Plant profile: Cocklebur
- Tree profiles: Ash
- How epiphytes contribute to forest diversity
- Overview of the Australian species of the Olearia genus
- Common wildflowers in the Caribbean
- Bacterial conjugation and genetics
- How to properly set up a compound microscope
- MacConkey's agar (MAC) bacterial growth medium
- NASA's new life discovery may be extraterrestrial
- Negative gram stain reaction of bacteria
- Why lichens are important to various ecosystems
- What are prokaryotes?
- What is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)?
- Information theory, DNA, and flaws in evolution
- Molecular biology techniques: Comparative genomic hybridization
- The functions of lipids in human cells
- The pros and cons of stem cell research
- Proteins: The building blocks of life
- Cholesterol precursors in the human body
- Native birds of Africa: Mousebirds
- Voices of the animal world: A look at insects that sing
- The courtship and breeding cycle of king penguins
- Facts about Chitons (Mollusca: Class Polyplacophora)
- Owl profiles: Western screech owl
- Life cycles of insects: Exopterygotes and endopterygotes
- Apex predators: Allosaurus fragilus
