Scaling. This is why those tiny creatures you see roaming around on the ground are able to carry an object that is three to five times the size that their bodies actually are. Yes, I am talking about ants. Those…
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Mangroves are entanglements of many trees and shrubs of the family Rhizophoraceae that thrive in the intertidal zone, that is to say, the zone which is subjected to low tide and high tide in the coastal ecosystem. Mangroves are found…
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Being consumed by an African lion is a thought that most of us do not have to consider in our daily lives. For those that share a territory with these top shelf predators, it is a very real consideration. History…
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Extinctions happen all the time. They are happening at this very moment. Most of these are caused by a natural source, by that I mean without human intervention. There are some extinctions that are indeed caused by man. One of…
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Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) is a perennial herb or small shrub, native to the Mediterranean region. It is widely naturalised in central and western Europe. It has more recently been introduced to the rest of the world as a garden…
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The white willow (Salix alba) is named for the characteristic white sheen on the underside of its leaves, caused by a coat of fine, silky hairs. A large, low-branching tree that forms a broad, spreading crown, its root system is…
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The North American native Pussy Willow is a member of the widely distributed and variegated Willow (Salix) Family. It’s Latin name is Salix discolor. Most people who live in regions where Pussy Willow grows will recognize its fuzzy catkins emerging…
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Sir John Bertrand Gurdon is a developmental biologist from Great Britain. He has been awarded the Lasker Award in 2009 and, along with Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012. His research concerned discovering how mature…
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White Willow whose scientific name is Salix alba, is a willow species naturally found in Europe, North America and Asia. It has become commonly known as white willow due to the white shade especially visible in the undersides of the…
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To take a walk along the coastline in the late spring and early summer months is a very pleasurable thing to do, but it is made even more spectacular by the pink coloured flowers that occupy every nook and crevice…
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