The vast majority of animals, and certainly all larger animals have red blood similar to our own. There are popular misconceptions about the color of animals blood that a lot of them have different colored blood to us. In reality…
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The saiga antelope of Central Asia is an extraordinary-looking creature. Its signature feature is the nose: oddly long, rubbery, and flexible- like a tapir’s trunk, almost, or an elephant seal’s snout. This nose is an adaptation to the saiga’s home…
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The Cowslip (Primula veris), which is a close relative of the Primrose, was once used abundantly for folk medicine preparations and as a result is still better known in parts of Britain by its traditional names of ‘paigles’ or Herb…
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Zebras contrary to popular belief aren’t all black and white. Most of them in fact have a brownish tinge to their stripes, and the the shades of their colors vary dependent on where they natively come from as well. The…
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Out of all of the plants that are considered weeds in the United States, the humble dandelion holds a place of distinction. Known for its stubborn nature of invading newly cleared land and hard to eliminate tap root, dandelions are…
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Adult tigers are solitary; each male has a large home range he roams while the females have a smaller one, relating to their motherhood duties. Each home range will overlap several others, both male and female. When a female goes…
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Intro: The continental shelf is the submerged part of a continent that reaches under an ocean from the shoreline to the shelf break where the slope drops down below 650 feet. This shelf extends hundreds of miles in some cases….
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Nestled in west central California, west of Death Valley National Park and east of Fresno, is found the Sequoia National Park. Recent discoveries in the caves found within this national park, have revealed up to 30 new species of animals,…
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Cells are the basic building blocks of life. They contain smaller parts, called organelles, which can be roughly compared to the organs of a body. These organelles serve varied purposes within the cell to maintain the health of the cell…
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Migratory Behavior Between Land-based Denning Areas and Ice-based Hunting Ranges for Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Hudson Bay Region. The annual migratory cycle of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Hudson Bay region of North America, is…
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