Insects are amazing creatures. There are over 900,000 species of insects in the world today and more are discovered each month. More insects are found in ten square feet of rainforest than there are people in Manhattan. Each year a third of…
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During the summer, there are many insects in our yards, gardens and forest areas. They carry on their insect lives without difficulty, finding plenty of food and many hiding places for their nests. When winter descends, however, life gets tougher…
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Endocytosis is the process of bringing something into a cell without its passing through the cell membrane via transport. This is particularly important for polar or very large molecules. There are three generally accepted mechanisms for endocytosis: phagocytosis, pinocytosis, and…
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Chances are if all the Arctic animals were to have a beauty contest, the walrus would not win. One looks at this giant seal with elephant tusks and wonders what went astray. Just check out some pictures of walruses and…
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If one has ever seen a Manx cat hop down the stairs, one understand where this question comes from. After all the Manx is a cat that often has little or no tail, has longer hind legs the front legs,…
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Meerkats are strange animals and one the strangest things about them, according a National Geographic study, is their social habits. They were found to be amazingly tame and chummy, and not at all afraid of the gawking strangers. They are…
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The vascular system in a plant plays an important role in the life of these herbal being. It conducts water, nutrients, sugars, proteins and RNA through the plant through lignified tissues. Vascular tissue allows the plants to grow larger than…
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The Equisetum species is commonly known as horsetails and scouring rushes. The name come from the Latin words “equus” meaning horse, and “seta” meaning bristle, animal hair. Equisetum is referred to as a living fossil. This is because it is…
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Goldfish, like many living creatures, react differently in different temperatures. However, goldfish physiology changes so drastically as the temperature drops that they can not only live weeks or months without food, but food may be dangerous to them. Their metabolism…
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*What are mangroves? Mangroves are edgy forests straddling land and sea. They exist in no-man zones between the oceans and rivers and hard lands, in isolated islands defined by the rushing and ebbing of tides. They are trees that crowd…
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