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Biology Facts
Endangered Species - The Hawksbill Turtle
The hawksbill turtle's status has not changed since it was listed as endangered in 1970. It is a solitary nester, and…
Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Human Flu
Influenza, unlike many viruses that make humans sick, can also affect birds and pigs. Generally strains of the influenza…
Genome Mapping: A Guide To The Genetic Highway We Call The Human Genome
Imagine you're in a car driving down the highway to visit an old friend who has just moved to Los Angeles. Your favorite…
What are Bacillariophyta?
Bacillariophyta are diatoms. All diatoms are single-celled organisms. They are microscopic, glassy organisms that…
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Animals
- Batesian Mimicry
- California Condor
- Cougars, A Jumping Star
- Does Your Beagle Have A Belly Button?
- Endangered Species - The Hawksbill Turtle
- Eukaryotic Organisms
- How Do Cats See in the Dark?
- How Does The Turtle Get Its Shell?
- Is It Sexism or Racism?
- Marmaduke and the Taco Bell Chihuahua Are Cousins
- Nature's Exceptions to Our Rules
- Regeneration 101
- The Handsome Betta Fish
- The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
- What Elements Are Required By Animals And Plants For Survival?
- Where Do Frogs Go In The Winter?
- Wise As An Owl
Fish
Fungi
Genetics
Germs, Viruses, Microbes
- Bacteria Sometimes Catch A Virus
- Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Human Flu
- Flu Pandemics in the 20th Century
- Food Irradiation: A Safe Measure
- How Do Bacteria Reproduce?
- How Does Salmonella Get Inside Chicken Eggs?
- Life In The Extreme
- Microorganisms: Are they really that bad?
- West Nile Virus Spreads Through United States
- What's In Your Water?
- You Can Learn A Lot From A Microbe.
Habitat
Human Anatomy
- Did You Smell Something?
- Electricity and the Brain
- Fahrenheit 100 and Rising
- Fahrenheit 98.6
- Hey Nose-Brain!
- Now You See It, Now You Don't
- Splitting Hairs
- The Human Pancreas
- Vibrational Energy
- Vitreous Humor, Sclera and Other Yukky Eye Stuff
- We Live In Two Distinct Visual Worlds
- What Causes Wrinkles?
- What Gives Hair Its Color?
- What We Learned From The Songbirds
- What's Blindsight?
Human Biology
- A Sweaty Subject
- Can You Drink Too Much Water?
- How Biological Clocks Work
- How Blood Clots
- Is Your Immune System Educated?
- Leading Killer Wears Two Faces
- Neurons
- Obesity: How much fat can your genes handle?
- Pass the Iodized Salt Please
- Potassium Iodide To The Rescue
- Proteins Function Through Their Conformation
- Proteins In General
- Respect Your Nose
- The Science of Tears
- Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
- What Are Blood Types, and Why Are They Important?
- What Are Stem Cells?
- Your Senses Make Sense of Energy
Human Mind
- A Tickle is All in the Timing
- Billions and Billions
- Brain Waves
- Butterflies In Your Brain
- Coffee: Beverage Of Sedition
- Do Blind People Dream?
- Left Nostril Right Brain
- Monkey See Monkey Do: Mirror Neurons May Lie At The Root Of Language
- Neurogenesis
- New Ideas About An Old Puzzle
- Our Brains: A Wasted Resource?
- Phrenology
- Synchronicity
- The Blood-brain Barrier
- The Developing Brain
- The Limbic System
- The Self-less Gene?
- The Strange Case Of Phineas Gage
- The Touching Brain
- There's A Lot More To Vision Than Meets The Eye
- Welcome to1984
- What's So Funny?
- Where is God in the Brain?
- Which Came First? The Words or the Melody?
- Why Are Yawns Contagious?
- Why Tree Twig Twine Twists Tongues
- Word Power of the Very Young
Insects
Invertebrates
Mammals
Natural History
Plants
- Beware -- Red Tide!
- Bioenergy Basics
- Botrytis: The Noble Rot
- Giant Cloned Monster Loose In Mediterranean Sea
- GM: Not For General Motors Anymore
- How Do Cacti Survive in That Environment?
- How Do They Grow Those Colossal Pumpkins?
- Is Catnip a Drug for Cats?
- It All Started With The Colwart
- Luck Of The Irish?
- Man-Eating Plants
- Palm Trees and Prickly Pears
- St. John's Wort
- Tea Time!
- The Rapid Movement of the Soybean Rust Pathogen
- The World's Largest Clone
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
- What are Bacillariophyta?
- What is Garlic Mustard?
- What's The Difference Between A Sweet Potato And A Yam?
- What’s So Different About Ferns?
- Why Do Leaves Change Color In The Fall?
- Why is Red-Green Colorblindness a 'Guy Thing?'
- Yes! We Have New Bananas