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• Agriculture and Food
  Organic
  Food and Agriculture
  Sustainability
  Soil Types
  Food
   
  

  Organic farming

  Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on ecosystem management and attempts to reduce or eliminate external agricultural inputs, especially synthetic ones. It is a holistic production ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Beer and Wine
  Nature
  New Species
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Pitcher plant

  Pitcher plants (or pitfall traps) are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. Foraging, flying or crawling insects such as ... > more
• Lung Disease
  Lung Cancer
  Asthma
  Heart Disease
  Cystic Fibrosis
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Lung

  The lung is the essential organ of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates. Its principal function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream, and to excrete carbon dioxide from ... > more
• Zoology
  Behavioral Science
  Agriculture and Food
  Life Sciences
  Wild Animals
  Animals
   
  

  Animal rights

  Animal rights, or animal liberation, is the movement to protect animals from being used or regarded as property by human beings. It is a radical social movement, insofar as it aims not merely to ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Botany
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Tamarix

  The genus Tamarix, known as tamarisk or (US) saltcedar, comprises about 50-60 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 1-15 m in height and forming dense thickets, native to ... > more
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
  Food
  Food and Agriculture
   
  

  Cattle

  Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy ... > more
• Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Developmental Biology
   
  

  Organelle

  In cell biology, an organelle is one of several structures with specialized functions, suspended in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. Eukaryotes are the most structurally complex known cell type, ... > more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Microbes and More
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
  Microbiology
   
  

  Virus

  A virus is a microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism. Viruses can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore cannot reproduce on their own. At ... > more
• Spiders and Ticks
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Allergy
  Staying Healthy
   
  

  Mite

  Mites, together with ticks, belong to the subclass Acarina (also known as Acari) and the class Arachnida. Mites are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups. They have ... > more
• Sports Science
  Charles Darwin
  Construction
  Marine Biology
  Textiles and Clothing
  Quantum Physics
   
  

  Barnacle

  A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. Barnacles often attach themselves to human-made structures, sometimes to the structure's ... > more

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