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• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Trees
   
  

  Kudzu

  Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles extensively over lower vegetation. Kudzu is sometimes ... > more
• Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Genetics
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
   
  

  Biology

  Biology, also referred to as the biological sciences, is the study of living organisms utilizing the scientific method. Biology examines the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
  Ecology Research
   

  Genetic drift

  Genetic drift is the term used in population genetics to refer to the statistical drift over time of gene frequencies in a population due to random sampling effects in the formation of successive ... > more
• Water
  Soil Types
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Drought
  Ecosystems
   
  

  Evapotranspiration

  Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration. Evaporation accounts for the movement of water to the air from sources such as the soil, canopy interception, and ... > more
• Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Fossils
   
  

  Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event

  The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event was a period of massive extinction of species, about 65.5 million years ago. It corresponds to the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Animals
  Biology
  Endangered Animals
   

  Neoteny

  Neoteny is the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles (pedomorphosis/paedomorphosis), and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. In ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Seeds
  Ecology Research
   

  Weed

  A weed is an unwanted plant. The notion of "wanted" is of course entirely in the eye of the beholder. A weed in one situation might be a wildflower in another. In order to reduce weed growth, many ... > more
• Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Air Quality
  Soil Types
  Forest
   
  

  Acid rain

  Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH that is unusually low. Dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates to form weak carbonic acid giving a pH of approximately 5.6 at typical ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Seeds
  Nature
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
   
  

  Herbivore

  A herbivore is often defined as any organism that eats only plants. By that definition, many fungi, some bacteria, many animals, about 1% of flowering plants and some protists can be considered ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Hybrid

  In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are ... > more

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