Pest and Parasite Articles

• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Organic
  Botany
  Invasive Species
  Soil Types
   

  Weed control

  Weed control, a botanical component of pest control, stops weeds from reaching a mature stage of growth when they could be harmful to domesticated plants, sometimes livestocks, by using manual ... > more
• Insects (and Butterflies)
  Sports Medicine
  Cats
  Healthy Aging
  Triglycerides
  Animals
   
  

  Flea

  Flea is the common name for any of the small wingless insects of the order Siphonaptera. Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds. In most cases, fleas ... > more
• Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Nature
  Exotic Species
   
  

  Extinction

  In biology and ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Virology
  Foodborne Illness
  Viruses
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Rotavirus

  Rotaviruses are a genus of viruses belonging to the Reoviridae family. Seven major groups have been identified, three of which (groups A, B, and C) infect humans, with group A being the most common ... > more
• Immune System
  Lymphoma
  Brain Tumor
  Stem Cells
  Lung Cancer
  Anemia
   
  

  White blood cell

  White blood cells (also called leukocytes or immune cells) are cells which form a component of the blood. They help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the ... > more
• Organic
  Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Geochemistry
  Sustainability
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Organic gardening

  Organic gardening is a form of gardening that uses substantial diversity in pest control to reduce the use of pesticides and tries to provide as much fertility with local sources of nutrients rather ... > more
• Fungus
  Soil Types
  Endangered Plants
  Microbes and More
  Nature
  Microbiology
   
  

  Lichen

  Lichens are symbiotic associations of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner (photobiont) that can produce food for the lichen from sunlight. The photobiont is usually either green algae or ... > more
• Organic
  Endangered Plants
  Soil Types
  Fungus
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Square foot gardening

  Square Foot Gardening is a type of intensive gardening based on the idea that the wide rows in conventional home gardening are a waste of time and space, and that more quality vegetables can be grown ... > more
• Organic
  Ecology Research
  Wild Animals
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
   
  

  Wildlife gardening

  Wildlife gardening is a school of gardening that is aimed at creating an environment that is attractive to various forms of wildlife such as birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, mammals and so on. A ... > more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Obesity
  Developmental Biology
  Microbiology
  Stem Cells
  Biology
   

  Biological tissue

  Biological tissue is a collection of interconnected cells that perform a similar function within an organism. The study of tissue is known as histology, or, in connection with disease, ... > more
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Ecosystems
  Nature
  Sustainability
  Extreme Survival
   

  Ecosystem

  In ecology, the word ecosystem is an abbreviation of the term, ecological system. Some consider this the basic unit in ecology. Ecosystems are not to be confused with biomes because they are smaller ... > more
• Insects (and Butterflies)
  Agriculture and Food
  Invasive Species
  Mating and Breeding
  Animals
  Food
   
  

  Beekeeping

  Beekeeping is the practice of intentional maintenance of honeybee hives by humans. A beekeeper may keep bees in order to collect honey and beeswax, or for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to ... > more

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