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• Hormone Disorders
  Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Melatonin

  Melatonin, 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, is a hormone produced by pinealocytes in the pineal gland (located in the brain) and also by the retina and GI tract. It is referred to by some biochemists ... > more
• Mating and Breeding
  Genetics
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Fertility
   

  Inbreeding

  Mammals, most other animals, and higher plants as well, have ways to minimize inbreeding. An inbred individual is likely to possess several physical and health defects, in addition to higher ... > more
• Botany
  Nature
  Global Warming
  Air Quality
  Geochemistry
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Photosynthesis

  Photosynthesis, generally, is the synthesis of sugar from light, carbon dioxide and water, with oxygen as a waste product. It is arguably the most important biochemical pathway known; nearly all life ... > more
• Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Dogs
  Wild Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Mammals
   
  

  Domestication

  Domestication is a phenomenon whereby a wild biological organism is habituated to survive in the company of human beings. Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective ... > more
• Birds
  New Species
  Fish
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Albatross

  Albatrosses are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels. They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  New Species
  Fish
  Geography
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Channidae

  The snakehead is a family with two genera (Asia: Channa, Africa: Parachanna) which consists of 30 scientific valid species of freshwater fish. The predatory fish is distinguished by a long dorsal ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Endangered Plants
  Nutrition
   
  

  Maize

  Maize,also known as corn, is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica. The domestication of maize is of particular interest to researchers - especially archaeologists, geneticists, ... > more
• Birds
  Early Birds
  Bird Flu Research
  Zoology
  New Species
  Animals
   
  

  Bird

  Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, oviparous vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge ... > more
• Animals
  Trees
  Soil Types
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Zoology
  Beer and Wine
   
  

  Centipede

  Centipedes (Class Chilopoda) are fast-moving venomous, predatory, terrestrial arthropods that have long bodies and many jointed legs. Chiefly nocturnal, centipedes are found primarily in tropical ... > more
• Wild Animals
  Extinction
  Animals
  Mammals
  Cats
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Fisher (animal)

  The fisher is a North American marten, a medium sized mustelid. The fisher is agile in trees and has a slender body that allows it to pursue prey into hollow trees or burrows in the ground. Despite ... > more

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