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• Dolphins and Whales
  Mammals
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Fish
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Humpback Whale

  The Humpback Whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. It is a large whale: an adult usually ranges between 12 and 16 m (40 to 50 ft) long and weighs approximately 36,000 ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Zoology
  Mammals
  Animals
   
  

  Common Seal

  The Harbor Seal or Common seal (Phoca vitulina) is a true seal of the Northern Hemisphere. Having the widest range of all pinnipeds, Harbor seals are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic ... > more
• Food
  Vegetarian
  Nutrition
  Trees
  Sports Medicine
  Botany
   
  

  Fruit

  In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with seeds, of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which ... > more
• New Species
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
  Mating and Breeding
  Endangered Animals
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Species

  Aspecies is the basic unit of biodiversity. A species is a group of organisms that can interbreed in nature to produce a fertile ... > more
• New Species
  Birds
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
  Microbiology
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Flamingo

  Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet in height, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. There are four species in the Americas while two exist in the Old World. ... > more
• Virology
  Healthy Aging
  Viruses
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Infectious Diseases
   
  

  Yellow fever

  Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit, or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease. It is still an important cause of hemorrhagic illness in several African and South ... > more
• 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
• Soil Types
  Water
  Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Drought
   
  

  Irrigation

  Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. The water source for irrigation may be a nearby or distant body of ... > more
• Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
  Personalized Medicine
   
  

  Visual acuity

  Visual acuity (VA) is acuteness or clearness of vision, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye, the sensitivity of the nervous elements, and ... > more
• Biochemistry
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Organic Chemistry
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Protein

  Proteins are large organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together between the carboxyl atom of one amino acid and the amine nitrogen of another. This bond is ... > more

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