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• Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
  Rainforests
  Forest
  Sustainability
  Endangered Plants
   

  Shifting cultivation

  Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves clearing of a piece of ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Life Sciences
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Cloning
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Myosin

  Myosins are a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues. They are responsible for actin-based motility. Most myosin molecules are composed of both a head and a tail domain. The head ... > more
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Slash and burn

  Slash and burn (a specific practice that may be part of shifting cultivation or swidden-fallow agriculture) is an agricultural procedure widely used in forested areas. Although it was practised ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Trees
  New Species
  Nature
   
  

  Beetle

  Beetles are one of the most diverse groups of insects. Certain species are agricultural pests in some areas, for example the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), while other species ... > 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
• 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
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Organic
   
  

  Biological pest control

  Biological control of pests and diseases is a method of controlling pests and diseases in agriculture that relies on natural predation rather than introduced ... > more
• New Species
  Endangered Animals
  Invasive Species
  Mammals
  Trees
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Flying squirrel

  The flying squirrels are a tribe of squirrel. There are 43 species in this tribe, the largest of which is the woolly flying squirrel. The term "flying" is somewhat of a misnomer, since flying ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Animals
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Cricket (insect)

  Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"), are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. Crickets are ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Nutrition
  Immune System
  Food
  Dietary Supplement
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Herbal tea

  An herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is an herbal infusion not made from the leaves of the tea bush. Tisanes can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling ... > more

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