Plants & Animals Videos

• Organic
  Soil Types
  Agriculture and Food
  Bacteria
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Fungus
   
  

  Research Entomologist Prescribes New Form Of Pest Control

  An Ohio State University entomologist affiliated with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has recommended a new, innovative and chemical free variety of pest control, in the form of ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Food
  Mating and Breeding
  Botany
  Insects (including Butterflies)
   
  

  Entomologists Buzzing About Vanishing Bee Populations

  Entomologists are studying the reasons behind an enormous bee die off happening across the country. They call it Colony Collapse Disorder, and if they cannot find a solution the 80% of fruits and ... > more
• Staying Healthy
  Nutrition
  Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Vegetarian
  Vitamin
   
  

  Food Chemists Slice Up Healthier Pizza

  Food chemists have shown that making a pizza crust with whole wheat flour and cooking it longer releases more antioxidants. These chronic disease-fighting compounds increased by 82 percent when baked ... > more
• Air Quality
  Forest
  Global Warming
  Air Pollution
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Physicist Explains Benefits Of Carbon Dioxide

  A physicist from Colorado State University and his colleagues from the North American Carbon Program (NACP) have discerned and confirmed the unforeseen advantages of rising carbon dioxide levels. ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Cold and Flu
  Influenza
  Bird Flu Research
  Bird Flu
  Virology
   
  

  Infectious Disease Specialists Design New Rapid Flu Test

  New flu tests can diagnose the flu in as little as 30 minutes, to cut down on needless antibiotic use, which can build up resistance and make some infections untreatable by current ... > more
• Trees
  Forest
  Environmental Issues
  Botany
  Air Quality
  Global Warming
   
  

  Environmental Scientists Find Tree Combo For Carbon Sequestration

  A research team found 31 hardy trees that sequester carbon efficiently for the New York region, mitigating against the impacts of high deforestation and carbon release into the atmosphere in that ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Wild Animals
  Animals
  Fish
  Veterinary Medicine
  Fisheries
   
  

  Zoo Focuses Efforts on Poison Dart Frog Breeding Program

  The National Aquarium in Baltimore is home to over 16,000 different varieties of animals, so that in one day visitors can travel around the One of the most toxic animals in the world -- the poison ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Nature
  Air Quality
  Environmental Issues
  Organic Chemistry
   
  

  Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide

  Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Diabetes
  Fitness
  Nutrition
  Cholesterol
   
  

  Carb-cutting Enzyme Stopped By Bean Extract, Endocrinologists Say

  UCLA researchers have found an extract in white kidney beans may help the body stop carbs from breaking down into sugars. A digestive enzyme in the body normally acts like scissors, literally cutting ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Drought
  Nuclear Energy
  Materials Science
   
  

  Materials Scientists Copy Beetle Anatomy To Develop New Coatings

  Scientists at M.I.T. looking to add new chemical functionalities to spray coatings have turned to the beetle for inspiration. Some beetles that live in very arid climates get their drinking water by ... > more

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