There are lots of gorgeous plants. But things get even better when the species resemble animals. The stunning blooms and ...

The badger is ceremonially important in the Sun Dance ritual ... for purification after burials. The plant's leaves and needles are also burned as a disinfectant. The otter was considered an ...

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The last common ancestor of plants and animals was a little single-celled ... which would then toil away harnessing the power of the sun to fuel this progenitor of all plants.

Birds, like dogs and many other animals, can't sweat ... lest the liquid overheat in the soil and boil plant roots alive. Now, each day when the sun is highest in the sky, Hernandez uses an ...

In a world first that challenges what we thought we knew about biology, scientists have successfully engineered animal ... plants, algae and certain bacteria use to turn light energy from the sun ...