Second only to their distant cousins, the bacteria, plants are among the most successful type of life found on this planet. They colonized the sub-arctic millions of years before animals (including us) ever evolved and have survived several mass extinctions that killed off some of the most successful organisms to have ever inhabited this planet. Prokaryotes: Where is all began Made up of a small, microscopic cell, prokaryotes are the oldest and most successful organism to have ever inhabited our [...]
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Each Autumn (Fall) there is a great changing of the guard in Northern climates around the world where green is replaced by contrasting reds, oranges and yellows. What are leaves? Before you can understand why leaves change their colors in the fall, you need to know what they do. Leaves are essentially the engine of the tree, the roots gather up water and other trace minerals / nutrients from the soil and bring them up to their leaves. The leaves [...]
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