Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

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Birds have a pretty diverse lunch menu, some munch on seeds and berries, while others like to supplement their diet with ...

If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and bushes that look good in every season.

The box tree caterpillar, which can completely defoliate plants, originally affected plants in the south east of England, but it is spreading further. Webs on the leaves and greenish-yellow ...

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Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics ...

Venomous Lonomia caterpillar. Credit: Shutterstock, Stian Alsaker Larsen. The humble caterpillar boasts some venomous species. While many are harmless, a few carry venoms potent enough to permanently ...

Purple cabbage, also called red cabbage, has a deep purple or maroon color. Like green cabbage, it contains glucosinolates, plant compounds with cancer-fighting effects. One cup of shredded purple ...