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Full-text articles to support research in applied sciences, biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and energy. Includes the Science Image Collection, a database of high-quality science images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA, and Nature Picture Library.
1) Elephants
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Discusses the largest land animal on earth, which now lives only in Africa and Asia.
2) Grasshoppers
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Describes the life cycle of grasshoppers and discusses why some of these insects cause extensive damage to crops.
3) Lions
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Describes the complex and dangerous life of lions on the African savannas.
5) Penguins
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Discusses the Adélie and emperor penguins that make their homes in Antarctica.
6) Spiders
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Text and photographs describe how a variety of spiders produce silk and use it for making webs, trapping insects for food, and for other purposes.
7) Sunflowers
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Text and photographs describe the growth of a sunflower from a seed to a full-grown plant.
8) Ants
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Describes the characteristics and behavior of ants that build nests for storing food and raising their young, ants that spend most of their time traveling, and ants that invade the nests of other ants.
9) Beetles
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Introduces members of the beetle family, discussing their development, environment, and life cycle.
10) Cactus
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Describes the special parts of the cactus plant and how they work together to enable the plant to survive in the desert by storing water.
12) Crabs
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Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of crabs.
13) Frogs & toads
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Text and photographs describe the transformation of tadpoles into mature frogs and toads.
14) How seeds travel
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Describes how seeds are moved from place to place by wind, water, and animals, and how they function in plant reproduction.
15) Inside an egg
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Text and photographs trace the development of a chicken egg from the time it is laid until the chick is born.
16) Mushrooms
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Discusses how mushrooms and other fungi get their food, grow, and produce more of their own kind.
17) Silkworms
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An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are constructed.
18) Snails
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An introduction to the structure and ways of life of some of the 40,000 kinds of snails, with an emphasis on land snails.
20) Apple trees
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Discusses the growth and cultivation of apple trees and the development, harvesting, and storage of apples.