Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock (June 16 , 1902 – September 2 , 1992 ) was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists . McClintock received her Ph.D. in botany from Cornell University in 1927, where she was a leader in the development more
Chagas disease
Chagas' disease (also called American trypanosomiasis) is a human tropical parasitic disease which occurs in the Americas , particularly in South America . Its pathogen ic agent is a flagellate protozoa n named Trypanosoma cruzi , which is transmitted to humans and other mammal more
Durian
The durian () is the fruit of trees of the genus Durio belonging to the Malvaceae , a large family which includes hibiscus , okra , cotton , mallows and linden trees. Widely known and revered in Southeast Asia as the "King of Fruits," the fruit is distinctive for its large size, uniqu more
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace OM , FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913 ) was a British naturalist , explorer , geographer , anthropologist and biologist .
He did extensive fieldwork first in the Amazon River basin, and then in the Malay Archipelago , where he identifie more
Flight feather (Milvus milvus) in flight, showing remiges and rectrices
Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feather s on the wing s or tail of a bird ; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectri more