The plant I have chosen is commonly called star fruit and its scientific name Averrhoa carambola L. The star fruit is in the oxalidaceae family, and it originated in Southeast Asia. Although star fruit is now grown throughout many tropical and warm subtropical areas of the world. In the United State...

Vitis vinifera, better known as grapevine or wine grapes, is native to Asia Minor where wild grapes still grow. V. Vinifera is commonly cultured for fruit, eaten fresh or processed into wine, raisins, or juice. Over 8,000 cultivars are listed, most of them having been selected for a specific region...

The Native American Indians of Texas were as diverse as the State, influenced by the local geography in which they were living. Previous to settling in Texas the Indians migrated from other established cultures in the region. Some scholars believe that some Indians in Texas were offshoots of the O...

Hydroponics: Gardening Without Soil Have you ever thought of growing plants without soil? A science known as hydroponics will allow you to do just this. Hydroponics systems have been used since the time of the ancient Babylonians who used them to used them to grow their famous hanging garden...

Introducing a nonnative species into an environment can cause some unexpected problems to the habitat and to native species. Although some introduced species are beneficial, such as food crops, game animals and pets, others can have a negative effect on the environment. Fifteen percent of ...

Flying or Driving When planning a trip, many individuals choose to rent cars and drive to their destinations instead of flying. Even though both of these options are good means of traveling, they have different advantages and disadvantages in areas such as safety, cost and time. More than thirty m...

There are two types of flying squirrels native to North America, the Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels. They do not have wings like birds, but they do have excess skin on their bodies between their legs that spreads out and acts as wings when they "fly" from tree to tree in the forest. There ...

COYOTE: SCIENTIFIC PAPER Most of the general population would be able to recall that coyotes are members of the dog family, and that they generally inhabit the northwest United States. Other than that, not much attention is paid to this particular canine. It will try to avoid man, as man will...

If an entrepreneur pitched the next big idea as bottled air, many individuals in today's society would likely laugh. This was likely the same response to the idea of mass-produced bottled water several decades ago and yet, this trend is taking the world by storm. Unfortunately, it is not only a tren...

Panama is. An emerging nation is a group of people linked together through nationalism in the hopes to rise from obscurity with the common goal to become a more productive and cohesive country. Panama is indeed known as one of the worlds emergent nations. There are many plans under wa...

In the decades after the Civil War, American industry transformed itself into a new wonder of the world. New industries were beginning to develop and businesses were beginning to take off, replacing the dominant farming industry. People began to move to cities and the United States was growing as ...