Category: Tour of the Kingdoms

‘One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.’ ‘One side of what? The other side of what?’ thought Alice to herself. ‘Of the mushroom,’ said the Caterpillar, just as if she had asked it aloud.” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll As we move from the Kingdoms… Continue reading These are Fun Guys: Fungi and Fungus-Like Protist

And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12, Douay-Rheims Let us now leave the Kingdoms of the Archaea and of Bacteria and visit two more with many residents that we cannot see with the unaided eye: the Kingdom of the Protists and the… Continue reading I See Something! Creatures You Can See

You might be wondering about another part of creation – viruses. I’m sure you have heard of these little buggers that cause the flu and coronavirus (among many other diseases). Viruses are extremely small parts of creation (even smaller than bacteria) that can infect any type of living thing. But are they themselves alive? As… Continue reading Let’s Play – Are You Alive? Virus Edition

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.” Albert Einstein The residents of the Kingdom of the Archaea and the Kingdom of Bacteria are very similar. Nearly all of them are unicellular – made of just one… Continue reading Terra Incognita and More Familiar Lands

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” John 6:35, Douay-Rheims Now that we have become acquainted with what living things are and what they are made of, we are going to start our grand… Continue reading A Visit to the Tiny Kingdoms