Science & Medicine

Abernathy Spring
Abernathy Spring is a mineral spring located in Polk County, 2.8 km (1.75 mi.) east of the unincorporated comm...
Eugene Hardeman Abington (1873–1965)
Eugene Hardeman (E. H.) Abington, a physician, practiced medicine and pharmacy in Arkansas and Oklahoma for mo...
William Henry Abington (1870–1951)
William Henry (W. H.) Abington, a physician and a Democratic politician, served as a state senator and a state...
Abortion
Abortion is defined as either a spontaneous early ending of a pregnancy (a.k.a. miscarriage) or an induced ear...
Acanthocephalans
aka: Spiny-Headed Worms
aka: Thorny-Headed Worms
These cylindrical metazoan worms, superficially similar to nematode...
Act 1220 of 2003
aka: Childhood Obesity Act
Act 1220 of 2003, which launched comprehensive efforts to curb chil...
Act 346 of 2021
Act 346 of 2021, titled “An Act to Prohibit the Performance of a Pelvic Examination on an Unconscious or Ane...
Act 911 of 1989
aka: Arkansas Conditional Release Program
Act 911 of 1989 pertains to the evaluation, commitment, and conditi...
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams (1926–)
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams was a pioneer occupational therapist at Arkansas Children...
AIDS
By 2007, a cumulative 4,119 Arkansans had been diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the d...
Thomas Dale Alford (1916–2000)
Thomas Dale Alford was a prominent Arkansas ophthalmologist, Episcopalian, radio announcer, civic leader, and ...
Algae
Arkansas has a very diverse assemblage of algae. The majority of the research conducted on algae in the state ...
Alligator Snapping Turtle
The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is North America’s largest freshwater turtle. This tu...
Alzheimer's Arkansas
Alzheimer’s Arkansas is an incorporated nonprofit organization governed by a local board of directors consis...
American Alligator
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) belongs to the class Reptilia, order Crocodylia, superfami...
American Burying Beetle
aka: Giant Carrion Beetle
The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)—which belong...
American Eel
The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) belongs to the order Anguilliformes and family Anguillidae. Common names ...
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has been active in Arkansas since the second decade of the twentieth century. As an org...
Ammonites
aka: Ammonoids
Ammonites are an extinct group of marine invertebrates in the Phylu...
Amphibians
Arkansas has within its borders a modest assemblage of salamanders, frogs, and toads, which are taxonomically ...
Amphipods
aka: Scuds
Amphipods belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, Class Crustacea, Subclas...
Annelids
aka: Segmented Worms
The phylum Annelida consists of over 22,000 living species of segme...
Apicomplexans
aka: Sporozoans
The protistan Phylum Apicomplexa (formerly Sporozoa) contains a tre...
Arachnids
Arachnids belong to Chelicerata, one of four groups of living arthropods. The other three groups are Crustacea...
Arkansas Academy of Science
The Arkansas Academy of Science (AAS) aims for the promotion of knowledge in the fields of science, engineerin...
Arkansas Association of Black Psychology Professionals (AABPP)
The Arkansas Association of Black Psychology Professionals (AABPP), founded in January 2011, is a professional...
Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI)
The Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) was created as the major research component set forth in the Tobacco ...
Arkansas Black Apple
The Arkansas Black Apple is recognized by early sources as having been first produced in 1870 in the orchard o...
Arkansas Blood Labeling Bill
aka: HB 385
On April 2, 1959, Governor Orval E. Faubus signed HB 385 (Blood Lab...
Arkansas Children's Colony
aka: Conway Human Development Center
Dedicated on October 4, 1959, the Arkansas Children’s Colony was ...
Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH)
Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), with facilities in Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Springdale (Washing...
Arkansas Country Doctor Museum (ACDM)
The Arkansas Country Doctor Museum (ACDM) in Lincoln (Washington County), in rural northwest Arkansas, is loca...