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Ecosystem
An ecosystem refers to all living and nonliving features of a particular physical location. This includes living organisms as well as non living things, like weather, that interact with one another.
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SEP 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Are protected areas even helpful is they’re so disjointed that wildlife can’t move between them? That’ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2020Plants & Animals
New images of hatchling Burmese roofed turtles have renewed hope to save this critically endangered species. Late last m ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 07, 2020Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 03, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland have found that an extract from hemp may help bees to survive poi ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 31, 2020Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 30, 2020Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2020Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 13, 2020Immunology
Taking a course of antibiotics as a baby has been linked to a spiked risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in ad ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 04, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Earth & The Environment
We often only think of the impact of lightning on how it relates to humans, but new research from the Smithsonian Tropic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 17, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2020Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Are protected areas even helpful is they’re so disjointed that wildlife can’t move between them? That’
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
New images of hatchling Burmese roofed turtles have renewed hope to save this critically endangered species. Late last m
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 03, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland have found that an extract from hemp may help bees to survive poi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 31, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2020
Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 13, 2020
Immunology
Taking a course of antibiotics as a baby has been linked to a spiked risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in ad
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 04, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
We often only think of the impact of lightning on how it relates to humans, but new research from the Smithsonian Tropic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch