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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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JUN 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2016Microbiology
Microbiome this, microbiome that. Nothing is more popular than the gut microbiome - and for good reason. Nearly every da ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 16, 2016Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2016Videos
National Geographic grantee and ethologist Joyce Poole uses citizen science and Web technology to bring elephant conserv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
A new reef has been discovered within the mouth of the Amazon river where the mighty waters empty into the Caribbean and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 30, 2016Earth & The Environment
Three days ago in the Boyacá department of Colombia, South America, wildfires swept throughout five municipalitie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 29, 2016Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Coral reefs are facing more threats than just climate change. Sodium cyanide, which can be crushed and turned into a tox ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 06, 2016Health & Medicine
Of course we all know about the grand discovered and undiscovered potential that rainforests harbor for medicinal remedi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 14, 2016Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2015Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 05, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Ever since Europeans first began fishing in the Gulf of Maine centuries ago, cod has been a staple for fishermen and the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
As global warming keeps heating the planet, toxic algae blooms are becoming more and more of a problem. Last August, in ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 06, 2015Plants & Animals
The floods going on right now in South Carolina are big; cars are getting stuck in the floodwater, people are traveling ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2015Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 04, 2015Earth & The Environment
Ocean acidification caused by climate change is a serious threat. Excess carbon dioxide combines with ocean water ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Will the oceans one day run out of the oxygen that marine life relies on to survive? Experts seem to think so. In a rece
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2016
Microbiology
Microbiome this, microbiome that. Nothing is more popular than the gut microbiome - and for good reason. Nearly every da
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 16, 2016
Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2016
Videos
National Geographic grantee and ethologist Joyce Poole uses citizen science and Web technology to bring elephant conserv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A new reef has been discovered within the mouth of the Amazon river where the mighty waters empty into the Caribbean and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 30, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Three days ago in the Boyacá department of Colombia, South America, wildfires swept throughout five municipalitie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2016
Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs are facing more threats than just climate change. Sodium cyanide, which can be crushed and turned into a tox
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Of course we all know about the grand discovered and undiscovered potential that rainforests harbor for medicinal remedi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 05, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Ever since Europeans first began fishing in the Gulf of Maine centuries ago, cod has been a staple for fishermen and the
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
As global warming keeps heating the planet, toxic algae blooms are becoming more and more of a problem. Last August, in
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
The floods going on right now in South Carolina are big; cars are getting stuck in the floodwater, people are traveling
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 04, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Ocean acidification caused by climate change is a serious threat. Excess carbon dioxide combines with ocean water
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans