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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a species of plants or animals. The death of the last individual of the species is generally regarded as the moment of extinction. More than one in four species on Earth currently faces extinction.
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FEB 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2019Plants & Animals
When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2019Plants & Animals
Standing tall in the display room of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois is Sue the T. Rex, an incr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2019Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2019Videos
A Hawaiian tree snail, Achatinella apexfulva, by the name of George has officially become the first extinc ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 17, 2019Cannabis Sciences
When I was growing up in the 1990s, the answer to this question was simple: "just say no". The D.A.R.E.&n ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 16, 2019Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Technology
Due to many contributing factors one of which is climate change, today the risk of extinction poses stronger than ever w ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2019Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2019Plants & Animals
When three large cats arrived at Prague Zoo from India in 2015, staff crossed their fingers and hoped the animals could ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2018Plants & Animals
The Madagascar pochard is a duck species so elusive that conservationists once thought it was extinct. But in 2006, a te ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 24, 2018Plants & Animals
Willow tits and other similarly small birds may have a lot to gain from finding and joining a flock early in life. A pap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Red wolves were thought to be extinct in the wild and were listed as such in 1980. Researchers have now found red wolf D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2018Videos
While estimates about the number of species that go extinct vary widely, one thing is certain: we can list many animals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Many American states have nicknames that subtly describe their unique qualities; Utah, for example, is known as the beeh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2018Neuroscience
Identifying the connection between the brain size to smartness has become much more plausible due to accuracy in estimat ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2018Neuroscience
Extinction; presenting fear in a neutral setting where the negative consequences are negated is one of the successful fe ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 14, 2018Plants & Animals
The mountain gorilla is one of two subspecies of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), a species recognized by the Int ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
Standing tall in the display room of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois is Sue the T. Rex, an incr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2019
Videos
A Hawaiian tree snail, Achatinella apexfulva, by the name of George has officially become the first extinc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 17, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
When I was growing up in the 1990s, the answer to this question was simple: "just say no". The D.A.R.E.&n
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Technology
Due to many contributing factors one of which is climate change, today the risk of extinction poses stronger than ever w
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2019
Plants & Animals
When three large cats arrived at Prague Zoo from India in 2015, staff crossed their fingers and hoped the animals could
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
The Madagascar pochard is a duck species so elusive that conservationists once thought it was extinct. But in 2006, a te
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
Willow tits and other similarly small birds may have a lot to gain from finding and joining a flock early in life. A pap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Red wolves were thought to be extinct in the wild and were listed as such in 1980. Researchers have now found red wolf D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2018
Videos
While estimates about the number of species that go extinct vary widely, one thing is certain: we can list many animals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many American states have nicknames that subtly describe their unique qualities; Utah, for example, is known as the beeh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Identifying the connection between the brain size to smartness has become much more plausible due to accuracy in estimat
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Extinction; presenting fear in a neutral setting where the negative consequences are negated is one of the successful fe
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 14, 2018
Plants & Animals
The mountain gorilla is one of two subspecies of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), a species recognized by the Int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard