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Phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relationships among biological entities - often species, individuals or genes (which may be referred to as taxa). The major elements of phylogenetics are theoretical and empirical. Credit: Shutterstock
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APR 25, 2025Genetics & Genomics
A new study has investigated the genetic history of roses, which are part of the genus Rosa and a member of the Rosaceae ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
New technologies like wastewater surveillance have enabled public health officials to monitor the spread of infectious d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2023Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2023Microbiology
New research has suggested that Earth's first animal probably used chemical signals to grow from one cell into an or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have been finding life in hydrothermal vents for years, but researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for M ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 13, 2022Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 12, 2022Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thoughtWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattOCT 05, 2022Plants & Animals
New research shows that chimpanzees use different stone tools depending on the nut species they want to openWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattSEP 28, 2022Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2022Microbiology
Microbes have colonized every part of the world, including our bodies, and there are so may we know nothing about. Advan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in December 2019 causes the disease COVID-19, a pandemic that has killed over 5 millio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2021Health & Medicine
Whether apes can communicate with each other has been a debate for decades. They cannot speak because they do not have t ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattMAY 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many of us have wondered how fish like sole and flounder ended up with two eyes on one side of their heads, including sc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2020Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Portsmouth and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, highlights the concern that global farmin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2019Microbiology
In recent years, the fungus Candida auris has emerged as a growing public health threat. The infection is usually seriou ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
A new study has investigated the genetic history of roses, which are part of the genus Rosa and a member of the Rosaceae
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
New technologies like wastewater surveillance have enabled public health officials to monitor the spread of infectious d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2023
Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2023
Microbiology
New research has suggested that Earth's first animal probably used chemical signals to grow from one cell into an or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have been finding life in hydrothermal vents for years, but researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for M
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 12, 2022
Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thought
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research shows that chimpanzees use different stone tools depending on the nut species they want to open
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 28, 2022
Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes have colonized every part of the world, including our bodies, and there are so may we know nothing about. Advan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in December 2019 causes the disease COVID-19, a pandemic that has killed over 5 millio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
Whether apes can communicate with each other has been a debate for decades. They cannot speak because they do not have t
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
MAY 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many of us have wondered how fish like sole and flounder ended up with two eyes on one side of their heads, including sc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2020
Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Portsmouth and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, highlights the concern that global farmin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2019
Microbiology
In recent years, the fungus Candida auris has emerged as a growing public health threat. The infection is usually seriou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch