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Tree of life
In biology, the tree of life is a model and research tool used to explore the relationship networks and evolution of organisms. Using tree diagrams to map genealogical relationships dates back to the medieval era.
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FEB 21, 2017Videos
Climate change is often such a big issue that it becomes overwhelming to think about what you as an individual person ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2017Videos
Almost everyone is familiar with Nutella, the jars of gooey hazelnut spread. It's chocolatey-goodness is a staple on bre ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 17, 2017Microbiology
More than half of all known plant species survive in rainforests on wet, infertile soil. A different kind of environment ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2017Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The ability to efficiently and cleanly break common chemical bonds is of great interest to pharmaceutical and industrial ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
In an interview from Mongabay News with Jane Goodall post the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2016Plants & Animals
There are tons of scientists who are reportedly convinced up to 40% of the world’s lizard species could go extinct ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 08, 2016Videos
The Snake River runs 1,078 miles long through the Pacific Northwest in the United States. It is the largest tributary of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 07, 2016Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA) has a common mission: to curb climate change. But with it, they have an uncomm ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 08, 2016Microbiology
In a major achievement for microbiology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2016Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2016Videos
What is the shrill incessant noise that fills your backyard to such great lengths that you can't even hear your own thou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2016Videos
There are many dangers in the natural environment that tree-frog eggs have to face. Fish love to eat the eggs, as do oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 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 SullivanAPR 28, 2016Plants & Animals
A man from the United States, who was just cutting down a tree like anyone else who has done it before, was in for a big ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2017
Videos
Climate change is often such a big issue that it becomes overwhelming to think about what you as an individual person ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Almost everyone is familiar with Nutella, the jars of gooey hazelnut spread. It's chocolatey-goodness is a staple on bre
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 17, 2017
Microbiology
More than half of all known plant species survive in rainforests on wet, infertile soil. A different kind of environment
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The ability to efficiently and cleanly break common chemical bonds is of great interest to pharmaceutical and industrial
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In an interview from Mongabay News with Jane Goodall post the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s long been thought that mammals are the only kinds of animals that even bother to chew their food starting in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are tons of scientists who are reportedly convinced up to 40% of the world’s lizard species could go extinct
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 08, 2016
Videos
The Snake River runs 1,078 miles long through the Pacific Northwest in the United States. It is the largest tributary of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA) has a common mission: to curb climate change. But with it, they have an uncomm
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 08, 2016
Microbiology
In a major achievement for microbiology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2016
Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2016
Videos
What is the shrill incessant noise that fills your backyard to such great lengths that you can't even hear your own thou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2016
Videos
There are many dangers in the natural environment that tree-frog eggs have to face. Fish love to eat the eggs, as do oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
APR 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
A man from the United States, who was just cutting down a tree like anyone else who has done it before, was in for a big
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard