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Animals: are multicellular organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.
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SEP 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal lovers won’t like hearing one bit og this, but Japan formally announced this week that it slaughtered 177 w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2017Videos
Forest fires can cause a loss of life, environmental damage to animal habitats and residential areas as well as an impac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2017Plants & Animals
The giant panda was once considered an endangered animal species by the International Union for the Conservation of Natu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2017Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2017Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard of a terrible practice called shark finning, it’s essentially where people catch ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Videos
There are many theories about how the dinosaurs died out, but one of the best-accepted ones of all is how a massive aste ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed that it’s difficult to swat a fly? Although some people think it’s simply because they ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have found that things typically found in our home environments may be contributing to the reinfection of pe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Videos
The horseshoe crab is considered one of the relatively few living fossils on Earth, given that it's been around for 450 ...SEP 22, 2017Microbiology
Bacterial multicellularity sounds like an oxymoron, right? Actually, bacteria in the genus Pantoea (family Enterobacteri ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Sleep is such an essential thing that you and I can’t live without it, and many other animal species are the same ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2017Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s ...SEP 21, 2017Videos
Most mouse traps are small, just a few inches in length, but this guy went above and beyond to have the biggest mouse tr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2017Videos
A new 'octopus city' is turning our understanding of how octopi co-exist with one another upside-down. While researchers ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Some of the best-known animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List are sea tur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
By studying the genetics behind butterfly wing patterns, researchers understand how a single gene can create limitless p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2017Microbiology
Humans carry millions of microorganisms around everywhere they go. Now scientists have suggested that we monitor those m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2017Plants & Animals
In an allusion to the famous underwater lost city of Atlantis, scientists have dubbed the recently found acropolis of Gl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how many elderly folks tend to need hearing aids or ask you to speak louder so they can hear you? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2017Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Plants are some of the most resilient life forms on Earth, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor Ying Fan Reinf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new study suggest that cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects in children, could be reversed ...
SEP 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal lovers won’t like hearing one bit og this, but Japan formally announced this week that it slaughtered 177 w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2017
Videos
Forest fires can cause a loss of life, environmental damage to animal habitats and residential areas as well as an impac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
The giant panda was once considered an endangered animal species by the International Union for the Conservation of Natu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2017
Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2017
Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard of a terrible practice called shark finning, it’s essentially where people catch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Videos
There are many theories about how the dinosaurs died out, but one of the best-accepted ones of all is how a massive aste
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed that it’s difficult to swat a fly? Although some people think it’s simply because they
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have found that things typically found in our home environments may be contributing to the reinfection of pe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Videos
The horseshoe crab is considered one of the relatively few living fossils on Earth, given that it's been around for 450
...
SEP 22, 2017
Microbiology
Bacterial multicellularity sounds like an oxymoron, right? Actually, bacteria in the genus Pantoea (family Enterobacteri
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is such an essential thing that you and I can’t live without it, and many other animal species are the same
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s
...
SEP 21, 2017
Videos
Most mouse traps are small, just a few inches in length, but this guy went above and beyond to have the biggest mouse tr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Videos
A new 'octopus city' is turning our understanding of how octopi co-exist with one another upside-down. While researchers
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Some of the best-known animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List are sea tur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
By studying the genetics behind butterfly wing patterns, researchers understand how a single gene can create limitless p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2017
Microbiology
Humans carry millions of microorganisms around everywhere they go. Now scientists have suggested that we monitor those m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
In an allusion to the famous underwater lost city of Atlantis, scientists have dubbed the recently found acropolis of Gl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how many elderly folks tend to need hearing aids or ask you to speak louder so they can hear you?
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Plants are some of the most resilient life forms on Earth, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor Ying Fan Reinf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new study suggest that cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects in children, could be reversed
...