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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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AUG 18, 2017Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2017Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 18, 2017Videos
Collecting honey from beehives can be stressful and dangerous for not only the beekeeper but also for the bees. Not only ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservation researchers are making history by performing the first ever major health assessment of endangered wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Videos
Have you ever wondered why veterinarians advertise chocolate as a death threat for your dog? Well, it all has to do with ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2017Plants & Animals
When you go to the beach and happen upon an unsuspecting baby marine animal in distress, you should probably leave it al ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is hitting some areas and species harder than others. Deserts in the Southwest of the United States are f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Cancer
A protein from the “shaggy ink cap” mushroom may be a lethal fighter against leukemia cells, scientists repo ...AUG 15, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A common vascular disorder among male at or over 50, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized blood filled bulge o ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 15, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common for frogs, lizards, and some other vertebrates to hunt and devour spiders in the wild, but how often d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2017Cancer
To creep into distant parts of the body, some cancer cells have developed a knack for shapeshifting – morphing on ...AUG 14, 2017Microbiology
Beer is usually made using yeast strains that scientists are familiar with. After scientists analyzed a brew made from w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2017Videos
In this video, you can see a 2017 Koch Institute Image Award winner, "Body of Knowledge." This research is part of the D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2017Videos
Popular movies, like Jaws, have notoriously given sharks a bad rap for being dangerous to humans. Because of the horror ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 11, 2017Plants & Animals
From time to time, wild animals can turn abnormal colors. Albinism or leucism are leading causes of this phenomenon, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2017Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat ...Written By: Kerry Evans
AUG 18, 2017
Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2017
Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 18, 2017
Videos
Collecting honey from beehives can be stressful and dangerous for not only the beekeeper but also for the bees. Not only
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation researchers are making history by performing the first ever major health assessment of endangered wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Videos
Have you ever wondered why veterinarians advertise chocolate as a death threat for your dog? Well, it all has to do with
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you go to the beach and happen upon an unsuspecting baby marine animal in distress, you should probably leave it al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is hitting some areas and species harder than others. Deserts in the Southwest of the United States are f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Cancer
A protein from the “shaggy ink cap” mushroom may be a lethal fighter against leukemia cells, scientists repo
...
AUG 15, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A common vascular disorder among male at or over 50, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized blood filled bulge o
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common for frogs, lizards, and some other vertebrates to hunt and devour spiders in the wild, but how often d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2017
Cancer
To creep into distant parts of the body, some cancer cells have developed a knack for shapeshifting – morphing on
...
AUG 14, 2017
Microbiology
Beer is usually made using yeast strains that scientists are familiar with. After scientists analyzed a brew made from w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
In this video, you can see a 2017 Koch Institute Image Award winner, "Body of Knowledge." This research is part of the D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
Popular movies, like Jaws, have notoriously given sharks a bad rap for being dangerous to humans. Because of the horror
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
From time to time, wild animals can turn abnormal colors. Albinism or leucism are leading causes of this phenomenon, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2017
Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans