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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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JUL 31, 2017Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new review study published in Microchemical Journal is taking a broad look at the effects of our antibiotics making th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 28, 2017Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati ...JUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl ...JUL 26, 2017Videos
Humans are lucky if they ever make it to 100 years old; the average person lives just 3/4 of that figure. On the other h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2017Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2017Videos
For years, people believed dogs chased their tails because they were mistaking it for another dog playing tag. On the ot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2017Plants & Animals
New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2017Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2017Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2017Health & Medicine
In celebration of 4 decades of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) here's a roundup of 6 cutting edge technologies in ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorJUL 23, 2017Plants & Animals
The most important tools fish possess for ocean navigation are its fins. These appendages help a fish maintain stability ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2017Microbiology
As regions warm, bugs move into new habitats, sometimes bringing health problems with them.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2017Videos
Most animals are nearly symmetrical, which means the left side of your body looks an awful lot like your right side. Alt ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2017Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new review study published in Microchemical Journal is taking a broad look at the effects of our antibiotics making th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 28, 2017
Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati
...
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl
...
JUL 26, 2017
Videos
Humans are lucky if they ever make it to 100 years old; the average person lives just 3/4 of that figure. On the other h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Videos
For years, people believed dogs chased their tails because they were mistaking it for another dog playing tag. On the ot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2017
Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2017
Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2017
Health & Medicine
In celebration of 4 decades of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) here's a roundup of 6 cutting edge technologies in
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
JUL 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
The most important tools fish possess for ocean navigation are its fins. These appendages help a fish maintain stability
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2017
Microbiology
As regions warm, bugs move into new habitats, sometimes bringing health problems with them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2017
Videos
Most animals are nearly symmetrical, which means the left side of your body looks an awful lot like your right side. Alt
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard