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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 05, 2025Microbiology
In 2013, divers began to notice something terrible happening to sea stars in the waters around Washington State. The sea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Genetic features known as transposons make up a large portion of many mammalian genomes, including humans' ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Microbiology
Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plant fossils were found in the abdomen of a dinosaur called a sauropod, shown in this artistic impression. Image credit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Obesity is a growing global public health issue characterized by excessive fat accumulation that increases the risk of n ...Written By: Greta AnneJUN 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2025Earth & The Environment
When we think of city air, we might consider the temperature, smell, wind speed, or even smoke levels. But we probably d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2025Immunology
Chemotherapy is a toxic form of cancer treatment that specifically dysregulates tumor cells and effectively mitigates tu ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUN 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
New research has indicated that humans used what bones to create tools as many as 20,000 years ago. These findings have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists genetically engineered mice so that they could not generate an amino acid called cysteine, and then fed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
The recent discovery of Peganum harmala (Syrian rue) residues in Iron Age fumigation devices from the archaeological sit ...Written By: Greta AnneMAY 21, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans and remains one of the most difficult conditions to treat safely and ...Written By: Greta AnneMAY 19, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitoes can tranmist dengue virus, which has already caused local cases in Florida in 2025...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
As sea levels continue to rise and threaten coastal areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z , cities ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2025Plants & Animals
A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolut ...Written By: Greta AnneMAY 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
If you have seen Roman gladiators depicted on TV or in movies, you probably saw them in an arena with lions. Gladiators ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2025Immunology
Venom from snakes and other animals can have fatal effects if not treated. Venom is a toxic substance and includes vario ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeMAY 07, 2025Plants & Animals
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics dives into the role of plant-based diets, par ...Written By: Greta Anne
AUG 05, 2025
Microbiology
In 2013, divers began to notice something terrible happening to sea stars in the waters around Washington State. The sea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic features known as transposons make up a large portion of many mammalian genomes, including humans' ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Microbiology
Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plant fossils were found in the abdomen of a dinosaur called a sauropod, shown in this artistic impression. Image credit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Obesity is a growing global public health issue characterized by excessive fat accumulation that increases the risk of n
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JUN 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When we think of city air, we might consider the temperature, smell, wind speed, or even smoke levels. But we probably d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2025
Immunology
Chemotherapy is a toxic form of cancer treatment that specifically dysregulates tumor cells and effectively mitigates tu
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUN 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has indicated that humans used what bones to create tools as many as 20,000 years ago. These findings have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists genetically engineered mice so that they could not generate an amino acid called cysteine, and then fed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
The recent discovery of Peganum harmala (Syrian rue) residues in Iron Age fumigation devices from the archaeological sit
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAY 21, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans and remains one of the most difficult conditions to treat safely and
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAY 19, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitoes can tranmist dengue virus, which has already caused local cases in Florida in 2025...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
As sea levels continue to rise and threaten coastal areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z , cities ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2025
Plants & Animals
A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolut
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAY 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
If you have seen Roman gladiators depicted on TV or in movies, you probably saw them in an arena with lions. Gladiators
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2025
Immunology
Venom from snakes and other animals can have fatal effects if not treated. Venom is a toxic substance and includes vario
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
MAY 07, 2025
Plants & Animals
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics dives into the role of plant-based diets, par
...
Written By:
Greta Anne