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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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APR 29, 2016Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 28, 2016Videos
Animals are now, more than ever, considering using animal organs for those in need of organ transplants. Those in need o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 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 BouchardAPR 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
“Apart from water and air, humble sand is the natural resource most consumed by human beings.” This statemen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Were the early building blocks of life in a humble puddle? Scientists working toward that hypothesis have ac ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Here’s something you don’t see every day – a larger alligator that decided it was so hungry it was goi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
Wildlife crimes around the world have caused countless unnecessary deaths - both of animals and humans. Latin America in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 25, 2016Plants & Animals
Prague Zoo officials were in for a surprise when they realized one of their 24-year-old gorillas, who goes by the name o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2016Videos
The aftermath of a nuclear disaster is beyond frightening. A Google search the Chernobyl disaster or the Fukushima disas ...APR 24, 2016Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 23, 2016Plants & Animals
For many animals, injuries will leave them stranded or left for dead. In some circumstances, animals are lucky enough to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k ...APR 22, 2016Videos
Vestigial structures take many forms: organs, behaviors, and even biochemical processes. Their defining characteristic i ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 22, 2016Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A super long python was recently captured in Malaysia, and was once thought to be the longest snake ever taken into capt ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Are mouse research facilities at the right temperature? A recent opinion piece/review published in Trends in Cancer seem ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 21, 2016Plants & Animals
If you don't like rats because they're icky and gross, then you should just close your web browser now, because ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2016Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2016Videos
Animals that live in the frigid Antarctic have evolved many sophisticated adaptations to deal with the cold, including i ...APR 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Injection of an immune signaling protein into mice seem to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease progression, ...APR 19, 2016Cancer
Efficacy issues have always plagued cancer treatments. It’s estimated that as little as 0.001 and 0.01 percent of ...
APR 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 28, 2016
Videos
Animals are now, more than ever, considering using animal organs for those in need of organ transplants. Those in need o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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
APR 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
“Apart from water and air, humble sand is the natural resource most consumed by human beings.” This statemen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Were the early building blocks of life in a humble puddle? Scientists working toward that hypothesis have ac
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Here’s something you don’t see every day – a larger alligator that decided it was so hungry it was goi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Wildlife crimes around the world have caused countless unnecessary deaths - both of animals and humans. Latin America in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
Prague Zoo officials were in for a surprise when they realized one of their 24-year-old gorillas, who goes by the name o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2016
Videos
The aftermath of a nuclear disaster is beyond frightening. A Google search the Chernobyl disaster or the Fukushima disas
...
APR 24, 2016
Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
For many animals, injuries will leave them stranded or left for dead. In some circumstances, animals are lucky enough to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k
...
APR 22, 2016
Videos
Vestigial structures take many forms: organs, behaviors, and even biochemical processes. Their defining characteristic i
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 22, 2016
Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A super long python was recently captured in Malaysia, and was once thought to be the longest snake ever taken into capt
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Are mouse research facilities at the right temperature? A recent opinion piece/review published in Trends in Cancer seem
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you don't like rats because they're icky and gross, then you should just close your web browser now, because
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2016
Videos
Animals that live in the frigid Antarctic have evolved many sophisticated adaptations to deal with the cold, including i
...
APR 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Injection of an immune signaling protein into mice seem to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease progression,
...
APR 19, 2016
Cancer
Efficacy issues have always plagued cancer treatments. It’s estimated that as little as 0.001 and 0.01 percent of
...