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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 22, 2015Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Plants & Animals
In Japan, blossoming moss phlox are expected to attract many visitors until the upcoming 'Golden Week' holiday season in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Plants & Animals
Beach-goers beware.
The species, also known as "purple sailor," has stinging cells that are not seriously har ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Welcome back, Bouvier's red colobus monkey. It's been a while.
According to WCS: "The small primate lives in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
The animation below discusses research by Nagasawa et al, which uncovers a neural feedback loop between people and their ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Researchers say they have found the oldest tools made by human ancestors-stone flakes dated to 3.3 million years ago. Th ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Neuroscience
Two types of touch information - the feel of an object and the position of an animal's limb - have long been thought to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Plants & Animals
In Japan, blossoming moss phlox are expected to attract many visitors until the upcoming 'Golden Week' holiday season in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Plants & Animals
Beach-goers beware.
The species, also known as "purple sailor," has stinging cells that are not seriously har ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
This editorial by Nicolas Kristoff in the Sunday NY Times sheds light on animal intelligence--and human innovation.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Welcome back, Bouvier's red colobus monkey. It's been a while.
According to WCS: "The small primate lives in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
The animation below discusses research by Nagasawa et al, which uncovers a neural feedback loop between people and their ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Researchers say they have found the oldest tools made by human ancestors-stone flakes dated to 3.3 million years ago. Th ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Neuroscience
Two types of touch information - the feel of an object and the position of an animal's limb - have long been thought to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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