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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 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 01, 2015Cancer
The body's immune system fights disease, infections and even cancer, acting like foot soldiers to protect against invade ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
One student in a suburban Seattle dog agility class is drawing a lot of attention, and not just for her athletic skills. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Cancer
Wait before you whack that toad. Not only is it frowned upon to kill cane toads inhumanely, but the amphibian's venom co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Videos
Last June, scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) report that a new class of tumor-targ ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U. ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Cancer
The body's immune system fights disease, infections and even cancer, acting like foot soldiers to protect against invade
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
One student in a suburban Seattle dog agility class is drawing a lot of attention, and not just for her athletic skills.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Cancer
Wait before you whack that toad. Not only is it frowned upon to kill cane toads inhumanely, but the amphibian's venom co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Videos
Last June, scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) report that a new class of tumor-targ
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.
...
Written By:
Will Hector