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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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JUN 04, 2024Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are a few animals that we know use tools, and sea otters are one example. A new study has now shown that individua ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2024Microbiology
People have been brewing beer for thousands of years. Its a process that can be done on an industrial scale or at home, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's fairly easy to look at a map of the world and see the clear similarities between the western coast of Africa and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are over 3,000 species of cicadas, some of which are annual, and others that spend most of their life underground, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Some creatures glow naturally, in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence. It's thought that this trait has evolved indepe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this gut microbiome includes bacteria, ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Researchers have reported the discovery of fossils from a massive, ancient snake that could have been bigger than a bus.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2024Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A lot of people quickly learned what RNA was when an RNA virus started the COVID-19 global pandemic. In humans, there ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent yearsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Climate change and poor planning are causing major water scarcity crises in multiple cities and regions around the world ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Exactly what happens in the body during the aging process? Some scientists have linked aging to the reduced expression o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2024Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Labrador retrievers are dogs that are known as friendly and outgoing companions that are good for families. They are lar ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2024
Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are a few animals that we know use tools, and sea otters are one example. A new study has now shown that individua
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2024
Microbiology
People have been brewing beer for thousands of years. Its a process that can be done on an industrial scale or at home,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's fairly easy to look at a map of the world and see the clear similarities between the western coast of Africa and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are over 3,000 species of cicadas, some of which are annual, and others that spend most of their life underground,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some creatures glow naturally, in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence. It's thought that this trait has evolved indepe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this gut microbiome includes bacteria, ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have reported the discovery of fossils from a massive, ancient snake that could have been bigger than a bus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A lot of people quickly learned what RNA was when an RNA virus started the COVID-19 global pandemic. In humans, there ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Climate change and poor planning are causing major water scarcity crises in multiple cities and regions around the world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Exactly what happens in the body during the aging process? Some scientists have linked aging to the reduced expression o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2024
Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Labrador retrievers are dogs that are known as friendly and outgoing companions that are good for families. They are lar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch