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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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MAY 19, 2020Plants & Animals
In the bird world, parental units will often split responsibilities. One typically stays behind at the nest to protect t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
Overhunting of migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific region has reached an all-time high - and conservationists are c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 18, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2020Microbiology
The community of microorganisms that lives in the gastrointestinal tract has a powerful influence on human health.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2020Plants & Animals
After spending several months in hibernation during the winter, male garter snakes emerge from the underground where the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2020Plants & Animals
If you think back to most of Hollywood’s dinosaur-based films, then you’ll probably remember that the bulk o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that anandamide, often referred to as the body’s own cannabis, may help us forget traumatic ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 15, 2020Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study from researchers at the University of Washington examines the breathability of the California Current, the cool, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 14, 2020Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Organisms develop from a single cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of tissues and structures that are found ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2020Health & Medicine
According to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at the University of Chicago, nearly 25% of Americans have arthritis ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 13, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis is usually associated with cognitive deficits such as short term memory loss, and problems maintaining attentio ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 12, 2020Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2020Neuroscience
Humans and prairie voles are among the 3- 5% of mammalian species that are monogamous. Now, a study looking at prairie v ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 11, 2020Cancer
Research recently published in the research journal Allergy suggests that a common antihistamine could improve survival ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Most people cringe at the thought of getting stung by a bee, let alone hornets or wasps, with the latter tending to be m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The term "biomimicry" describes the models and methods harnessed by scientists to imitate natural element ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
In the bird world, parental units will often split responsibilities. One typically stays behind at the nest to protect t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Overhunting of migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific region has reached an all-time high - and conservationists are c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 18, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2020
Microbiology
The community of microorganisms that lives in the gastrointestinal tract has a powerful influence on human health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
After spending several months in hibernation during the winter, male garter snakes emerge from the underground where the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you think back to most of Hollywood’s dinosaur-based films, then you’ll probably remember that the bulk o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that anandamide, often referred to as the body’s own cannabis, may help us forget traumatic
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 15, 2020
Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study from researchers at the University of Washington examines the breathability of the California Current, the cool,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 14, 2020
Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms develop from a single cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of tissues and structures that are found
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2020
Health & Medicine
According to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at the University of Chicago, nearly 25% of Americans have arthritis
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 13, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis is usually associated with cognitive deficits such as short term memory loss, and problems maintaining attentio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Humans and prairie voles are among the 3- 5% of mammalian species that are monogamous. Now, a study looking at prairie v
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 11, 2020
Cancer
Research recently published in the research journal Allergy suggests that a common antihistamine could improve survival
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most people cringe at the thought of getting stung by a bee, let alone hornets or wasps, with the latter tending to be m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The term "biomimicry" describes the models and methods harnessed by scientists to imitate natural element
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch