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Aquatic Habitat
The aquatic habitat includes all the areas permanently or occasionally covered by water where organisms live. Based on their salinity aquatic habitats are divided into two main groups - freshwater (including lakes, rivers, streams, etc.) and marine (including seas, oceans, coral reefs).
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NOV 13, 2019Earth & The Environment
Have you ever tried to take photographs underwater, only to be sorely disappointed by the results? Pictures of vivid und ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Dolphins, whales and porpoises are marine mammals; otherwise known as cetaceans. Although they live exclusively underwat ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 09, 2019Earth & The Environment
Five years ago, a phenomenon dubbed “the blob” caused turmoil along the West Coast of the Pacific Ocean. No, ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 27, 2019Earth & The Environment
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After 40 years of federal protection, a seamount coral community in Hawaii is showing signs of recovery. The Hawaiian-Em ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2019Health & Medicine
Acai, kale, and quinoa are just a few foods that have been identified as “superfoods” in recent years. Super ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 01, 2019Health & Medicine
Brushes with flesh-eating bacteria infections and in some cases, deaths caused by the infection, have made headlines thi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
The brown macroalgae Sargassum is not uncommon in the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, the Sargasso Sea on the western side of t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 29, 2019Earth & The Environment
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to global health. Scientists from the University of York conducted a global ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 06, 2019Earth & The Environment
One million animal and plant species—one in every four—are at risk of extinction at an unprecedented rate of ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
Coal ash contamination is a public health threat across the United States. Coal ash refers to the toxic remains of coal ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 15, 2018Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2018Microbiology
Viruses were thought of as tiny infectious agents for the most part, until researchers began to discover more and more g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2018Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Organophosphates are especially dangerous to animals like whales, seals and dolphins.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2018Chemistry & Physics
A team of material engineering research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have 3D-printed soft gel-based mini-robots ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 02, 2018Plants & Animals
Many fish enthusiasts are familiar with walleye fish, but one thing they may not be so familiar with is the rate at whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
An earthquake is usually associated with destruction and devastation, not new life. But last month’s quake that st ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2017Plants & Animals
In many freshwater lakes around the world, carp are a common sight. These bottom-feeding fish can grow anywhere between ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric dams have become a hot topic in the last decade as biologists and environmentalists fight to make known th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever tried to take photographs underwater, only to be sorely disappointed by the results? Pictures of vivid und
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Dolphins, whales and porpoises are marine mammals; otherwise known as cetaceans. Although they live exclusively underwat
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 09, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Five years ago, a phenomenon dubbed “the blob” caused turmoil along the West Coast of the Pacific Ocean. No,
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
As part of the “Sullied Sediments” program, which is assessing pollutant levels in European waterways to man
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After 40 years of federal protection, a seamount coral community in Hawaii is showing signs of recovery. The Hawaiian-Em
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
Acai, kale, and quinoa are just a few foods that have been identified as “superfoods” in recent years. Super
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 01, 2019
Health & Medicine
Brushes with flesh-eating bacteria infections and in some cases, deaths caused by the infection, have made headlines thi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The brown macroalgae Sargassum is not uncommon in the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, the Sargasso Sea on the western side of t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to global health. Scientists from the University of York conducted a global
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 06, 2019
Earth & The Environment
One million animal and plant species—one in every four—are at risk of extinction at an unprecedented rate of
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Coal ash contamination is a public health threat across the United States. Coal ash refers to the toxic remains of coal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 15, 2018
Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2018
Microbiology
Viruses were thought of as tiny infectious agents for the most part, until researchers began to discover more and more g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2018
Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Organophosphates are especially dangerous to animals like whales, seals and dolphins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
A team of material engineering research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have 3D-printed soft gel-based mini-robots
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many fish enthusiasts are familiar with walleye fish, but one thing they may not be so familiar with is the rate at whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
An earthquake is usually associated with destruction and devastation, not new life. But last month’s quake that st
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
In many freshwater lakes around the world, carp are a common sight. These bottom-feeding fish can grow anywhere between
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric dams have become a hot topic in the last decade as biologists and environmentalists fight to make known th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan