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Behavioral ecology
Behavioral ecology is a scientific study that focuses on identifying the evolutionary precipice for animal behavior. Behavioral ecology is often guided by natural selection, a process where a trait that provides a protective advantage is favored by being passed onto offspring.
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DEC 18, 2020Microbiology
Research has shown that air pollution & smoke can have serious detrimental health effects. Now scientists have revealed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2020Microbiology
Our world is filled with different types of bacteria, and they have to coexist with one another. They have to compete fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
People are always looking for new ways to get inspired to exercise. Now odor is being proposed as a motivational tool fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2020Plants & Animals
For some people, it's easier to grasp the magnitude of a problem once it can be visualized.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
People that eat a 'paleo' diet operate under the idea that we should be eating more like our ancestors, and that metabol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Global Environmental Change finds hope for the future with the revelation that it ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 27, 2020Plants & Animals
The image by Bastian Rast shows a Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Snails, marine and terrestrial, are likely primarily imagined to be attached to a substrate. However, under the waves, t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 06, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Warm water pelagic snails don’t get much attention, but they certainly should. The snails move between ocean surfa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
Cuttlefish are well known for their incredible camouflaging abilities; they can rapidly change the color and texture of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 27, 2020Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2020Microbiology
In nature, strains of bacteria usually grow in colonies, and together, they are tougher.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2020Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 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 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study from the University of California Riverside suggests that native bee species may thrive from the environmental e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the swaths of animal migrations taking place in the underwater depths of the oceans? New research publis ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2020
Microbiology
Research has shown that air pollution & smoke can have serious detrimental health effects. Now scientists have revealed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2020
Microbiology
Our world is filled with different types of bacteria, and they have to coexist with one another. They have to compete fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
People are always looking for new ways to get inspired to exercise. Now odor is being proposed as a motivational tool fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
For some people, it's easier to grasp the magnitude of a problem once it can be visualized.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
People that eat a 'paleo' diet operate under the idea that we should be eating more like our ancestors, and that metabol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Global Environmental Change finds hope for the future with the revelation that it
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
The image by Bastian Rast shows a Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Snails, marine and terrestrial, are likely primarily imagined to be attached to a substrate. However, under the waves, t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 06, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Warm water pelagic snails don’t get much attention, but they certainly should. The snails move between ocean surfa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
Cuttlefish are well known for their incredible camouflaging abilities; they can rapidly change the color and texture of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2020
Microbiology
In nature, strains of bacteria usually grow in colonies, and together, they are tougher.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2020
Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study from the University of California Riverside suggests that native bee species may thrive from the environmental e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the swaths of animal migrations taking place in the underwater depths of the oceans? New research publis
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard