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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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MAR 22, 2020Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2020Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2019Plants & Animals
When squirrels grow up, they often face the tough choice of staying at or near the same location where they were born or ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2019Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2019Microbiology
Sea ice in the Arctic melts every summer and refreezes in the winter, but the melting has been outpacing the refreezing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Animals can be tricky to understand because they can’t speak to us in a form of communication that we can easily c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Spadefoot toads are known to be shape-shifters; they can rapidly change their behavior and physiology to adapt to enviro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2019Microbiology
After observing unusual microorganisms that had been collected in Curaçao, researchers saw a strange thing.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution details the findings of a study on Anelosimus studi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 02, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
While in a group, individual spirostomum can make ultrafast contractions in a coordinated fashion, without using chemica ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes are considered to be one of the deadliest animals in the world.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by killifish because they tend to pop up in unexplained places with seemingly no ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2019Plants & Animals
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University was conducting a four-year study in some Ohio’s most be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 30, 2019Plants & Animals
Are we underestimating the frequency at which bonobos choose to devour meat? It might seem like a stretch, but according ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2019Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever frightened a fish in its natural habitat before, then you’ve likely observed that all the sur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2019Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2019Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 31, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
We may have just discovered the snapping organ, but this method of communication is ancient.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2020
Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2020
Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
When squirrels grow up, they often face the tough choice of staying at or near the same location where they were born or
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2019
Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Microbiology
Sea ice in the Arctic melts every summer and refreezes in the winter, but the melting has been outpacing the refreezing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animals can be tricky to understand because they can’t speak to us in a form of communication that we can easily c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Spadefoot toads are known to be shape-shifters; they can rapidly change their behavior and physiology to adapt to enviro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2019
Microbiology
After observing unusual microorganisms that had been collected in Curaçao, researchers saw a strange thing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution details the findings of a study on Anelosimus studi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 02, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While in a group, individual spirostomum can make ultrafast contractions in a coordinated fashion, without using chemica
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes are considered to be one of the deadliest animals in the world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by killifish because they tend to pop up in unexplained places with seemingly no ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University was conducting a four-year study in some Ohio’s most be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
Are we underestimating the frequency at which bonobos choose to devour meat? It might seem like a stretch, but according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2019
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever frightened a fish in its natural habitat before, then you’ve likely observed that all the sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2019
Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
We may have just discovered the snapping organ, but this method of communication is ancient.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard