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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 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2019Plants & Animals
Germany is home to a small species of nocturnal owl called the ‘little owl’ (Athene noctua), and while the G ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 02, 2019Videos
Single-celled microbes are an important part of the world's ecosystems, and they can live in virtually every kind of env ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2019Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2019Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 24, 2018Plants & Animals
There exist a bevy of ways that an animal species can be driven to evolve, but one of the more controversial methods of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 20, 2018Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Depending on where you’re from, you may speak the same language as someone else, but with a slight accent or diale ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2018Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are undergoing a pollution crisis the likes of which we’ve never seen before, and the uns ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Plants & Animals
We often associate wildfires with destruction and devastation, but horrendous damages aside, what happens to all the ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2018Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a special kind of bee that can live in either social communities or isolation, as their research model.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2018Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bats enjoy munching on moths when they’re feeling a bit hungry, but one thing that has a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Ants, fascinating social insects, studying their foraging behavior reveals valuable information.Written By: Aswini KannegantiOCT 02, 2018Plants & Animals
You might’ve heard the expression “dog eat dog,” metaphorically, of course; but how about the one that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2018Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2018Microbiology
Without the right experimental design, behavioral testing can easily produce the wrong results.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2019
Plants & Animals
Germany is home to a small species of nocturnal owl called the ‘little owl’ (Athene noctua), and while the G
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 02, 2019
Videos
Single-celled microbes are an important part of the world's ecosystems, and they can live in virtually every kind of env
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
There exist a bevy of ways that an animal species can be driven to evolve, but one of the more controversial methods of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 20, 2018
Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Depending on where you’re from, you may speak the same language as someone else, but with a slight accent or diale
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are undergoing a pollution crisis the likes of which we’ve never seen before, and the uns
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
We often associate wildfires with destruction and devastation, but horrendous damages aside, what happens to all the ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a special kind of bee that can live in either social communities or isolation, as their research model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bats enjoy munching on moths when they’re feeling a bit hungry, but one thing that has a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Ants, fascinating social insects, studying their foraging behavior reveals valuable information.
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
OCT 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
You might’ve heard the expression “dog eat dog,” metaphorically, of course; but how about the one that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2018
Microbiology
Without the right experimental design, behavioral testing can easily produce the wrong results.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch