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Biodiversity
Biodiversity: the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth, and is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 per cent of earth's surface, and contain about 90 percent of the world's species.
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SEP 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As fathers age, they tend ot pass down more genetic mutations to their children.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In 2017, Scot Martin, the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the, envisioned a novel dro
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from collaborators in Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism meant to enc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While a type of algae appears to be thriving in the face of its downgraded envrionment, the story is turning out to be m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Organic foods are growing in popularity. Can cannabis farmers get in on the game? In the U.S., the organic market breach
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Recent findings from mouse studies have concluded that genetics may have a more important role than environmental factor
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A common algebra problem given to middle and high school students goes something like this; "if a piece of paper ha
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Environmental Research Letters from the Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) concludes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Time to rewrite the textbooks. A new study by University of Queensland researchers is calling old ideas about evolution
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Maize, commonly known as corn, was first domesticated from a grass species called teosinte, almost 9,000 years ag
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAY 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As the world continues to warm, scientists are learning more about how climate change will affect the organisms living o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After years of scientific evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to bees and other pollinators (LABROOTS INF
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 12, 2019
Earth & The Environment
According to a recent report from the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), almost every one of our national p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Many types of animals can get cancer, and while large animals would seemingly have higher rates, whales and elephants ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
APR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2019
Videos
It seems that a new species of ancient human has been discovered. The tiny hominid hails from the Philippines.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A genome database works like a police finger print log. If the finger print has been taken before, then when it is
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
In a study published in February in the journal, Nature researchers report more evidence that microbial diversity
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
An unusual amino acid called selenocysteine is not encoded directly in the genome, but is needed for the function of som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2019
Microbiology
The diversity of microbes in a thumbnail-sized mix of volcanic gases, rainwater and snow is greater than the animal and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The same genetic sequence or genotype doesn't always result in the same biological consequence, or phenotype, in differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A man's best friend is one of the most genetically engineered animals ever. Historically,...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
A plethora of the globe’s marine animals are in trouble, but one of the most notable is that of the Mediterranean
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard