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Breeding: is the mating and production of offspring by animals. To breed is to have babies, whether you're a human or a hermit crab. ... The word breed comes from the Old English bredan which means to "bring young to birth," but also "cherish," which is how most people feel about their offspring.
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FEB 08, 2017Plants & Animals
A pretty exciting event just too place at Cincinnati Zoo last Friday that tons of animal lovers are going to be excited ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2017Videos
Mostly when we think of farms we generate an image of big fields of tilled earth. These farms all require soil, and can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2017Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 27, 2017Videos
Have you ever wondered why there are so many types of apples? Aside from the standard Red Delicious and Granny Smith, th ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 27, 2017Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 25, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Grain sorghum is a grass plant crop grown for food grain, animal feed, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofue ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For some inexplicable, unfathomable reason, Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been advising women to put jade eggs in their v ...JAN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
New animal species are popping up in the wilderness all the time, many of which have probably been there for a really lo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2017Videos
We're often taught from the very beginning that it's not okay to lose control of our emotions. In particular, while show ...JAN 12, 2017Infographics
Much like the creatures form the land of Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar, glowing (or bioluminescent) animals ha ...DEC 23, 2016Earth & The Environment
The governor of a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo approved the boundaries of a 1,477-square-kilomet ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes ...DEC 02, 2016Microbiology
Chemically, carbon and silicon are a lot alike; silicon can form bonds with four atoms at once and can create the long, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
A couple of specific spots on the red planet in our Solar System, Mars, might just foster zones of interest after scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2016Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2016Plants & Animals
The giant tortoise is an icon for conservation on the Galapagos Islands. They can get really big, but their population n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 24, 2016Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal ...SEP 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A new study with rats suggests the genetic roots of alcoholism are incredibly complex. Researchers identified 930 genes ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
A pretty exciting event just too place at Cincinnati Zoo last Friday that tons of animal lovers are going to be excited
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2017
Videos
Mostly when we think of farms we generate an image of big fields of tilled earth. These farms all require soil, and can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2017
Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 27, 2017
Videos
Have you ever wondered why there are so many types of apples? Aside from the standard Red Delicious and Granny Smith, th
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Grain sorghum is a grass plant crop grown for food grain, animal feed, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofue
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some inexplicable, unfathomable reason, Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been advising women to put jade eggs in their v
...
JAN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
New animal species are popping up in the wilderness all the time, many of which have probably been there for a really lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2017
Videos
We're often taught from the very beginning that it's not okay to lose control of our emotions. In particular, while show
...
JAN 12, 2017
Infographics
Much like the creatures form the land of Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar, glowing (or bioluminescent) animals ha
...
DEC 23, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The governor of a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo approved the boundaries of a 1,477-square-kilomet
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes
...
DEC 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chemically, carbon and silicon are a lot alike; silicon can form bonds with four atoms at once and can create the long,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A couple of specific spots on the red planet in our Solar System, Mars, might just foster zones of interest after scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
The giant tortoise is an icon for conservation on the Galapagos Islands. They can get really big, but their population n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2016
Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal
...
SEP 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A new study with rats suggests the genetic roots of alcoholism are incredibly complex. Researchers identified 930 genes
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)