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Ecology
Ecology: the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their environment. Ecology includes the study of interactions that organisms have with each other, other organisms, and with abiotic components of their environment. Topics of interest to ecologists include the diversity, distribution, amount (biomass), and number (population) of particular organisms, as well as cooperation and competition between organisms, both within and among ecosystems.
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JAN 17, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2025Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2024Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
The deepest part of the oceans known as the hadal zone, where there is total darkness and extreme pressure. And some wei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiontWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2024Earth & The Environment
According to NASA, the hottest years on record are the ten most recent years, and 2023 was the warmest on record since p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
Uppsala University scientists have analyzed fossilized samples of dinosaur feces to learn more about the ecological infl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2024Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2024Microbiology
Humans began to farm about 11,000 years ago, when temperatures around the planet warmed, and people could settle down an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been introduced into countless consumer products and materials, and now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for bot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
Geologists divide time into epochs or series, with subdivisions, according to major variations in rock sequences. They m ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every y
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2025
Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2024
Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The deepest part of the oceans known as the hadal zone, where there is total darkness and extreme pressure. And some wei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiont
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2024
Earth & The Environment
According to NASA, the hottest years on record are the ten most recent years, and 2023 was the warmest on record since p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Uppsala University scientists have analyzed fossilized samples of dinosaur feces to learn more about the ecological infl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2024
Microbiology
Humans began to farm about 11,000 years ago, when temperatures around the planet warmed, and people could settle down an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been introduced into countless consumer products and materials, and now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for bot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Geologists divide time into epochs or series, with subdivisions, according to major variations in rock sequences. They m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch