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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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JUN 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
The planet has many interconnected cycles. A new study in Science has examined the role of inorganic Zinc (Zn) in the bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Microbiology
In the late 1970s, a new branch was added to the tree of life, and archaea joined bacteria and eukarya, as domain classi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimps. Scientists have now learned that elephant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2024Plants & Animals
What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected neck length, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are a few animals that we know use tools, and sea otters are one example. A new study has now shown that individua ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2024Microbiology
It's estimated that 90% of the biomass in the oceans are marine microorganisms, a group that includes protists, bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's fairly easy to look at a map of the world and see the clear similarities between the western coast of Africa and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2024Microbiology
Archaea are a relatively recently discovered group of microorganisms that occupy their own branch on the tree of life. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Researchers have reported the discovery of fossils from a massive, ancient snake that could have been bigger than a bus.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
Humans have been painting on rocks and in caves for tens of thousands of years. Some of the oldest rock art made by peop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent yearsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2024Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The planet has many interconnected cycles. A new study in Science has examined the role of inorganic Zinc (Zn) in the bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Microbiology
In the late 1970s, a new branch was added to the tree of life, and archaea joined bacteria and eukarya, as domain classi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimps. Scientists have now learned that elephant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2024
Plants & Animals
What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected neck length,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are a few animals that we know use tools, and sea otters are one example. A new study has now shown that individua
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2024
Microbiology
It's estimated that 90% of the biomass in the oceans are marine microorganisms, a group that includes protists, bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's fairly easy to look at a map of the world and see the clear similarities between the western coast of Africa and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are a relatively recently discovered group of microorganisms that occupy their own branch on the tree of life. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have reported the discovery of fossils from a massive, ancient snake that could have been bigger than a bus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Humans have been painting on rocks and in caves for tens of thousands of years. Some of the oldest rock art made by peop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2024
Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch