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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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AUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 25, 2015Videos
It's creamy, gooey chocolate that millions around the world eat for breakfast..and lunch, and dinner and sometimes just ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Microbiology
A University of Colorado Boulder and North Carolina State University-led team has produced the first atlas of airborne m ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A mysterious coral species that was overshadowed by another, more well-known type may finally be getting its due.
< ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 15, 2014Plants & Animals
They don't care what you call them and aren't fussy about what they eat. There are hundreds of millions of them and they ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 09, 2014Plants & Animals
As more of the natural environment is lost to development, some species suffer, but others thrive even as biodiversity d ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 05, 2014Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 14, 2014Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t ...JUN 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. < ...MAR 19, 2014Earth & The Environment
It's been estimated that somewhere between 20-40% of the Earth's land area is grassland, and 10% of the human population ...AUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 25, 2015Videos
It's creamy, gooey chocolate that millions around the world eat for breakfast..and lunch, and dinner and sometimes just ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Microbiology
A University of Colorado Boulder and North Carolina State University-led team has produced the first atlas of airborne m ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A mysterious coral species that was overshadowed by another, more well-known type may finally be getting its due.
< ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 15, 2014Plants & Animals
They don't care what you call them and aren't fussy about what they eat. There are hundreds of millions of them and they ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 09, 2014Plants & Animals
As more of the natural environment is lost to development, some species suffer, but others thrive even as biodiversity d ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 05, 2014Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 14, 2014Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t ...JUN 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. < ...MAR 19, 2014Earth & The Environment
It's been estimated that somewhere between 20-40% of the Earth's land area is grassland, and 10% of the human population ...
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