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Environmental biology exists at the intersection of environmental science, ecology, evolution, and global change. The field examines the ways organisms, species, and communities influence, and are impacted by, natural and human-altered ecosystems.
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NOV 18, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2017Genetics & Genomics
People who doubt evolution need only look around to see examples of it in action.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
We carry many microbes in and on our bodies. Researchers have now found a mechanistic link between these microbes and di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2017Immunology
Both genetics and environmental factors play a role in one person’s risk for food allergies, but with experts esti ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 04, 2017Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) doesn’t consider the giant panda an endangered speci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2017Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Plants are some of the most resilient life forms on Earth, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor Ying Fan Reinf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2017Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A common class of chemical compounds found in many household items may be de-energizing mammalian cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2017Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change is a major concern for environmentalists; one of the things they do is try to protect wildlife from succu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2017Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2017Immunology
There is a connection between autophagy, a process that keeps a cell clean of trash and debris, and Crohn’s diseas ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2017Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2017Videos
Oil spills happen all over the world, both on land and in the ocean. Although the oil comes from a natural source, it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Cancer
Scientists have long known about the link between an unhealthy diet high in fat, and colorectal cancer. But the biologic ...
NOV 18, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
People who doubt evolution need only look around to see examples of it in action.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We carry many microbes in and on our bodies. Researchers have now found a mechanistic link between these microbes and di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2017
Immunology
Both genetics and environmental factors play a role in one person’s risk for food allergies, but with experts esti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) doesn’t consider the giant panda an endangered speci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2017
Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Plants are some of the most resilient life forms on Earth, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor Ying Fan Reinf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A common class of chemical compounds found in many household items may be de-energizing mammalian cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change is a major concern for environmentalists; one of the things they do is try to protect wildlife from succu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2017
Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2017
Immunology
There is a connection between autophagy, a process that keeps a cell clean of trash and debris, and Crohn’s diseas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2017
Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2017
Videos
Oil spills happen all over the world, both on land and in the ocean. Although the oil comes from a natural source, it's
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Cancer
Scientists have long known about the link between an unhealthy diet high in fat, and colorectal cancer. But the biologic
...