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Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Biology: is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth, starting from a single common ancestor. These processes include natural selection, common descent, and speciation.
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APR 10, 2017Microbiology
Giant viruses are a relatively new discovery, and researchers are learning more about them.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2017Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest-known aquarium fish, an 84+ year-old Australia lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) who went by the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2017Videos
In this video, evolutionary biologist Patty Brennan discusses her research, which focuses on understanding the myriad ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2017Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2017Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts every species on Earth, including some of the smallest insects that rely on just the right weathe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2017Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 13, 2017Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied within a small context, such as their behavior within a pathway or behavior under specific co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2016Microbiology
In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Plants & Animals
The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know ani ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Microbiology
Giant viruses are a relatively new discovery, and researchers are learning more about them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The world’s oldest-known aquarium fish, an 84+ year-old Australia lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) who went by the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2017
Videos
In this video, evolutionary biologist Patty Brennan discusses her research, which focuses on understanding the myriad ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2017
Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts every species on Earth, including some of the smallest insects that rely on just the right weathe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Complex cellular life evolved from simpler organisms, and organisms with huge differences have similar evolutionary root
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied within a small context, such as their behavior within a pathway or behavior under specific co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2016
Microbiology
In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard