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Habitat
The specific natural environment where a particular species lives is concerned as its habitat. A habitat could be any place where organisms can find food, shelter, appropriate climate, mates for reproduction.
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JUN 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2017Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Scientists and astronauts-to-be alike use the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) habitat in the middle of the Utah dese ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Plants & Animals
You don’t see too many orangutans in the wild anymore; with that in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Plants & Animals
When you think of frogs, the color green probably comes to mind. So too do the variety of bright floral colors that you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2017Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Turtles are interesting creatures. Ranging in sizes from large to small and living both in water and on land, these crea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are native to the coasts of certain South American countries, including Chile and Peru to name a few. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 17, 2017Videos
You may know the mountain lion by one of its many other names: cougar, puma, catamount, panther. This animal is the larg ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2017Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2017Technology
Exploring certain parts of the ocean to better understand the wildlife that inhabits them can be troublesome, especially ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into ...APR 19, 2017Videos
The field of ecological restoration is growing as quickly as we are destroying habitats, and luckily for nature, there a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Scientists and astronauts-to-be alike use the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) habitat in the middle of the Utah dese
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
You don’t see too many orangutans in the wild anymore; with that in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you think of frogs, the color green probably comes to mind. So too do the variety of bright floral colors that you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2017
Videos
Can you imagine a world without ice? Even if you live in Florida with the sole intention of escaping icy winters, ice do
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Turtles are interesting creatures. Ranging in sizes from large to small and living both in water and on land, these crea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are native to the coasts of certain South American countries, including Chile and Peru to name a few.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 17, 2017
Videos
You may know the mountain lion by one of its many other names: cougar, puma, catamount, panther. This animal is the larg
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2017
Technology
Exploring certain parts of the ocean to better understand the wildlife that inhabits them can be troublesome, especially
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into
...
APR 19, 2017
Videos
The field of ecological restoration is growing as quickly as we are destroying habitats, and luckily for nature, there a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard