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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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APR 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 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 07, 2015Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
We've all heard about plans for exploring and possibly even colonizing Mars. To do that we'll have to land a lot of hard ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Record Catch?
Hogan keeps track of freshwater fish size records through his Megafish Project, whi ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Called "love darts," these sharp arrows can reduce fertility and cause early death, a new study says.
more drastic ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Plants & Animals
The field of paleobiology and the study of ecological diversity have some new data and it's proving to be quite differen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Plants & Animals
In the wild, animals mature faster than humans, often mating and producing offspring even as young as a year old. The li ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 02, 2015Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 06, 2015Earth & The Environment
Our planet's population is growing rapidly, perhaps too rapidly for our natural resources. Experts estimate that by the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 30, 2015
Plants & 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'Rourke
APR 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...
The traditio ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 07, 2015
Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
We've all heard about plans for exploring and possibly even colonizing Mars. To do that we'll have to land a lot of hard
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Record Catch?
Hogan keeps track of freshwater fish size records through his Megafish Project, whi ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
Called "love darts," these sharp arrows can reduce fertility and cause early death, a new study says.
more drastic ...
more drastic ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
The field of paleobiology and the study of ecological diversity have some new data and it's proving to be quite differen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...
It was spot ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the wild, animals mature faster than humans, often mating and producing offspring even as young as a year old. The li
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 06, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Our planet's population is growing rapidly, perhaps too rapidly for our natural resources. Experts estimate that by the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim