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Insects
Insects are hexapod invertebrates that are classed as Arthropoda within the group of anthropod phylum. Insects consist of the largest diversity of animal with more than one million species and account for more than half of all living organisms.
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MAR 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Venus flytraps are perhaps one of the world’s most widely-recognized carnivorous plants, with its snap trap being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2019Plants & Animals
Pests, including different types of bugs and rodents, can be found all over the place. While no one particularly enjoys ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by frog tongues. Frogs have perhaps one of the most interesting tongues in the enti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Horseshoe crabs were once thought to be related to sand crabs, but there have been placed in the arachnid group.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2019Videos
Clonal raider ants are asexual reproducers, and it's easy to make genetic manipulations in these insects.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2019Microbiology
Swarming behavior has been observed throughout biology; cells, insects, and birds, for example, have all been observed e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins that can counteract the CRISPR system appear to be more common than thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2019Immunology
Climate change may affect the future of vaccinations and nutrition.Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2019Microbiology
Like many other organisms, bacteria have to compete for resources and have developed a wide array of strategies to use, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to modeling complex diseases that affect multiple genes in an animal.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2019Microbiology
Beneficial microbes are already a source of antibiotics. Now researchers have found a microbial mosquito repellentWritten By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2019Chemistry & Physics
The ability to repel water, or liquids a broader sense, is a much sought-after feature in materials science. Innovative ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 08, 2019Microbiology
Bats are a vital part of the ecosystem, but they also host deadly viruses. Scientists have now discovered a new filoviru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
Monarch butterflies are famous for their long migrations, typically overwintering in the mountains of central Mexico and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The structure of a huge receptor in the body, which binds to vitamin B12, has now been elucidated.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2019Health & Medicine
While the images that you find on different websites of mites that live on humans may be frightening, most have a symbio ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 24, 2018Videos
It’s no secret that wasps serve as an annoyance and some may even advocate for their eradication, however, doing s ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Venus flytraps are perhaps one of the world’s most widely-recognized carnivorous plants, with its snap trap being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
Pests, including different types of bugs and rodents, can be found all over the place. While no one particularly enjoys
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by frog tongues. Frogs have perhaps one of the most interesting tongues in the enti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Horseshoe crabs were once thought to be related to sand crabs, but there have been placed in the arachnid group.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2019
Videos
Clonal raider ants are asexual reproducers, and it's easy to make genetic manipulations in these insects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2019
Microbiology
Swarming behavior has been observed throughout biology; cells, insects, and birds, for example, have all been observed e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins that can counteract the CRISPR system appear to be more common than thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2019
Immunology
Climate change may affect the future of vaccinations and nutrition.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Microbiology
Like many other organisms, bacteria have to compete for resources and have developed a wide array of strategies to use,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to modeling complex diseases that affect multiple genes in an animal.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2019
Microbiology
Beneficial microbes are already a source of antibiotics. Now researchers have found a microbial mosquito repellent
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The ability to repel water, or liquids a broader sense, is a much sought-after feature in materials science. Innovative
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 08, 2019
Microbiology
Bats are a vital part of the ecosystem, but they also host deadly viruses. Scientists have now discovered a new filoviru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Monarch butterflies are famous for their long migrations, typically overwintering in the mountains of central Mexico and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The structure of a huge receptor in the body, which binds to vitamin B12, has now been elucidated.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2019
Health & Medicine
While the images that you find on different websites of mites that live on humans may be frightening, most have a symbio
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 24, 2018
Videos
It’s no secret that wasps serve as an annoyance and some may even advocate for their eradication, however, doing s
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch