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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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JUN 04, 2024Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2024Plants & Animals
CAPTION Paraparatrechina neela. CREDIT Sahanashree R A new species of ant has been discovered in Yingku village in Aruna ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 17, 2024Microbiology
People have been brewing beer for thousands of years. Its a process that can be done on an industrial scale or at home, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are over 3,000 species of cicadas, some of which are annual, and others that spend most of their life underground, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
About sixty percent of the genomes of human beings and bananas are similar. So does that mean we are bananas? Well, not ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent yearsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2024Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2024Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many theories have been proposed, but now we have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Plants & Animals
How could solar energy facilities contribute to insect populations? This is what a recent study published in Environment ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 27, 2023Microbiology
Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2023Microbiology
As the climate changes, mosquitoes are on the move. Humans are also starting to settle down in places that are already c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2023Plants & Animals
A Cornell University study found that higher cannabinoid concentrations in hemp leaves led to proportionately less damag ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Sunflowers are famous for following the sun as it moves across the sky. So how do they do it? While previous work has pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2023Microbiology
Bedbug is an umbrella term for about 90 bug species in the Cimicidae family. Only a few of these species commonly bite h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2023Microbiology
There are few ways to prevent mosquito-borne diseases other than avoiding mosquito bites. These pesky insects don't only ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Current Biology discusses an almost perfectly preserved, 520-million-year-old arthropod foss ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Science found that adult trees in tropical forests are subject to forces resulting in greate ...Written By: Amelia Rhodeland
JUN 04, 2024
Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2024
Plants & Animals
CAPTION Paraparatrechina neela. CREDIT Sahanashree R A new species of ant has been discovered in Yingku village in Aruna
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 17, 2024
Microbiology
People have been brewing beer for thousands of years. Its a process that can be done on an industrial scale or at home,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are over 3,000 species of cicadas, some of which are annual, and others that spend most of their life underground,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
About sixty percent of the genomes of human beings and bananas are similar. So does that mean we are bananas? Well, not
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many theories have been proposed, but now we have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Plants & Animals
How could solar energy facilities contribute to insect populations? This is what a recent study published in Environment
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 27, 2023
Microbiology
Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2023
Microbiology
As the climate changes, mosquitoes are on the move. Humans are also starting to settle down in places that are already c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2023
Plants & Animals
A Cornell University study found that higher cannabinoid concentrations in hemp leaves led to proportionately less damag
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sunflowers are famous for following the sun as it moves across the sky. So how do they do it? While previous work has pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2023
Microbiology
Bedbug is an umbrella term for about 90 bug species in the Cimicidae family. Only a few of these species commonly bite h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2023
Microbiology
There are few ways to prevent mosquito-borne diseases other than avoiding mosquito bites. These pesky insects don't only
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Current Biology discusses an almost perfectly preserved, 520-million-year-old arthropod foss
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Science found that adult trees in tropical forests are subject to forces resulting in greate
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland