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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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NOV 01, 2022Chemistry & Physics
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Chagas disease is a condition caused by a parasitic infection; specifically, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 08, 2022Microbiology
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Spiders are one of nature's most incredible creatures, and there are millions of spider enthusiasts worldwide.Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
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Ant colonies make decisions similarly to neural networks in the brain. The corresponding study was published in PNAS.&nb ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 21, 2022Plants & Animals
A recent study from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and published in Science Advances discusses how plants ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Carnivorous plants are amazing, and researchers have spent a long time learning about their impressive abilities. Now sc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Rising temperatures in Antarctica could endanger the only insect native to the frozen continent. Researchers at the Univ ...Written By: Hannah DanielJUN 30, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that when people have a Zika or dengue virus infection, they release a molecule that can attract ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2022Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms, ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
It may or may not come as a surprise to some, but a lot of archaeological finds are found, well…underground. Quit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
In honor of Halloween, from venomous bites to bright red faces to full-moon dances, here are the six weirdest monkeys
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 23, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study highlights that animals calibrate their sleep cycle in response to their environment. Researchers from Wa
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 19, 2022
Plants & Animals
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by the Uni
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 14, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Bees love cannabis, and cannabis loves bees - why?
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
OCT 10, 2022
Microbiology
Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria bites a human, and the i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
If you’re prone to mosquito bites, it might be because of these chemicals on your skin. Besides being general anno
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 20, 2022
Microbiology
Drug resistant bacterial infections are expected to increase, and these dangerous illnesses already claim the lives of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2022
Plants & Animals
Chagas disease is a condition caused by a parasitic infection; specifically, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi),
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 08, 2022
Microbiology
In the 19th century Sir Ronald Ross, a soldier, pioneer, microbiologist, botanist, and a knight helped shape how we view
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
SEP 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades, or water bears, hold a strange fascination in the public imagination. Despite being microscopic creatures t
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
West Nile virus, which is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, arrived unexpectedly in the United
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 19, 2022
Microbiology
Citrus greening, known by several other names including yellow dragon disease, Huanglongbing, or Candidatus Liberibacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research published by a team at Michigan State University shows that locusts can both detect cancer cells and tell t
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 10, 2022
Infographics
Spiders are one of nature's most incredible creatures, and there are millions of spider enthusiasts worldwide.
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2022
Neuroscience
Ant colonies make decisions similarly to neural networks in the brain. The corresponding study was published in PNAS.&nb
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 21, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and published in Science Advances discusses how plants
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Carnivorous plants are amazing, and researchers have spent a long time learning about their impressive abilities. Now sc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Rising temperatures in Antarctica could endanger the only insect native to the frozen continent. Researchers at the Univ
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JUN 30, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that when people have a Zika or dengue virus infection, they release a molecule that can attract
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2022
Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch