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Large mammals are classified as those that weigh ten kilograms of more excluding domestic cats and dogs. include animals such as horned animals, antlered animals, bears, and some of the bigger wild dogs and wild cats.
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SEP 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2017Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2017Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New research investigated how our enteric nervous system is organized.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2017Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 05, 2017Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 17, 2017Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Plants & Animals
A species of vampire bat in Brazil, better known as the hairy-legged vampire bat, has been found feasting on a very unli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Not too many animal species exhibit the quality known as menopause, the (typically middle-aged) part of a female’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists are confused as to why at least 95 confirmed false killer whales have stranded themselves on a coast of Flori ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2017Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2017Videos
We all know that single-celled aquatic organisms evolved into multi-celled organisms that then evolved to live on land. ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 05, 2017Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 22, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – November 22, 2016 – Anyone who has drifted into a fuzzy-headed stupor after a large holiday me ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
For several decades now we have been living in an age where humans are the deciders of fate for other species. Whether a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research investigated how our enteric nervous system is organized.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2017
Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
A species of vampire bat in Brazil, better known as the hairy-legged vampire bat, has been found feasting on a very unli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Not too many animal species exhibit the quality known as menopause, the (typically middle-aged) part of a female’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists are confused as to why at least 95 confirmed false killer whales have stranded themselves on a coast of Flori
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2017
Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 06, 2017
Videos
We all know that single-celled aquatic organisms evolved into multi-celled organisms that then evolved to live on land.
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 05, 2017
Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
According the Yale Environment 360, starting in mid-October, hundreds of tufted puffins began washing up dead and emacia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – November 22, 2016 – Anyone who has drifted into a fuzzy-headed stupor after a large holiday me
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
For several decades now we have been living in an age where humans are the deciders of fate for other species. Whether a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan