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Mammals: warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class, distinguishable by the hair or fur, secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and, at times, the birth of live young.
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AUG 20, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2016Plants & Animals
There seems to be some kind of unexplained bitter rivalry between humpback and killer whales. In the last 62 years, ther ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Australia Zoo’s rescue team came across something incredible when they were out doing their jobs. What originally ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2016Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si ...JUL 25, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans aren’t the only species walking the Earth that are capable of mourning the deceased. Despite the fact that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Sumatran tigers are a very rare species of tiger, currently considered to be critically endangered, and the World Wildli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that cephalopods – such as squids and octopuses – are unable to see color beca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Despite its somewhat exotic sounding name, the jaguarundi is one of the most wide-ranging cats in the Americas - living ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Remember Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal? Nature takes a look back with the scientists who created her in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2016Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Videos
Biologists in Sri Lanka have published the first documented evidence of dwarfism in an adult wild animal. A male Asian e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2016Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2016Videos
A rodent found only on a tiny island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Zoology experts and en ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2016Plants & Animals
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland announced last week that they will move their eight Atlantic Bottlenose dol ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 28, 2016Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAY 23, 2016Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2016Plants & Animals
The internet went a little crazy when it saw what appeared to be an unidentified creature in fuzzy photographs shared vi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2016Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
AUG 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
There seems to be some kind of unexplained bitter rivalry between humpback and killer whales. In the last 62 years, ther
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Australia Zoo’s rescue team came across something incredible when they were out doing their jobs. What originally
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si
...
JUL 25, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans aren’t the only species walking the Earth that are capable of mourning the deceased. Despite the fact that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sumatran tigers are a very rare species of tiger, currently considered to be critically endangered, and the World Wildli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that cephalopods – such as squids and octopuses – are unable to see color beca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Despite its somewhat exotic sounding name, the jaguarundi is one of the most wide-ranging cats in the Americas - living
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Remember Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal? Nature takes a look back with the scientists who created her in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2016
Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Videos
Biologists in Sri Lanka have published the first documented evidence of dwarfism in an adult wild animal. A male Asian e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
A rodent found only on a tiny island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Zoology experts and en
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland announced last week that they will move their eight Atlantic Bottlenose dol
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 28, 2016
Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
The internet went a little crazy when it saw what appeared to be an unidentified creature in fuzzy photographs shared vi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2016
Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet