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Plant Protection and Animal Health
Plant Protection and Animal Health: an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. APHIS is the National Plant Protection Authority for the U.S. government, and the agency's head of veterinary services is Chief Veterinary Officer of the United States.
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SEP 07, 2020Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
Seahorses are some of the most extraordinary fish in the ocean, and one of their most noteworthy features is male pregna ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Health & Medicine
Bird droppings are unsightly and often inconvenient, depending on where they land. They also carry some health risks, an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2020Chemistry & Physics
It's a story that sounds way too familiar: scientists find a chemical to kill weeds and increase crop production, th ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of several animals recognized as an endangered species on the International Union ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 30, 2020Earth & The Environment
Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 29, 2020Earth & The Environment
While it’s not surprising that plastic pollution is reaching Antarctica, it is undoubtedly alarming considering th ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 20, 2020Earth & The Environment
Today marks the tenth year since the Deepwater Horizon disaster—the most massive accidental offshore oil spill eve ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
The planet continues to set climate records, which is certainly not great news. Earlier this week, the National Oceanic ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Back in 2017, Dr. Johann Klages and his team were going about their usual business of drilling into the seafloor to extr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 04, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us ...Written By: Annie Lennon
SEP 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
Seahorses are some of the most extraordinary fish in the ocean, and one of their most noteworthy features is male pregna
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Health & Medicine
Bird droppings are unsightly and often inconvenient, depending on where they land. They also carry some health risks, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
It's a story that sounds way too familiar: scientists find a chemical to kill weeds and increase crop production, th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of several animals recognized as an endangered species on the International Union
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 29, 2020
Earth & The Environment
While it’s not surprising that plastic pollution is reaching Antarctica, it is undoubtedly alarming considering th
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 20, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Today marks the tenth year since the Deepwater Horizon disaster—the most massive accidental offshore oil spill eve
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The planet continues to set climate records, which is certainly not great news. Earlier this week, the National Oceanic
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Back in 2017, Dr. Johann Klages and his team were going about their usual business of drilling into the seafloor to extr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 04, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon