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Species is a basic taxonomy unit in biology used for defining a group of organisms that share common genetic heritage and are able to interbreed.
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JUN 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Toronto Zoo was left with feelings of embarrassment and anger when a pair of Capybaras, the largest members of the roden ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 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 EvansJUN 18, 2016Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2016Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Plants & Animals
With saddened hearts, the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) reported earlier this month that a habituated gorilla in the p ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Plants & Animals
Poaching is a major problem in South Africa for a number of animal species that are seeing dwindling numbers from the cr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2016Videos
The huge, majestic forms of sand dunes that cover the world's largest desserts are mysterious. An excerpt from a BBC doc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene drive is a term used to describe the preferential dissemination of some versions of a gene to future generations.&n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Bioluminescence is a biological feature of some animals to produce their own light source. They may do so for a variety ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 09, 2016Plants & Animals
SeaWorld is a popular attraction for visitors, but their orca division has been under fire by the media, as well as ex-f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2016Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2016Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 08, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists from Harvard University went on an exploration trip in the Bahamas in July of 2015, and what they’d fin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2016Videos
Often, nature and wildlife give us clues on how we can live in harmony with others. A bird species known as sociable wea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2016Microbiology
There’s no such thing as sterile. That’s my opinion, at least. Researchers from the University of North Caro ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2016Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2016Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 01, 2016Microbiology
We’re all familiar with vertical gene transfer (whether you know it or not). Vertical transfer describes the way y ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Toronto Zoo was left with feelings of embarrassment and anger when a pair of Capybaras, the largest members of the roden
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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
JUN 18, 2016
Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
With saddened hearts, the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) reported earlier this month that a habituated gorilla in the p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
Poaching is a major problem in South Africa for a number of animal species that are seeing dwindling numbers from the cr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
The huge, majestic forms of sand dunes that cover the world's largest desserts are mysterious. An excerpt from a BBC doc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene drive is a term used to describe the preferential dissemination of some versions of a gene to future generations.&n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bioluminescence is a biological feature of some animals to produce their own light source. They may do so for a variety
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
SeaWorld is a popular attraction for visitors, but their orca division has been under fire by the media, as well as ex-f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2016
Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists from Harvard University went on an exploration trip in the Bahamas in July of 2015, and what they’d fin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2016
Videos
Often, nature and wildlife give us clues on how we can live in harmony with others. A bird species known as sociable wea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2016
Microbiology
There’s no such thing as sterile. That’s my opinion, at least. Researchers from the University of North Caro
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2016
Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 01, 2016
Microbiology
We’re all familiar with vertical gene transfer (whether you know it or not). Vertical transfer describes the way y
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans