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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 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Fossils are interesting artefacts that give us a glimpse of an earlier time on Earth. They show us what life looked like ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2016Plants & Animals
After a suspected mongoose attack, a female tortoise in Arginar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai, India has been given a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2016Microbiology
The Arctic is melting down at an unequaled rate, shaped by a multitude of circumstances. One of the most influential of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2016Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 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 24, 2016Health & Medicine
Countless studies have shown that exercise boosts cognitive function. Yet, the underlying mechanisms behind why this is ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Sparrows, like humans, are a monogamous species that prefer to live with one partner for their entire life. Of course, t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Fish are often seen as creatures with simple minds. Many even believe that they have short intention spans and short-ter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2016Plants & Animals
Kyrgyzstan’s President, Almazbek Atambayev, who took office in December 2011 has been making major strides f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 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
Bearded dragons are reptiles that love heat. It’s no doubt that they thrive in desert-like conditions, but they&rs ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 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 Bouchard
JUN 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fossils are interesting artefacts that give us a glimpse of an earlier time on Earth. They show us what life looked like
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
After a suspected mongoose attack, a female tortoise in Arginar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai, India has been given a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2016
Microbiology
The Arctic is melting down at an unequaled rate, shaped by a multitude of circumstances. One of the most influential of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2016
Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 24, 2016
Health & Medicine
Countless studies have shown that exercise boosts cognitive function. Yet, the underlying mechanisms behind why this is
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sparrows, like humans, are a monogamous species that prefer to live with one partner for their entire life. Of course, t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fish are often seen as creatures with simple minds. Many even believe that they have short intention spans and short-ter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
Kyrgyzstan’s President, Almazbek Atambayev, who took office in December 2011 has been making major strides f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
Bearded dragons are reptiles that love heat. It’s no doubt that they thrive in desert-like conditions, but they&rs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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