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Species
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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MAY 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 20, 2016Plants & Animals
Same-sex activities are not limited only to humans; many species in the animal kingdom have been known to partake in hom ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2016Plants & Animals
There is a species of salamanders that reside in the Northeastern part of North America that are basically an all-female ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Sumatran Rhinos are very rare creatures and there are only thought to be about 100 left in the wilderness today. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2016Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Although the genetic code is famous for its double helix and not its quadruple helix, it is known to occur in other form ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 15, 2016Videos
10,000 species. Sterile Female workers. Can lift 50 times their own weight. Never sleep. Individuals have two stomachs - ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers developed a model to study “Human Microbial Cross-talk”. HuMiX, for short, is a patented apparat ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 14, 2016Videos
Thousands of studies have shown how pivotal the brain is to our physical health. A 2011 study conducted by the Universit ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAY 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Dentist trips are never fun, but fortunately you don’t have teeth the size of an elephant, which are significantly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2016Videos
Your genome is not a static collection of DNA nucleotides; rather it is a dynamic system subject to evolutionary selecti ...MAY 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Flashback to October in Florida, when a bear hunt was organized to manage population sizes. Black bear populations repor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Indonesia’s infamous Surabaya Zoo, which has been coined the ‘Death Zoo’ because of the high fatality ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2016Plants & Animals
You hear stories all the time of cats eating birds, but it seems to be so few and far in between of the opposite happeni ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 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 BouchardMAY 06, 2016Microbiology
The human microbiome, the subject of a relatively new field of research attracting intense interest, has primarily been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Plants & Animals
As a part of increased enforcement of laws that make wildlife trafficking illegal for a number of species, 33 lions that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Plants & Animals
One would think that aggressively knocking your head against a hardwood tree would result in a few minor concussions at ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 04, 2016Plants & Animals
Many Labrador owners notice the same thing – they eat a lot. Labradors have the potential to become very la ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2016Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2016Videos
While no creature can live forever, the jellyfish does have a certain ability to not only stop the aging process, but to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
Same-sex activities are not limited only to humans; many species in the animal kingdom have been known to partake in hom
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
There is a species of salamanders that reside in the Northeastern part of North America that are basically an all-female
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sumatran Rhinos are very rare creatures and there are only thought to be about 100 left in the wilderness today.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Although the genetic code is famous for its double helix and not its quadruple helix, it is known to occur in other form
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
10,000 species. Sterile Female workers. Can lift 50 times their own weight. Never sleep. Individuals have two stomachs -
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers developed a model to study “Human Microbial Cross-talk”. HuMiX, for short, is a patented apparat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 14, 2016
Videos
Thousands of studies have shown how pivotal the brain is to our physical health. A 2011 study conducted by the Universit
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dentist trips are never fun, but fortunately you don’t have teeth the size of an elephant, which are significantly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2016
Videos
Your genome is not a static collection of DNA nucleotides; rather it is a dynamic system subject to evolutionary selecti
...
MAY 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Flashback to October in Florida, when a bear hunt was organized to manage population sizes. Black bear populations repor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Indonesia’s infamous Surabaya Zoo, which has been coined the ‘Death Zoo’ because of the high fatality
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
You hear stories all the time of cats eating birds, but it seems to be so few and far in between of the opposite happeni
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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
MAY 06, 2016
Microbiology
The human microbiome, the subject of a relatively new field of research attracting intense interest, has primarily been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
As a part of increased enforcement of laws that make wildlife trafficking illegal for a number of species, 33 lions that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
One would think that aggressively knocking your head against a hardwood tree would result in a few minor concussions at
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Many Labrador owners notice the same thing – they eat a lot. Labradors have the potential to become very la
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2016
Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2016
Videos
While no creature can live forever, the jellyfish does have a certain ability to not only stop the aging process, but to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch