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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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APR 12, 2016Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 10, 2016Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 10, 2016Plants & Animals
The international tiger population continues to hover at an alarmingly low rate. Experts estimate there are approximatel ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2016Plants & Animals
A 58-year-old deep sea diver by the name of Wayne MacWilliams decided to go for a deep sea dive off of the coast of Palm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2016Plants & Animals
Late last month, fishermen off of the coast of Cabo, Mexico pulled a mysterious creature out of the water just a mile aw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Just a couple of weeks ago, an ultra rare Sumatran Rhino was discovered in the wild in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are nearly microscopic animals that can survive the harshest of environments, including outer space. ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 07, 2016Health & Medicine
Transplanting pig hearts into baboons might sound outlandish and like a science fiction novel, but this form on xenotran ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 07, 2016Videos
Any organism will show changes at the cellular level when stressed. Depending on what the stress is and what the organis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 07, 2016Videos
Friends are great - they help us laugh, they help us through hard times in life, but do you really need to have a lot of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 05, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2016Plants & Animals
People think of birds and one of the main things that comes to mind is their eyesight. Many birds have sharp vision; esp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2016Earth & The Environment
Best known for its impressively sized honker of a nose and engorged beer-gut belly, proboscis monkeys are quite the sigh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2016Earth & The Environment
Three days ago in the Boyacá department of Colombia, South America, wildfires swept throughout five municipalitie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 29, 2016Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2016Videos
Over the course of history, marrying within families was not an unusual practice, especially in families of royalty desc ...MAR 27, 2016Earth & The Environment
About the size of a house cat, but covered with armored scales and an anteater-long snout, pangolins are not the most ch ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2016Technology
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or more commonly known as drones, are becoming ever so popular in the modern era. A tec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Japan’s whaling fleet is now retreating from the Antarctic waters after a four-month stay in the area. The fleet i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Cats and dogs seem to be the bane of each others’ existence. Dogs can’t help by bark at cats, and cats can&r ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2016
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 10, 2016
Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
The international tiger population continues to hover at an alarmingly low rate. Experts estimate there are approximatel
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 58-year-old deep sea diver by the name of Wayne MacWilliams decided to go for a deep sea dive off of the coast of Palm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
Late last month, fishermen off of the coast of Cabo, Mexico pulled a mysterious creature out of the water just a mile aw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Just a couple of weeks ago, an ultra rare Sumatran Rhino was discovered in the wild in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are nearly microscopic animals that can survive the harshest of environments, including outer space.
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
Transplanting pig hearts into baboons might sound outlandish and like a science fiction novel, but this form on xenotran
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 07, 2016
Videos
Any organism will show changes at the cellular level when stressed. Depending on what the stress is and what the organis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 07, 2016
Videos
Friends are great - they help us laugh, they help us through hard times in life, but do you really need to have a lot of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
People think of birds and one of the main things that comes to mind is their eyesight. Many birds have sharp vision; esp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Best known for its impressively sized honker of a nose and engorged beer-gut belly, proboscis monkeys are quite the sigh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Three days ago in the Boyacá department of Colombia, South America, wildfires swept throughout five municipalitie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 29, 2016
Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2016
Videos
Over the course of history, marrying within families was not an unusual practice, especially in families of royalty desc
...
MAR 27, 2016
Earth & The Environment
About the size of a house cat, but covered with armored scales and an anteater-long snout, pangolins are not the most ch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2016
Technology
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or more commonly known as drones, are becoming ever so popular in the modern era. A tec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Japan’s whaling fleet is now retreating from the Antarctic waters after a four-month stay in the area. The fleet i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats and dogs seem to be the bane of each others’ existence. Dogs can’t help by bark at cats, and cats can&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard