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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 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2015Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2015Plants & Animals
A new study of the intelligence of New Caledonian crows suggests that the birds have reasoning powers roughly equal to t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 27, 2015Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U. ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."Written By: Robert Woodard
APR 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2015
Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...
So suggests a n ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2015
Plants & Animals
A new study of the intelligence of New Caledonian crows suggests that the birds have reasoning powers roughly equal to t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Microbiology
The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential pr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 27, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Plants & Animals
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Oc ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...
If you feel like you've heard just ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."
Written By:
Robert Woodard