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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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MAR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 03, 2015Plants & Animals
Wildlife is now firmly fixed on the United Nations calendar thanks to its own special day.
On the 3rd of Mar ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 02, 2015Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 26, 2015Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 26, 2015Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 24, 2015Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on t ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's strange that nobody even knew the cave existed until 1991 when it was discovered for the first time by a local nati ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Plants & Animals
In the wild, animals mature faster than humans, often mating and producing offspring even as young as a year old. The li ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Gray wolves throughout the eastern and western United States were downlisted from endangered to threatened status effect ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 20, 2015Videos
The GoPro production crew journeys to Africa to explore the danger and beauty of Kevin Richardson's passions for lions a ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 10, 2015Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 02, 2015Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...
It was spot ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...
For a new stu ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 03, 2015
Plants & Animals
Wildlife is now firmly fixed on the United Nations calendar thanks to its own special day.
On the 3rd of Mar ...
On the 3rd of Mar ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 26, 2015
Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 26, 2015
Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on t
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It's strange that nobody even knew the cave existed until 1991 when it was discovered for the first time by a local nati
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the wild, animals mature faster than humans, often mating and producing offspring even as young as a year old. The li
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
Gray wolves throughout the eastern and western United States were downlisted from endangered to threatened status effect
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 20, 2015
Videos
The GoPro production crew journeys to Africa to explore the danger and beauty of Kevin Richardson's passions for lions a
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 29, 2014
Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim