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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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AUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
Seahorses are some of the most extraordinary fish in the ocean, and one of their most noteworthy features is male pregna ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are exclusively Homo sapiens, but at one point, other related species were also present in the world. Nean ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2020Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 06, 2020Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists, for reasons that are unclear, mixed eggs and sperm from two different species of fish and ended up creating ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Studies into genome sequencing has pushed researchers to harness the power of "synthetic lethality" in exploit ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 30, 2020Health & Medicine
It may be a federally legal crop, but the Sailors and Marines of the US navy have been told they cannot use hemp in any ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 27, 2020Neuroscience
Although people are very skilled at using their hands, they take a long time to master how to use them. Meanwhile, for m ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 27, 2020Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2020Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists who inhabit the International Space Station (ISS) typically have 12-hour shifts. These include two and a half ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 20, 2020Earth & The Environment
Ectotherm thermal physiology puts amphibians at even greater climate risk than previously recognizedThings aren’t looking good for amphibians. According to new research published in Global Change Biology from Simon ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
Seahorses are some of the most extraordinary fish in the ocean, and one of their most noteworthy features is male pregna
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are exclusively Homo sapiens, but at one point, other related species were also present in the world. Nean
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists, for reasons that are unclear, mixed eggs and sperm from two different species of fish and ended up creating
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Studies into genome sequencing has pushed researchers to harness the power of "synthetic lethality" in exploit
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 30, 2020
Health & Medicine
It may be a federally legal crop, but the Sailors and Marines of the US navy have been told they cannot use hemp in any
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 27, 2020
Neuroscience
Although people are very skilled at using their hands, they take a long time to master how to use them. Meanwhile, for m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2020
Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists who inhabit the International Space Station (ISS) typically have 12-hour shifts. These include two and a half
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 20, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Ectotherm thermal physiology puts amphibians at even greater climate risk than previously recognized
Things aren’t looking good for amphibians. According to new research published in Global Change Biology from Simon
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan