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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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SEP 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters contemplates the impact that ocean acidification ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Some animals don't need a new wardrobe to change with the seasons, and scientists have now learned more about how they d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Plants & Animals
A new study reports that polar bear populations could collapse in the next 80 years if greenhouse gas emissions remain a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
Cuttlefish are well known for their incredible camouflaging abilities; they can rapidly change the color and texture of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Imagine hundreds of mosquitoes feeding on your arm for the sake of research! This is one unique aspect fueling the work ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 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 Leitch
SEP 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters contemplates the impact that ocean acidification
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Some animals don't need a new wardrobe to change with the seasons, and scientists have now learned more about how they d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
A new study reports that polar bear populations could collapse in the next 80 years if greenhouse gas emissions remain a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
Cuttlefish are well known for their incredible camouflaging abilities; they can rapidly change the color and texture of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Imagine hundreds of mosquitoes feeding on your arm for the sake of research! This is one unique aspect fueling the work
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Great Plains of Montana are home to one of the United States' largest land restoration projects, known as the Am
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
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