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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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FEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
From a genetic perspective, humans are only 1.2% different from chimpanzees and a cousin of theirs, the bonobo.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2019Microbiology
The microbes living in our gastrointestinal tract have been connected to many health problems, including mental disorder ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2019Cannabis Sciences
If you are a cat owner, you know the value of catnip. "It's perfectly safe," you say, as you watch your ki ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 13, 2019Plants & Animals
Just when you thought scientists have uncovered every Earth-dwelling creature they possibly could, a new animal discover ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2019Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In the northern night sky, you can sometimes find a foreleg-shaped cluster of stars known as the Boötes (Greek word ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 12, 2019Cancer
Cancer is on everybody's mind these days. Many pharmaceutical companies are devoted solely to finding new cancer tre ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 12, 2019Cancer
A recent study compared the cancer genomes of a rare form of melanoma (mucosal melanoma) in humans, dogs, and horses in ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2019Microbiology
Some viruses, like Zika, can be challenging to study when they suddenly cause outbreaks because they can be very difficu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
We all carry around a massive community of microbes in our gastrointestinal tracts, which help us digest food and absorb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from clima ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2019Microbiology
Researchers have found giant viruses that can infect the bacteria in our guts, and seem to be able to move between speci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2019Plants & Animals
In a rather sad turn of events, SeaWorld Orlando witnessed the passing of one of its oldest captive orca whales on Sunda ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2019Videos
The ability to transfer one organ from human to another has saved countless lives. However, this procedure comes with so ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 24, 2019Cannabis Sciences
According to the largest brain imaging study conducted by Dr. Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics in Costa ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
From a genetic perspective, humans are only 1.2% different from chimpanzees and a cousin of theirs, the bonobo.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2019
Microbiology
The microbes living in our gastrointestinal tract have been connected to many health problems, including mental disorder
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
If you are a cat owner, you know the value of catnip. "It's perfectly safe," you say, as you watch your ki
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 13, 2019
Plants & Animals
Just when you thought scientists have uncovered every Earth-dwelling creature they possibly could, a new animal discover
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In the northern night sky, you can sometimes find a foreleg-shaped cluster of stars known as the Boötes (Greek word
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer
Cancer is on everybody's mind these days. Many pharmaceutical companies are devoted solely to finding new cancer tre
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer
A recent study compared the cancer genomes of a rare form of melanoma (mucosal melanoma) in humans, dogs, and horses in
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2019
Microbiology
Some viruses, like Zika, can be challenging to study when they suddenly cause outbreaks because they can be very difficu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
We all carry around a massive community of microbes in our gastrointestinal tracts, which help us digest food and absorb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from clima
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence and characterize the genomes of all known eukaryotes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2019
Microbiology
Researchers have found giant viruses that can infect the bacteria in our guts, and seem to be able to move between speci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
In a rather sad turn of events, SeaWorld Orlando witnessed the passing of one of its oldest captive orca whales on Sunda
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2019
Videos
The ability to transfer one organ from human to another has saved countless lives. However, this procedure comes with so
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 24, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
According to the largest brain imaging study conducted by Dr. Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics in Costa
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux