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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 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascinat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2019Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2019Health & Medicine
Facklamia species are Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that present a challenge for clinical labs to ...Written By: Dena ArutaFEB 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Different mechanisms helped genes conferring antibiotic resistance spread through a population of fish gut bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2019Videos
The FDA has warned consumers not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
If a species wants to survive, genetic information has to be passed successfully from one generation to the next.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have teamed up to combat African sleeping sickness, which is caused by trypanosomes, unicellular protozoans t ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 19, 2019Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 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 Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascinat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Health & Medicine
Facklamia species are Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that present a challenge for clinical labs to
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
FEB 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Different mechanisms helped genes conferring antibiotic resistance spread through a population of fish gut bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2019
Videos
The FDA has warned consumers not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
If a species wants to survive, genetic information has to be passed successfully from one generation to the next.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have teamed up to combat African sleeping sickness, which is caused by trypanosomes, unicellular protozoans t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 19, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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