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Species
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 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 LoriauxJAN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2019Microbiology
Fecal transplants can restore balance to a dysfunctional microbiome. But not all fecal transplants are the same.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2019Plants & Animals
Standing tall in the display room of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois is Sue the T. Rex, an incr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2019Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2019Videos
A Hawaiian tree snail, Achatinella apexfulva, by the name of George has officially become the first extinc ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 16, 2019Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Technology
Due to many contributing factors one of which is climate change, today the risk of extinction poses stronger than ever w ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2019Health & Medicine
study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle developmentWritten By: Aswini KannegantiJAN 09, 2019Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2019Plants & Animals
The world is home to all kinds of bees, some better-known than others, but all bee species play an essential role in the ...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
JAN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2019
Microbiology
Fecal transplants can restore balance to a dysfunctional microbiome. But not all fecal transplants are the same.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
Standing tall in the display room of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois is Sue the T. Rex, an incr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2019
Videos
A Hawaiian tree snail, Achatinella apexfulva, by the name of George has officially become the first extinc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Technology
Due to many contributing factors one of which is climate change, today the risk of extinction poses stronger than ever w
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle development
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
JAN 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world is home to all kinds of bees, some better-known than others, but all bee species play an essential role in the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard