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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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OCT 24, 2018Plants & Animals
In most cases, the discovery of a new animal species would be considered a positive finding in the scientific community. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2018Plants & Animals
Many of the world’s wild animals use mating calls to announce their readiness to mate and to find other specimens ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2018Videos
Researchers once thought that there were only a few thousand bacterial species on the planet - a gross underestimation.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2018Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The majority of plants that grow in the wild and on farms have undergone some kind of duplication event in their genomes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Ants, fascinating social insects, studying their foraging behavior reveals valuable information.Written By: Aswini KannegantiOCT 19, 2018Videos
A fungus called hemileia vastatrix causes a serious plant disease called coffee leaf rust.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2018Microbiology
Even bacteria have to use self-defense. Some deploy toxins that they can use to dominate other microbial competitors.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2018Plants & Animals
Native to the Gulf of California, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is one of the most elusive porpoises alive today. Not onl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 17, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a type of eight-legged micro-animals that are less than half-millimeter in l ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 16, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers at the Institute Butantan, São Pa ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 16, 2018Plants & Animals
Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2018Plants & Animals
Many shelled animals, including the humble sea snail, call the ocean their home. But as increased carbon dioxide levels ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2018Immunology
Red blood cells infected with malaria will secrete small vesicles that activate pathogen receptorsWritten By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 14, 2018Videos
According to the United Nations, ocean plastics kill an estimated 100,000 marine mammals annually—and straws are m ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 14, 2018Technology
A recent developed microscope has allowed scientists to hold a front-row view on the “drama of mammalian developme ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 13, 2018Microbiology
The more they look, the more connections researchers find between our microbiome and our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2018Videos
Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the count ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to enhance our natural defenses to fight a variety of health problems more effectively.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Last Wednesday, Oct 3rd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: F ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2018Plants & Animals
There are two kinds of chimpanzees in this world: 1) those that act aggressive toward others to assert their dominance o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The last Neanderthals died around 40,000 years ago, but not before breeding with other humans that were starting to move ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
In most cases, the discovery of a new animal species would be considered a positive finding in the scientific community.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many of the world’s wild animals use mating calls to announce their readiness to mate and to find other specimens
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2018
Videos
Researchers once thought that there were only a few thousand bacterial species on the planet - a gross underestimation.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The majority of plants that grow in the wild and on farms have undergone some kind of duplication event in their genomes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Ants, fascinating social insects, studying their foraging behavior reveals valuable information.
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
OCT 19, 2018
Videos
A fungus called hemileia vastatrix causes a serious plant disease called coffee leaf rust.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2018
Microbiology
Even bacteria have to use self-defense. Some deploy toxins that they can use to dominate other microbial competitors.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2018
Plants & Animals
Native to the Gulf of California, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is one of the most elusive porpoises alive today. Not onl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 17, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a type of eight-legged micro-animals that are less than half-millimeter in l
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 16, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers at the Institute Butantan, São Pa
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many shelled animals, including the humble sea snail, call the ocean their home. But as increased carbon dioxide levels
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2018
Immunology
Red blood cells infected with malaria will secrete small vesicles that activate pathogen receptors
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 14, 2018
Videos
According to the United Nations, ocean plastics kill an estimated 100,000 marine mammals annually—and straws are m
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 14, 2018
Technology
A recent developed microscope has allowed scientists to hold a front-row view on the “drama of mammalian developme
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 13, 2018
Microbiology
The more they look, the more connections researchers find between our microbiome and our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2018
Videos
Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the count
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to enhance our natural defenses to fight a variety of health problems more effectively.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Last Wednesday, Oct 3rd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: F
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2018
Plants & Animals
There are two kinds of chimpanzees in this world: 1) those that act aggressive toward others to assert their dominance o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The last Neanderthals died around 40,000 years ago, but not before breeding with other humans that were starting to move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch