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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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NOV 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 30, 2018Plants & Animals
While perusing the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji last year, researchers happened upon a precellular butterfly tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2018Immunology
A study published in Nature has shed light on the evolution of immune system genes across species with great detail at t ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 29, 2018Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2018Neuroscience
Nerve regeneration by electrical stimulationWritten By: Aswini KannegantiOCT 28, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Millions of fungal species live all around us; some are a mystery while others have an important role in our world.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2018Earth & The Environment
A Hawaiian island was recently demolished to the point of erasure due to Hurricane Walaka, a Category 3 storm which stru ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 25, 2018Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Since Halloween is around the corner, it is science-fiction season and some may choose to celebrate by watching movies f ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 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 Bouchard
NOV 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
While perusing the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji last year, researchers happened upon a precellular butterfly tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2018
Immunology
A study published in Nature has shed light on the evolution of immune system genes across species with great detail at t
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2018
Neuroscience
Nerve regeneration by electrical stimulation
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
OCT 28, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Millions of fungal species live all around us; some are a mystery while others have an important role in our world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A Hawaiian island was recently demolished to the point of erasure due to Hurricane Walaka, a Category 3 storm which stru
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 25, 2018
Microbiology
Our environment contains millions of other organisms, including fungal species that live in every conceivable place.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Since Halloween is around the corner, it is science-fiction season and some may choose to celebrate by watching movies f
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
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