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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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SEP 12, 2017Videos
Have you ever tried to grow a plant from the seeds in your pepper or green bean or avocado? Unless your veggie is an hei ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Who knew that looking at old nautical charts could be the key to understanding the evolution of coral reef loss through ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Several animals, including bats, use a navigation technique known as echolocation, which utilizes high-frequency sound e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 07, 2017Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2017Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2017Plants & Animals
When you’re trying to learn about animal behavior, what better way than to set up various camera traps around thei ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
A forest reserve in Malaysia offers the perfect example of how biodiversity can thrive even in the smallest of territori ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 05, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2017Plants & Animals
While there’s scientific evidence highlighting how male birds in monogamous mating systems attract female mates by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2017Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 01, 2017Plants & Animals
The Los Angeles Zoo is proud to welcome two new Francois’ langur monkeys to their animal lineup. They were born ea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
In a new study published on Aug. 16 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, a team of scientists relay the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2017Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Videos
In Australia, Lake Hillier has a bright pink hue that can be seen from high up in the air on satellite photos. The lake ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Birds can take incredibly long trips when foraging or migrating, but the hidden mechanisms behind how they find their wa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Whenever horrendous flooding sweeps through an area, locals often spot massive brown blobs floating atop the flood and f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2017Microbiology
There is a lot of research that has linked the community of microbes we carry in our bodies to our health, it seems that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2017Microbiology
With all the talk of the human microbiome, it’s worth pointing out that other organisms- even teeny tiny ones - ha ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 27, 2017Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered throughout the Western Ghats mountain range in India looks unlike any other frog you&rs ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Videos
Have you ever tried to grow a plant from the seeds in your pepper or green bean or avocado? Unless your veggie is an hei
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Who knew that looking at old nautical charts could be the key to understanding the evolution of coral reef loss through
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Several animals, including bats, use a navigation technique known as echolocation, which utilizes high-frequency sound e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2017
Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2017
Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you’re trying to learn about animal behavior, what better way than to set up various camera traps around thei
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A forest reserve in Malaysia offers the perfect example of how biodiversity can thrive even in the smallest of territori
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
While there’s scientific evidence highlighting how male birds in monogamous mating systems attract female mates by
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2017
Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Los Angeles Zoo is proud to welcome two new Francois’ langur monkeys to their animal lineup. They were born ea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In a new study published on Aug. 16 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, a team of scientists relay the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Videos
In Australia, Lake Hillier has a bright pink hue that can be seen from high up in the air on satellite photos. The lake
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Birds can take incredibly long trips when foraging or migrating, but the hidden mechanisms behind how they find their wa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Whenever horrendous flooding sweeps through an area, locals often spot massive brown blobs floating atop the flood and f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2017
Microbiology
There is a lot of research that has linked the community of microbes we carry in our bodies to our health, it seems that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans;
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2017
Microbiology
With all the talk of the human microbiome, it’s worth pointing out that other organisms- even teeny tiny ones - ha
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered throughout the Western Ghats mountain range in India looks unlike any other frog you&rs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard