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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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AUG 24, 2017Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2017Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a mechanism used by microbes that live in salty lakes in Antarctica to aid growth and surviva ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Butterflies are perhaps one of the world’s most-loved insect species. Not only are they completely harmless, but t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2017Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions ...AUG 18, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservation researchers are making history by performing the first ever major health assessment of endangered wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Plants & Animals
When you go to the beach and happen upon an unsuspecting baby marine animal in distress, you should probably leave it al ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is hitting some areas and species harder than others. Deserts in the Southwest of the United States are f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2017Cardiology
Inflammation in the liver and boosted cholesterol levels in the blood vessels create the perfect storm for vascular dise ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common for frogs, lizards, and some other vertebrates to hunt and devour spiders in the wild, but how often d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2017Videos
How would you feel upon discovering that some of our - your - ancient ancestors interbreed with non-human species? Like. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2017Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2017Immunology
Too much inflammation in the gut triggers inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are immune cells specifically designed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2017Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The first animal that humans domesticated was our best friend, the dog. New work investigating the history of dog domest ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Conservationists track a broad range of animals in the wild with GPS trackers, and penguins are no different. On the oth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2017Plants & Animals
According to researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI), the shortfin ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Frogs are among some of the most diverse vertebrates on the planet, but their origins have long been cloudy. On the othe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2017Plants & Animals
A female giant panda named Huan Huan at Beauval Zoo in France had been expecting twins, and on Friday, the mother finall ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton University, and Sun ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 04, 2017Microbiology
There’s all sorts of hype over the human microbiome - the living human microbiome. That is, most people are intere ...Written By: Kerry Evans
AUG 24, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a mechanism used by microbes that live in salty lakes in Antarctica to aid growth and surviva
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Butterflies are perhaps one of the world’s most-loved insect species. Not only are they completely harmless, but t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2017
Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions
...
AUG 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation researchers are making history by performing the first ever major health assessment of endangered wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you go to the beach and happen upon an unsuspecting baby marine animal in distress, you should probably leave it al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is hitting some areas and species harder than others. Deserts in the Southwest of the United States are f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation in the liver and boosted cholesterol levels in the blood vessels create the perfect storm for vascular dise
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common for frogs, lizards, and some other vertebrates to hunt and devour spiders in the wild, but how often d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2017
Videos
How would you feel upon discovering that some of our - your - ancient ancestors interbreed with non-human species? Like.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you think back to about 160 million years ago, you most likely imagine a world roamed by the dinosaurs and not much
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2017
Immunology
Too much inflammation in the gut triggers inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are immune cells specifically designed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2017
Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The first animal that humans domesticated was our best friend, the dog. New work investigating the history of dog domest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Conservationists track a broad range of animals in the wild with GPS trackers, and penguins are no different. On the oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
According to researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI), the shortfin ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Frogs are among some of the most diverse vertebrates on the planet, but their origins have long been cloudy. On the othe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
A female giant panda named Huan Huan at Beauval Zoo in France had been expecting twins, and on Friday, the mother finall
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton University, and Sun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
There’s all sorts of hype over the human microbiome - the living human microbiome. That is, most people are intere
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans