Follow
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.
-
AUG 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 EvansAUG 03, 2017Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2017Plants & Animals
Who doesn’t love giant pandas? Not only are they large and fluffy, but those innocent faces are enough to make any ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Humans are constantly changing the environment around them to suit their needs. Among the things we do are tear down for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 28, 2017Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati ...JUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Microbiology
Cheese. I eat a lot of it. Now that I think of it, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like cheese. How can you ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
Sea levels are rising and as a consequence so are the number of sea walls. However, until now the environmental impacts ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2017Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
AUG 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
Who doesn’t love giant pandas? Not only are they large and fluffy, but those innocent faces are enough to make any
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Humans are constantly changing the environment around them to suit their needs. Among the things we do are tear down for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
Elephants are one of the hardest-hit creatures by animal poachers because of their ivory tusks, which inhabitants of oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 28, 2017
Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati
...
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Microbiology
Cheese. I eat a lot of it. Now that I think of it, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like cheese. How can you
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Even though sharks are often revered as large, scary fish with massive teeth made for eating beach-goers and ocean swimm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Sea levels are rising and as a consequence so are the number of sea walls. However, until now the environmental impacts
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard