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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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JUL 17, 2017Plants & Animals
There are several cases throughout nature in which two entirely different species rely on each other to survive; these s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2017Videos
Mountain gorillas are genetically one of our closest relatives. It has been found that they can harbor a virus that is s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
An article recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that seamounts in the Northwestern Hawaiian Is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 16, 2017Plants & Animals
Throughout history, humans have relocated animals from one part of the world to another. Sometimes the relations are on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2017Plants & Animals
An ongoing problem today is how some of the world’s largest carnivorous animals are losing their homes and roaming ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Although evolution is a widely-accepted concept in the scientific community, some of its aspects haven’t been stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 11, 2017Plants & Animals
There’ve been a fair share of baby animals born in zoos lately, ranging from giant pandas to elephant calves, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Plants & Animals
In many freshwater lakes around the world, carp are a common sight. These bottom-feeding fish can grow anywhere between ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Chocolate, derived from cacao plants, is loved by people the world over. Researchers have found that microbes can keep c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative. ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 08, 2017Videos
You're smelling quite nice today. Or are you? Pheromones refer to the chemical hormone odors that many animals emit whic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2017Plants & Animals
It was only yesterday that over $9 million worth of ivory was seized by authorities in Hong Kong, but today, news has su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 05, 2017Plants & Animals
A couple of problems that continue to plague regions of Africa, where elephants roam the wilderness, are the constant th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 04, 2017Plants & Animals
A giant panda from Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo gave birth to a healthy cub mid-last month and it was thereafter deemed a fema ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Plants & Animals
You might want to think twice about flushing certain unwanted chemicals down the toilet or drainage system in your house ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have been sparking up all over the Western United States, with more than 20 isolated spots burning in the last ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 02, 2017Plants & Animals
There are several birds that chirp melodies through the skies; these are known as songbirds, and scientists have always ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are several cases throughout nature in which two entirely different species rely on each other to survive; these s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2017
Videos
Mountain gorillas are genetically one of our closest relatives. It has been found that they can harbor a virus that is s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
An article recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that seamounts in the Northwestern Hawaiian Is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
Throughout history, humans have relocated animals from one part of the world to another. Sometimes the relations are on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
An ongoing problem today is how some of the world’s largest carnivorous animals are losing their homes and roaming
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although evolution is a widely-accepted concept in the scientific community, some of its aspects haven’t been stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
There’ve been a fair share of baby animals born in zoos lately, ranging from giant pandas to elephant calves, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
In many freshwater lakes around the world, carp are a common sight. These bottom-feeding fish can grow anywhere between
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Chocolate, derived from cacao plants, is loved by people the world over. Researchers have found that microbes can keep c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 08, 2017
Videos
You're smelling quite nice today. Or are you? Pheromones refer to the chemical hormone odors that many animals emit whic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
It was only yesterday that over $9 million worth of ivory was seized by authorities in Hong Kong, but today, news has su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
A couple of problems that continue to plague regions of Africa, where elephants roam the wilderness, are the constant th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
A giant panda from Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo gave birth to a healthy cub mid-last month and it was thereafter deemed a fema
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
You might want to think twice about flushing certain unwanted chemicals down the toilet or drainage system in your house
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have been sparking up all over the Western United States, with more than 20 isolated spots burning in the last
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are several birds that chirp melodies through the skies; these are known as songbirds, and scientists have always
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard