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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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JUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br ...JUN 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Mallard ducks are usually humble creatures, feeding on smaller foods like insects, berries, and plants. On the other han ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Along with rhino horns and elephant tusks, another animal body part that often gets illegally traded into Asian countrie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Over 7,000 years ago, before agriculture had even taken hold in human subsistence, humans survived year-round in the har ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 28, 2017Plants & Animals
It seems, another day, another animal on the brink of extinction. Only this time, the spotlight is being focused on hen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 27, 2017Videos
In northern China's Hebei Province, the largest freshwater area is known as the Baiyangdian Wetlands. It's popular with ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the world are in peril, and that includes the scaly creatures that swim around in our oceans, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2017Microbiology
New work shows how easily toxins made by black mold can move into the air and be inhaled.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2017Plants & Animals
There aren’t many reef-feeding fish out there, mostly because coral reefs have developed defense mechanisms to pre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Jewel Wasps have to adapt rapidly, and in them, researchers found a mechanism to alter genes that may be common in natur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Hundreds to thousands of animals are reportedly being transferred from the Sango Ranch in the Save Valley Conservancy in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2017Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Small variations in our genetic information seems to result in bigger differences between individuals than was realized.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2017Plants & Animals
A small island dubbed São Tomé resides in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, just West of Africa, and it ju ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2017Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2017Plants & Animals
The idea of being chased by just one snake is scary enough to most people, but when the thought comes around of being ch ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 18, 2017Videos
You may have heard of the microbiome, the community of microbes that lives in our gastrointestinal tract, as it is getti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br
...
JUN 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mallard ducks are usually humble creatures, feeding on smaller foods like insects, berries, and plants. On the other han
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Along with rhino horns and elephant tusks, another animal body part that often gets illegally traded into Asian countrie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Over 7,000 years ago, before agriculture had even taken hold in human subsistence, humans survived year-round in the har
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
It seems, another day, another animal on the brink of extinction. Only this time, the spotlight is being focused on hen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 27, 2017
Videos
In northern China's Hebei Province, the largest freshwater area is known as the Baiyangdian Wetlands. It's popular with
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the world are in peril, and that includes the scaly creatures that swim around in our oceans,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2017
Microbiology
New work shows how easily toxins made by black mold can move into the air and be inhaled.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
There aren’t many reef-feeding fish out there, mostly because coral reefs have developed defense mechanisms to pre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Jewel Wasps have to adapt rapidly, and in them, researchers found a mechanism to alter genes that may be common in natur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Hundreds to thousands of animals are reportedly being transferred from the Sango Ranch in the Save Valley Conservancy in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Small variations in our genetic information seems to result in bigger differences between individuals than was realized.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
A small island dubbed São Tomé resides in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, just West of Africa, and it ju
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
The idea of being chased by just one snake is scary enough to most people, but when the thought comes around of being ch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2017
Videos
You may have heard of the microbiome, the community of microbes that lives in our gastrointestinal tract, as it is getti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan