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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 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2017Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2017Plants & Animals
When you’re a fisherman, chances are you’ll come across some interesting things every so often when you reel ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2017Plants & Animals
Gray seals were recently facing the very real threat of extinction given that they were being over-hunted and how enviro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 13, 2017Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 12, 2017Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2017Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2017Microbiology
Some genes that encode for the capsule that protects S.pneumoniae bacteria are in an area that can change quickly.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
The breakup of Pangaea, the supercontinent that covered the planet before our continents looked like what they do now, h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It's only been in the past decade or so that scientists have begun to realize that there is more to sex differences than ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2017Videos
Footage from a scuba diver off the coast of Bali, Indonesia caught this rare fish in action, scuttling across the sea fl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 05, 2017Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a pathogenic species of bacteria that kills nearly two million people worldwide every ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists now think that the dinosaurs had feathered bodies rather than reptilian like the Jurassic Park movies made th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Reearchers have found that taste cells that detect sour flavors also appear to react to water.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2017Plants & Animals
You don’t see too many orangutans in the wild anymore; with that in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you’re a fisherman, chances are you’ll come across some interesting things every so often when you reel
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
Gray seals were recently facing the very real threat of extinction given that they were being over-hunted and how enviro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 13, 2017
Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Some genes that encode for the capsule that protects S.pneumoniae bacteria are in an area that can change quickly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The breakup of Pangaea, the supercontinent that covered the planet before our continents looked like what they do now, h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's only been in the past decade or so that scientists have begun to realize that there is more to sex differences than
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2017
Videos
Footage from a scuba diver off the coast of Bali, Indonesia caught this rare fish in action, scuttling across the sea fl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2017
Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a pathogenic species of bacteria that kills nearly two million people worldwide every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists now think that the dinosaurs had feathered bodies rather than reptilian like the Jurassic Park movies made th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reearchers have found that taste cells that detect sour flavors also appear to react to water.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
You don’t see too many orangutans in the wild anymore; with that in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria have huge potential as specialized factories that can synthesize precious molecules.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans