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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 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 SullivanJUN 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 Leitch
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
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