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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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MAY 17, 2017Cancer
Whole tomatoes may be more than just tasty foods. A new study reports that extracts from these fruits can stop the growt ...MAY 17, 2017Videos
You may know the mountain lion by one of its many other names: cougar, puma, catamount, panther. This animal is the larg ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2017Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Plants & Animals
If there’s one kind of animal in the wild that doesn’t get as much attention as it should, it just might be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Predators are always on the prowl for potentially satisfying meals. Their prey, on the other hand, are typically just as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Mankind may know how to farm, but as history shows, ants have been doing it long before humans even walked the Earth; pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2017Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 12, 2017Cancer
By diving deep into the cancer history of one patient, scientists say they’re able to ‘carbon date’ th ...MAY 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Videos
Across the world, there are flowing bodies of water known as rivers and streams. These bodies of water are often found a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2017Plants & Animals
From time to time, plant experts save small vacuum-packed specimens of plants to preserve their structures well beyond t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 06, 2017Plants & Animals
For the first time in recorded history, researchers from Texas State University have observed a white-tailed deer munchi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking is known for his sometimes-adventurous remarks, but the latest in his observational comments involves th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Amur tigers are one of the world’s most elusive tiger species, but programs are in place to try and increase the w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
In order to determine pollution levels in roadside soils where mostly diesel vehicles are driven, scientists from the Un ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 17, 2017
Cancer
Whole tomatoes may be more than just tasty foods. A new study reports that extracts from these fruits can stop the growt
...
MAY 17, 2017
Videos
You may know the mountain lion by one of its many other names: cougar, puma, catamount, panther. This animal is the larg
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
If there’s one kind of animal in the wild that doesn’t get as much attention as it should, it just might be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Predators are always on the prowl for potentially satisfying meals. Their prey, on the other hand, are typically just as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mankind may know how to farm, but as history shows, ants have been doing it long before humans even walked the Earth; pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2017
Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 12, 2017
Cancer
By diving deep into the cancer history of one patient, scientists say they’re able to ‘carbon date’ th
...
MAY 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Videos
Across the world, there are flowing bodies of water known as rivers and streams. These bodies of water are often found a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
From time to time, plant experts save small vacuum-packed specimens of plants to preserve their structures well beyond t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
For the first time in recorded history, researchers from Texas State University have observed a white-tailed deer munchi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking is known for his sometimes-adventurous remarks, but the latest in his observational comments involves th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Amur tigers are one of the world’s most elusive tiger species, but programs are in place to try and increase the w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In order to determine pollution levels in roadside soils where mostly diesel vehicles are driven, scientists from the Un
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)