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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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APR 09, 2017Microbiology
Acne is a common skin problem and the causes are not understood, but researchers are gaining insight into how bacteria i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2017Microbiology
When bacteria live in communities, they begin to exhibit interesting behavioral patternsWritten By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells have incredible potential; in the pluripotent state, they are able to develop into any type of cell in the bo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
UFZ researchers Prof. Andreas Huth and Dr. Rico Fischer led a new study in collaboration with the Helmholtz Centre for E ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2017Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2017Plants & Animals
The highly controversial drive hunting of dolphins that occurs in Taiji, Japan annually is raising some issues for a sma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2017Videos
Fava beans can trigger a bad reaction in some people, but it has nothing to do with allergies. Instead a compound in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2017Microbiology
H7N9 is a strain of flu associated with birds around the year 2000, and was not observed in other species until 2013, wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2017Plants & Animals
If you haven’t heard, the world is going through a bit of a honey bee crisis right now. Shortages of these little ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2017Plants & Animals
The bulk of the wooly mammoth population is thought to have died out some 14,000 years ago, but that’s not to say ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 31, 2017Videos
You may be surprised to discover what actually goes on during the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Of cours ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
The North Atlantic may not be a place that you think of as having a vast biodiverse coral reef ecosystem. But in fact th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2017Plants & Animals
A grand total of 11 Asian Elephants have been rescued over the weekend after they made their way into to a mud pit in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Videos
There has been an ongoing controversy about the simultaneous dangers and wonders of GMOs, or genetically modified organi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Recent sightings of an elusive population of Indochinese Tiger cubs in Thailand are now prompting excitement from conser ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ecuador has seen a huge achievement recently from the culmination of several years of teamwork between provincial and lo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur experts are getting excited over some major footprint discoveries located on Australia’s Western beaches ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Poaching continues to be a major problem for a number of beautiful species in Kenya, and yet another animal has reported ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2017
Microbiology
Acne is a common skin problem and the causes are not understood, but researchers are gaining insight into how bacteria i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2017
Microbiology
When bacteria live in communities, they begin to exhibit interesting behavioral patterns
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells have incredible potential; in the pluripotent state, they are able to develop into any type of cell in the bo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
UFZ researchers Prof. Andreas Huth and Dr. Rico Fischer led a new study in collaboration with the Helmholtz Centre for E
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
The highly controversial drive hunting of dolphins that occurs in Taiji, Japan annually is raising some issues for a sma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2017
Videos
Fava beans can trigger a bad reaction in some people, but it has nothing to do with allergies. Instead a compound in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2017
Microbiology
H7N9 is a strain of flu associated with birds around the year 2000, and was not observed in other species until 2013, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you haven’t heard, the world is going through a bit of a honey bee crisis right now. Shortages of these little
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
The bulk of the wooly mammoth population is thought to have died out some 14,000 years ago, but that’s not to say
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2017
Videos
You may be surprised to discover what actually goes on during the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Of cours
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The North Atlantic may not be a place that you think of as having a vast biodiverse coral reef ecosystem. But in fact th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
A grand total of 11 Asian Elephants have been rescued over the weekend after they made their way into to a mud pit in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Videos
There has been an ongoing controversy about the simultaneous dangers and wonders of GMOs, or genetically modified organi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Recent sightings of an elusive population of Indochinese Tiger cubs in Thailand are now prompting excitement from conser
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ecuador has seen a huge achievement recently from the culmination of several years of teamwork between provincial and lo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur experts are getting excited over some major footprint discoveries located on Australia’s Western beaches
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poaching continues to be a major problem for a number of beautiful species in Kenya, and yet another animal has reported
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard