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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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MAR 25, 2017Videos
Mythology aside, interspecies breeding is unsuccessful for the majority of the time due to fundamentals of genetics. In ...MAR 25, 2017Cancer
Here’s a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limit ...MAR 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a mechanism used by a unicellular organism that turns so-called junk DNA into meaningful gen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that humpback whales are observed in large groups. They’re typically loners that will som ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Videos
While microbes reside virtually everywhere, there has been intense research interest in microbes residing in one place i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2017Videos
Most people have heard of the wolf reintroduction program that took place in Yellowstone National Park in the mid 1990s. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have investigated how a specific, pathogenic strain of Escherichia coli, EC869, can dest ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed an extensive database encompassing all drugs and compounds that aim to extend lifespan. Calle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Videos
While there are a lot of politics behind building a wall between the United States and Mexico, no one has really ever st ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known that a natural compound called resveratrol is likely beneficial to human health; new research has adde ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2017Videos
Environmental conservation is often looked at as a juxtaposition from pro-economy development. But that idea is hardly t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2017
Videos
Mythology aside, interspecies breeding is unsuccessful for the majority of the time due to fundamentals of genetics. In
...
MAR 25, 2017
Cancer
Here’s a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limit
...
MAR 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a mechanism used by a unicellular organism that turns so-called junk DNA into meaningful gen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that humpback whales are observed in large groups. They’re typically loners that will som
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
While microbes reside virtually everywhere, there has been intense research interest in microbes residing in one place i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given people a rich resource of materials we can use for myriad purposes, and humans have turned to nature fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
Most people have heard of the wolf reintroduction program that took place in Yellowstone National Park in the mid 1990s.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have investigated how a specific, pathogenic strain of Escherichia coli, EC869, can dest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed an extensive database encompassing all drugs and compounds that aim to extend lifespan. Calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Videos
While there are a lot of politics behind building a wall between the United States and Mexico, no one has really ever st
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known that a natural compound called resveratrol is likely beneficial to human health; new research has adde
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
Environmental conservation is often looked at as a juxtaposition from pro-economy development. But that idea is hardly t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch