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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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JAN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2017Plants & Animals
Let’s face it; when you’re thirsty, you’ll do just about anything to wet your whistle. That said, you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric dams have become a hot topic in the last decade as biologists and environmentalists fight to make known th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 14, 2017Plants & Animals
In a Conservation Management Plan released by the United States Fish and Wildlife service this week, climate change was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2017Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r ...JAN 10, 2017Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2017Videos
While 2016 was a difficult year in the human world, in the animal kingdom it wasn't much better. According to the Intern ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 10, 2017Plants & Animals
When the colder months approach, some species of birds tend to tuck their bills inside of their feathers in an attempt t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2017Plants & Animals
A specific type of bird known as a cowbird is quite the tricky little schemer, and some scientists are comparing their s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2017Videos
Classified as cephalopods, which means "head-foot" in Greek, octopi are quite different from their snail, slug, clam, an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2017Videos
Skiers and snowboarders were in for a surprise on December 28 when a lynx sauntered across a peopled trail at the Purgat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 07, 2017Plants & Animals
A Russian fisherman’s photographs have gone viral these last few weeks as he shared numerous photographs of what a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2017Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 06, 2017Videos
Have you ever seen what lives in the Mariana Trench? Only three people have ever been deep enough, 11 kilometers actuall ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Can you even imagine a world without globalization? The demand and supply of exchanging goods and resources from ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 04, 2017Plants & Animals
We regularly track animals in the wild to see how they live and study their behavior, and while some species of animals ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
A new species of ocean fish hailing from Hawaii was reportedly discovered during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mongabay News. It has been edited for republication purposes. On Wednesday, Chine ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 03, 2017Videos
Some of you may remember the slogan when DDT became big: "DDT is good for me," sung in a little jingly voice. Of course ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
Let’s face it; when you’re thirsty, you’ll do just about anything to wet your whistle. That said, you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric dams have become a hot topic in the last decade as biologists and environmentalists fight to make known th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
In a Conservation Management Plan released by the United States Fish and Wildlife service this week, climate change was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r
...
JAN 10, 2017
Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2017
Videos
While 2016 was a difficult year in the human world, in the animal kingdom it wasn't much better. According to the Intern
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
When the colder months approach, some species of birds tend to tuck their bills inside of their feathers in an attempt t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
A specific type of bird known as a cowbird is quite the tricky little schemer, and some scientists are comparing their s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2017
Videos
Classified as cephalopods, which means "head-foot" in Greek, octopi are quite different from their snail, slug, clam, an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2017
Videos
Skiers and snowboarders were in for a surprise on December 28 when a lynx sauntered across a peopled trail at the Purgat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
A Russian fisherman’s photographs have gone viral these last few weeks as he shared numerous photographs of what a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2017
Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 06, 2017
Videos
Have you ever seen what lives in the Mariana Trench? Only three people have ever been deep enough, 11 kilometers actuall
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Can you even imagine a world without globalization? The demand and supply of exchanging goods and resources from
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
We regularly track animals in the wild to see how they live and study their behavior, and while some species of animals
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
A new species of ocean fish hailing from Hawaii was reportedly discovered during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mongabay News. It has been edited for republication purposes. On Wednesday, Chine
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 03, 2017
Videos
Some of you may remember the slogan when DDT became big: "DDT is good for me," sung in a little jingly voice. Of course
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan