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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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NOV 07, 2016Earth & The Environment
A new study released by a team of researchers from the United Kingdom in Cell Press journal Current Biology have determi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2016Plants & Animals
A very large number of small dogs are impacted by heart disease issues, like mitral valve disease, and can be fatal in j ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Illegal hunting, also known as poaching, has been a major problem for the Snow Leopard, which is currently listed as an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2016Videos
According to the geologic time scale, Earth has already experienced five mass extinctions. The most famous mass extincti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 04, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to the ocean, it’s survival of the fittest. The wilderness of the ocean waters can be harsh and unpr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2016Earth & The Environment
South of New Zealand and deep in the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean, the 1.9 million square-mile Ross Sea is sometimes ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2016Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists are seeing it now more than ever before: animals of all kinds of different species are being observed using t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Optical illusions are things that make us see something that isn’t actually real. In many cases, visual signals, s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 1, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broad ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 30, 2016Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Bushmeat hunting may be hurting the balance of the natural ecosystem and destroying food security for nations around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2016Microbiology
Ever wish you could predict the future? Researchers at UC Davis designed a computer model to do just that - if you&rsquo ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 28, 2016Plants & Animals
Image Credit: Albertina Pimentel Lima Somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in South America is a strange ki ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2016Plants & Animals
A species of river dolphin known to the Yangtze River region of China was thought to have gone extinct a decade ago when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — comprising of seven protected areas — is the longest barrier reef i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2016Plants & Animals
While on a field trip in Thailand with his colleagues, researcher Colin Strine of Sakaerat Environmental Research Statio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 25, 2016Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 24, 2016Videos
Palm oil is used for food products, detergents, cosmetics and - increasingly - biofuel. It's in your shampoo, your ice c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A new study released by a team of researchers from the United Kingdom in Cell Press journal Current Biology have determi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
A very large number of small dogs are impacted by heart disease issues, like mitral valve disease, and can be fatal in j
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Illegal hunting, also known as poaching, has been a major problem for the Snow Leopard, which is currently listed as an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2016
Videos
According to the geologic time scale, Earth has already experienced five mass extinctions. The most famous mass extincti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to the ocean, it’s survival of the fittest. The wilderness of the ocean waters can be harsh and unpr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2016
Earth & The Environment
South of New Zealand and deep in the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean, the 1.9 million square-mile Ross Sea is sometimes ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists are seeing it now more than ever before: animals of all kinds of different species are being observed using t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Optical illusions are things that make us see something that isn’t actually real. In many cases, visual signals, s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 1, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broad
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bushmeat hunting may be hurting the balance of the natural ecosystem and destroying food security for nations around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2016
Microbiology
Ever wish you could predict the future? Researchers at UC Davis designed a computer model to do just that - if you&rsquo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
Image Credit: Albertina Pimentel Lima Somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in South America is a strange ki
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
A species of river dolphin known to the Yangtze River region of China was thought to have gone extinct a decade ago when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — comprising of seven protected areas — is the longest barrier reef i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
While on a field trip in Thailand with his colleagues, researcher Colin Strine of Sakaerat Environmental Research Statio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 25, 2016
Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 24, 2016
Videos
Palm oil is used for food products, detergents, cosmetics and - increasingly - biofuel. It's in your shampoo, your ice c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan