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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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OCT 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Lacking any ears like many other spider species, jumping spiders were once thought only to be able to feel vibrations fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are somewhat of a staple in the animal kingdom. It’s one of the first species that comes to mind when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2016Videos
Many plant-based substances can be used for medicinal purposes. Everyone's grandma has at least one or two household rem ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2016Plants & Animals
While the rusty patched bumble bee was just recommended for endangered species status by the United States Fish and Wild ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer EllisOCT 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There has been found to be a trend throughout forests across all different biomes: Wooded areas with more tree species t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 19, 2016Videos
It's hard to imagine that a little tube of face wash or wrinkle cream could impact the environment, but it can and not b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 18, 2016Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 18, 2016Microbiology
Our gastrointestinal tracts have a huge community of microbes living there, some are good and some can be harmful. These ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Plants & Animals
The humble bee is a lot smarter than you think it is. Despite having significantly less brain mass than that of you or m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Butterflies love it when it’s warm and dry outside. It’s the perfect time for them to spread their wings and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 14, 2016Plants & Animals
There is a population problem surrounding the African Gray Parrot, and trading of the wild species is the source of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 12, 2016Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Throughout Cuba, the Cuban Crocodile can be found, but it’s not something you get to see all too often, as only a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Three researchers led by Chao Huang recently scored big when they together visited a Chinese pet store in search of inte ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2016Videos
Most people have heard, if not seen for themselves, of bioluminescent algae that produce waves of light on the surface o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2016Plants & Animals
When you make things illegal, people will almost always find ways to smuggle it behind closed doors so the law can&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2016Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lacking any ears like many other spider species, jumping spiders were once thought only to be able to feel vibrations fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are somewhat of a staple in the animal kingdom. It’s one of the first species that comes to mind when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2016
Videos
Many plant-based substances can be used for medicinal purposes. Everyone's grandma has at least one or two household rem
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
While the rusty patched bumble bee was just recommended for endangered species status by the United States Fish and Wild
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There has been found to be a trend throughout forests across all different biomes: Wooded areas with more tree species t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 19, 2016
Videos
It's hard to imagine that a little tube of face wash or wrinkle cream could impact the environment, but it can and not b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 18, 2016
Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 18, 2016
Microbiology
Our gastrointestinal tracts have a huge community of microbes living there, some are good and some can be harmful. These
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
The humble bee is a lot smarter than you think it is. Despite having significantly less brain mass than that of you or m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Butterflies love it when it’s warm and dry outside. It’s the perfect time for them to spread their wings and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The name is understandable enough: deep sea mining. Mining in the deep seas. Mining for minerals such as copper, gold, m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
There is a population problem surrounding the African Gray Parrot, and trading of the wild species is the source of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 12, 2016
Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Throughout Cuba, the Cuban Crocodile can be found, but it’s not something you get to see all too often, as only a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Three researchers led by Chao Huang recently scored big when they together visited a Chinese pet store in search of inte
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2016
Videos
Most people have heard, if not seen for themselves, of bioluminescent algae that produce waves of light on the surface o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you make things illegal, people will almost always find ways to smuggle it behind closed doors so the law can&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2016
Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch