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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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SEP 21, 2016Videos
Forming the largest aggregations of rays in the world, still very little is known about this species. They gather in the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 21, 2016Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal ...SEP 21, 2016Plants & Animals
There are government regulations to protect endangered species of fish from being processed by fisheries and then sold i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Videos
The Grand Canyon is exactly that, one of nature's grandest creations. It's 277 miles long, 18 miles across at its widest ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2016Plants & Animals
For the most part, it can be agreed that all giraffes look the same right? They’ve all got that iconic long neck, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2016Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A specific chromosomal rearrangement in the mosquito genome seems to be responsible for a mosquito's preference for catt ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2016Plants & Animals
There are tons of scientists who are reportedly convinced up to 40% of the world’s lizard species could go extinct ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2016Videos
Some zoo animals have demonstrated quite the knack as escape artists. Among the legendary escape stunts, Fu Manchu the o ...SEP 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Mariana Islands are a string of fifteen limestone islands that compose the a U.S. commonwealth in the northwestern P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 16, 2016Plants & Animals
South Africa’s largest national wildlife park is having to make a tough decision that would leave animal-lovers cr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 15, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Immunology
Klebsiella pneumoniae, AKA the “nightmare bacteria,” causes multiple infections including pneumonia, urinary ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists with OCEARCH believe they may have found something truly unique in the ocean waters surrounding Long Island, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
Forming the largest aggregations of rays in the world, still very little is known about this species. They gather in the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal
...
SEP 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are government regulations to protect endangered species of fish from being processed by fisheries and then sold i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
The Grand Canyon is exactly that, one of nature's grandest creations. It's 277 miles long, 18 miles across at its widest
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the most part, it can be agreed that all giraffes look the same right? They’ve all got that iconic long neck,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2016
Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A specific chromosomal rearrangement in the mosquito genome seems to be responsible for a mosquito's preference for catt
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are tons of scientists who are reportedly convinced up to 40% of the world’s lizard species could go extinct
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales have long been considered an endangered species have having been the target of whalers for so many years
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2016
Videos
Some zoo animals have demonstrated quite the knack as escape artists. Among the legendary escape stunts, Fu Manchu the o
...
SEP 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana Islands are a string of fifteen limestone islands that compose the a U.S. commonwealth in the northwestern P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
South Africa’s largest national wildlife park is having to make a tough decision that would leave animal-lovers cr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 15, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Immunology
Klebsiella pneumoniae, AKA the “nightmare bacteria,” causes multiple infections including pneumonia, urinary
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists with OCEARCH believe they may have found something truly unique in the ocean waters surrounding Long Island,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard