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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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AUG 27, 2016Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2016Videos
White lies, fibs, blatant exaggerations, lies of omission - we've all done it before. And not just once, either. We'll a ...AUG 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Plants & Animals
In what seems to be a miraculous story for a leopard that became stuck at the bottom of a 60-foot deep well in India, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Plants & Animals
All the movies show sharks swimming right-side-up, but new research indicates that Hollywood has once again shown to be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 22, 2016Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Summer is prime time for activities on the river. But a swim in the river turned into a life-threatening event for a Flo ...AUG 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Police and wildlife experts are on high alert over the weekend after a massive snake skin was found just off the shore o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2016Videos
Scientists recently bestowed the title of oldest living vertebrate to the Greenland shark, behemoths of the Arctic that ...AUG 20, 2016Videos
Prosanta Chakrabarty is an evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist who discovers new species and examines the biology o ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 19, 2016Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2016Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2016Health & Medicine
A dietary compound called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is found in foods like eggs and meat and has been associated wit ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 14, 2016Plants & Animals
Tigers are among one of the beautiful species on Earth that are hurting right now in terms of population. They’ve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2016Microbiology
The mouse model is a cornerstone of biological research, used in thousands of studies on a huge range of topics. As we l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Plants & Animals
There seems to be some kind of unexplained bitter rivalry between humpback and killer whales. In the last 62 years, ther ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2016
Videos
White lies, fibs, blatant exaggerations, lies of omission - we've all done it before. And not just once, either. We'll a
...
AUG 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
In what seems to be a miraculous story for a leopard that became stuck at the bottom of a 60-foot deep well in India, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
All the movies show sharks swimming right-side-up, but new research indicates that Hollywood has once again shown to be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 22, 2016
Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Summer is prime time for activities on the river. But a swim in the river turned into a life-threatening event for a Flo
...
AUG 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Police and wildlife experts are on high alert over the weekend after a massive snake skin was found just off the shore o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2016
Videos
Scientists recently bestowed the title of oldest living vertebrate to the Greenland shark, behemoths of the Arctic that
...
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
Prosanta Chakrabarty is an evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist who discovers new species and examines the biology o
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
A dietary compound called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is found in foods like eggs and meat and has been associated wit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
Tigers are among one of the beautiful species on Earth that are hurting right now in terms of population. They’ve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2016
Microbiology
The mouse model is a cornerstone of biological research, used in thousands of studies on a huge range of topics. As we l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
There seems to be some kind of unexplained bitter rivalry between humpback and killer whales. In the last 62 years, ther
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard