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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 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Identical twin formation in humans seem to fascinate the masses. To our brains, which are programmed to see everyone dif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2016Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2016Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Earth & The Environment
Obama has been busy in the last week with conservation and the Antiquities Act. On the eve of the centennial for the Nat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2016Plants & Animals
A shark that was reeled in from the ocean waters surrounding the land mass we know as Greenland has been given an age fi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 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 Bouchard
SEP 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Identical twin formation in humans seem to fascinate the masses. To our brains, which are programmed to see everyone dif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2016
Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2016
Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Obama has been busy in the last week with conservation and the Antiquities Act. On the eve of the centennial for the Nat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
A shark that was reeled in from the ocean waters surrounding the land mass we know as Greenland has been given an age fi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just about two years ago, in August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in the history of the United
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h
...
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