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Zoology: The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.
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DEC 18, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, an international team of researchers led by the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2022Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thoughtWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattSEP 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
It's been thought that small dogs were bred that way to fill a demand for man's tiny best friend. But it seems that thei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Life on earth is rich with diversity, and while we know a lot about some organisms, there is still so much more to learn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2021Plants & Animals
Scientists were surprised to find an area deep underneath Antarctica's ice shelves teeming with life. Researchers have r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2021Earth & The Environment
As the weather gets colder, snow begins to fall, and the roads get icy. Soon, the plows will be out in force, pushing sn ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 30, 2021Plants & Animals
Tardigrades might be the toughest little creatures around. These minuscule eight-legged vertebrates can survive in outer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. W ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2021Plants & Animals
African lungfish are incredible animals that survive in freshwater or on land. Research on lungfish has taught us more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Hox genes play a critical role in mapping the development of multicellular organisms. This group of genes is also expres ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2021Microbiology
While many people are most familiar with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which is called SARS-CoV-2, there are man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2021Plants & Animals
Though people need an ultraviolet light to see it, bioluminescence can be found in a variety of creatures, like squid or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2021Plants & Animals
Researchers have discovered the secret to the powerful cutting ability of ants: they have teeth on the outside of their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Incredible findings from the wilds of coastal British Columbia have shown how closely linked animals, humans, and the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2021Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Even Giant Galapagos Tortoises, (seen here migrating in a photo by Juan Manuel García) are not safe from the world's ant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2021Plants & Animals
Feral pigs are considered to be a destructive, menacing invasive species in several parts of the world including the sou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, an international team of researchers led by the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2022
Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thought
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
It's been thought that small dogs were bred that way to fill a demand for man's tiny best friend. But it seems that thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Life on earth is rich with diversity, and while we know a lot about some organisms, there is still so much more to learn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2021
Plants & Animals
Scientists were surprised to find an area deep underneath Antarctica's ice shelves teeming with life. Researchers have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
As the weather gets colder, snow begins to fall, and the roads get icy. Soon, the plows will be out in force, pushing sn
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 30, 2021
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades might be the toughest little creatures around. These minuscule eight-legged vertebrates can survive in outer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. W
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Plants & Animals
African lungfish are incredible animals that survive in freshwater or on land. Research on lungfish has taught us more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Hox genes play a critical role in mapping the development of multicellular organisms. This group of genes is also expres
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2021
Microbiology
While many people are most familiar with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which is called SARS-CoV-2, there are man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2021
Plants & Animals
Though people need an ultraviolet light to see it, bioluminescence can be found in a variety of creatures, like squid or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2021
Plants & Animals
Researchers have discovered the secret to the powerful cutting ability of ants: they have teeth on the outside of their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Incredible findings from the wilds of coastal British Columbia have shown how closely linked animals, humans, and the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even Giant Galapagos Tortoises, (seen here migrating in a photo by Juan Manuel García) are not safe from the world's ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Plants & Animals
Feral pigs are considered to be a destructive, menacing invasive species in several parts of the world including the sou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch