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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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AUG 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Plants & Animals
People have long thought that a dog's age can be estimated by substituting one human year with seven dog years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists used a fish called the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, to show that even small amounts of chemicals tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Dogs have held special significance in many people's lives for thousands of years. Dogs are thought to have been domesti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2020Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
New research has learned more about how and when sea snakes gained color vision.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Microbiology
A deadly virus has been spreading among the wild rabbit populations of the southwestern United States. This devastating ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2020Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A small new study suggests that some bats might be able to resist a devastating fungal disease called white nose syndrom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In 2018 in a place called Belaya Gora in northeastern Siberia, a frozen bird was found in the ground. A sample of DNA wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2020Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Microbiology
About 70 percent of the trash in the ocean is made of plastic. There is so much plastic in our oceans, it's thought to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms as different as humans and algae have some biological mechanisms in common.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2019Plants & Animals
Staff caring for a pregnant 12-year-old black rhino named Doppsee at Lansing, Michigan’s Potter Park Zoo had a lot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2019Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Any type of organism that is not native to a location but ends up there anyway is considered an invasive species.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2019Microbiology
Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationshi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers were able to change the behavior of a type of carpenter ant, and now they know the biological basis for the ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
When aggressive males led groups of fish in a complex task, those fish did poorly on the task compared to groups led by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
People have long thought that a dog's age can be estimated by substituting one human year with seven dog years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists used a fish called the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, to show that even small amounts of chemicals tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Dogs have held special significance in many people's lives for thousands of years. Dogs are thought to have been domesti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2020
Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research has learned more about how and when sea snakes gained color vision.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2020
Microbiology
A deadly virus has been spreading among the wild rabbit populations of the southwestern United States. This devastating
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2020
Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A small new study suggests that some bats might be able to resist a devastating fungal disease called white nose syndrom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In 2018 in a place called Belaya Gora in northeastern Siberia, a frozen bird was found in the ground. A sample of DNA wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2020
Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Microbiology
About 70 percent of the trash in the ocean is made of plastic. There is so much plastic in our oceans, it's thought to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms as different as humans and algae have some biological mechanisms in common.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
Staff caring for a pregnant 12-year-old black rhino named Doppsee at Lansing, Michigan’s Potter Park Zoo had a lot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2019
Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Any type of organism that is not native to a location but ends up there anyway is considered an invasive species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2019
Microbiology
Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationshi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers were able to change the behavior of a type of carpenter ant, and now they know the biological basis for the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch