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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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MAY 13, 2021Plants & Animals
Download this smartphone app to help document one of North America's natural wonders.Written By: Anne MedinaMAY 12, 2021Immunology
Teams of science experts from numerous disciplines have been collecting data on SARS-CoV-2 for over a year to understand ...Written By: Caroline WallaceMAY 10, 2021Microbiology
For many years, many parts of the human body were considered to be sterile, which is to say, totally free of microorgani ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2021Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology ...Written By: Anne MedinaMAY 09, 2021Microbiology
One of the most basic processes in life in the creation of proteins from mRNA molecules, which are transcribed from DNA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to gro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many of us have wondered how fish like sole and flounder ended up with two eyes on one side of their heads, including sc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2021Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2021Plants & Animals
Madagascar is home to many unusual animals. A skull from one - the 'horned' crocodile - can be seen in this image by M. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There are fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinoceroses remaining in the world, making this animal one of the world's most endang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2021Microbiology
The microbes that live in the human gut have a powerful influence on our health, and that microbial community is with us ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 21, 2021Health & Medicine
Research underway is showing topical probiotics to be a beneficial treatment for acne vulgaris. Topical probiotics are a ...Written By: Alexandria BassAPR 21, 2021Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Microbiology
Researchers are learning more about how different species of bacteria in the human gut microbiome play a role in metabol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 15, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A team of biologists, chemists, and engineers are studying snake locomotion in order to help them better design durable ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 12, 2021Microbiology
Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by four main species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, which ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
The endangered Zanzibar red colobus is a rare primate that lives only in the Zanzibar archipelago. New research from Ban ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Plants & Animals
Download this smartphone app to help document one of North America's natural wonders.
Written By:
Anne Medina
MAY 12, 2021
Immunology
Teams of science experts from numerous disciplines have been collecting data on SARS-CoV-2 for over a year to understand
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAY 10, 2021
Microbiology
For many years, many parts of the human body were considered to be sterile, which is to say, totally free of microorgani
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
MAY 09, 2021
Microbiology
One of the most basic processes in life in the creation of proteins from mRNA molecules, which are transcribed from DNA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to gro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many of us have wondered how fish like sole and flounder ended up with two eyes on one side of their heads, including sc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2021
Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2021
Plants & Animals
Madagascar is home to many unusual animals. A skull from one - the 'horned' crocodile - can be seen in this image by M.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There are fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinoceroses remaining in the world, making this animal one of the world's most endang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2021
Microbiology
The microbes that live in the human gut have a powerful influence on our health, and that microbial community is with us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 21, 2021
Health & Medicine
Research underway is showing topical probiotics to be a beneficial treatment for acne vulgaris. Topical probiotics are a
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 21, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers are learning more about how different species of bacteria in the human gut microbiome play a role in metabol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 15, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A team of biologists, chemists, and engineers are studying snake locomotion in order to help them better design durable
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 12, 2021
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by four main species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, which ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
The endangered Zanzibar red colobus is a rare primate that lives only in the Zanzibar archipelago. New research from Ban
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch