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Wildlife includes organisms that grow or live in areas without being introduced by humans. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems on Earth including deserts, forests, grasslands, and plains and is usually affected by human activity.
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NOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans have to maintain their blood sugar within a certain range, or serious health problems can arise. Insulin is cruci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2024Neuroscience
Tagging wildlife alters animal behavior for days, reports new research. Longer tracking periods are needed to understand ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the SARA-CoV-2 virus, people have wondered where the virus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2024Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2024Plants & Animals
How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimps. Scientists have now learned that elephant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2024Plants & Animals
What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected neck length, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2024Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2024Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Foley of Texas A&M and colleagues studied myotis bats to learn more about how their 'nightclubs' promote immu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many theories have been proposed, but now we have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
How do microplastics impact marine ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in PLoS One hopes to address as a t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans have to maintain their blood sugar within a certain range, or serious health problems can arise. Insulin is cruci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2024
Neuroscience
Tagging wildlife alters animal behavior for days, reports new research. Longer tracking periods are needed to understand
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the SARA-CoV-2 virus, people have wondered where the virus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2024
Plants & Animals
How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimps. Scientists have now learned that elephant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2024
Plants & Animals
What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected neck length,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
When Atlantic salmon are migrating to spawn, fisheries move to catch them. A new study has found that salmon that are ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2024
Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2024
Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Foley of Texas A&M and colleagues studied myotis bats to learn more about how their 'nightclubs' promote immu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many theories have been proposed, but now we have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How do microplastics impact marine ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in PLoS One hopes to address as a t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc