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Biodiversity
Biodiversity: the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth, and is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 per cent of earth's surface, and contain about 90 percent of the world's species.
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OCT 02, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of smaller animals that are prey to larger ones are always on the watch for predators, but in some instances, thos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Although the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has marked the Eastern Gorilla as critically endanger ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 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 10, 2016Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2016Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUL 16, 2016Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2016Videos
This video describes the catastrophe that hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan last year when about 200,000 of these critic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 17, 2016Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2016Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2016Videos
National Geographic grantee and ethologist Joyce Poole uses citizen science and Web technology to bring elephant conserv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
“Apart from water and air, humble sand is the natural resource most consumed by human beings.” This statemen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 17, 2016Microbiology
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated. R ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
One million square kilometers. That’s a big number. And an even bigger accomplishment, if the government of French ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2016Videos
Any organism will show changes at the cellular level when stressed. Depending on what the stress is and what the organis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2016Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 06, 2016Health & Medicine
Of course we all know about the grand discovered and undiscovered potential that rainforests harbor for medicinal remedi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2016Earth & The Environment
How do birds and mammals maintain near-constant body temperatures as the environmental temperature fluctuates, sometimes ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Snails are awesome little creatures. They’re like slugs, but they have a protective shell that they can retract in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Plants & Animals
In our high tech times everyone is familiar with “the cloud.” Cloud computing is standard, it’s a way ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of smaller animals that are prey to larger ones are always on the watch for predators, but in some instances, thos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Although the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has marked the Eastern Gorilla as critically endanger
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUL 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2016
Videos
This video describes the catastrophe that hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan last year when about 200,000 of these critic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 17, 2016
Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Research ecologist Charlie Christafilly has worked for the last thirty years in Olympia, Washington at the US Forest Ser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2016
Videos
National Geographic grantee and ethologist Joyce Poole uses citizen science and Web technology to bring elephant conserv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
“Apart from water and air, humble sand is the natural resource most consumed by human beings.” This statemen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2016
Microbiology
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated. R
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
One million square kilometers. That’s a big number. And an even bigger accomplishment, if the government of French
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2016
Videos
Any organism will show changes at the cellular level when stressed. Depending on what the stress is and what the organis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2016
Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Of course we all know about the grand discovered and undiscovered potential that rainforests harbor for medicinal remedi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2016
Earth & The Environment
How do birds and mammals maintain near-constant body temperatures as the environmental temperature fluctuates, sometimes
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
Snails are awesome little creatures. They’re like slugs, but they have a protective shell that they can retract in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
In our high tech times everyone is familiar with “the cloud.” Cloud computing is standard, it’s a way
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim