Foralmostacentury,Ecuador'sgianttortoises(陆龟)havebeenprotected.Thesespeciesareoneofthelargestlivingreptiles(爬行动物)ontheplanet.Theyliveaverylonglife—theoldesttortoiseonrecordwas175yearsold.And,theyallliveontheGalapagosIslands.HuntingthetortoisesisillegalunderEcuador'slaws,butnowtheAttorneyGeneral'sofficehasopen...
European medicinal leeches were famous for their popular purpose: treatment for everything from cancer to mental illness. But the high demand left them endangered—still today.
which was categorized into 18 subclades. Five of these subclades contained novel species. Each of these new species manifested unique molecular signatures localized to the E23-5 helix of the V4 region within the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA), the E11-1 helix of D7b, and ...
Finally, the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way@For the human species to survive over time, its members must regularly reproduce@Thus, women must, whether at home or in the labor force, make the most of their physical appearances. ●Large printed and...
of a pencil dot. When trying to capture with packing tape it will not stick and just flies off. Leaves a white sharp pointed pimple if left alone. If scratched and broke open, itching is intense. Seems to take up to 24 hours to form the white tip pimple. Not sure of the species. ...
endangered species . No one wants to eat them. ©V-yan/Shutterstock.com If people get hungry enough, they will eat almost anything. But given a choice, each culture avoids eating certain animals. Here are some of the reasons why:
The species in question is the blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata), a small, highly venomous cephalopod that lives in the Pacific Ocean off eastern Australia. Their arms are covered in iridescent blue rings, which they display towarn approaching predatorsto stee...
Now, most of us are familiar with common sage (Salvia officinalis), but this one’s from the Mediterranean and not adapted to attract hummingbirds. Luckily, there are almost 1,000 species in total, so there’s plenty more to choose from. Scientists have found that 31 percent of the Salv...
’ The unease is very distinctive and sets in only at a certain level in the abstraction process—because abstraction proceeds in levels, rather like exponents or dimensions. Let’s say ‘man’ meaning some particular man is Level One. ‘Man’ meaning the species is Level Two. Something like...
These viruses, however, are not the kind that will give you the common cold or flu (or worse). Calledbacteriophages, or phages for short, they are the natural enemy of bacteria. Each tiny, tripod-looking phage has evolved to hunt, attack and gobble up a specific bacterial species. ...