doi:10.1002/scin.2007.5591721304SusanMiliusWileyScience News
The biodiversity of an ecosystem is a count of how many different species of plants and animals live there as well as a measure of the health of the ecosystem itself. If we find only a few species of plants and animals then the ecosystem is at risk of disruption by a single pest or d...
What plants live in the boreal forest biome? What are the dominant plants in a temperate forest? What are the plants found in a temperate rainforest biome? What are the different types of plants in a tropical forest? What temperate forest animals eat moss? What are the dominant plants i...
In the media, it is usually large, charismatic animals such as pandas, elephants, tigers and whales that get all the attention when a loss of biodiversity is discussed. However, animals or plants far lower down the food chain are often the ones vital for preserving habitats – in the proces...
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has been diving in the Gulf of Maine for more than 40 years. After learning these waters were a harbinger of climate change, he set out to document the rapid shift and its ripple effects.
Marcoola Beach’s marine life is bustling. Tourists can derive thrill from watching dolphins play, and friendly sea turtles come onto the sandy shores of the beach to bask in the sun with humans. Alternatively, if you want to get a truly amazing nautical experience, be sure to take a boat...
Still, the stories also demonstrate that the animals can distinguish individual humans and show an element of planning and evaluating their surroundings. In the 2020 documentary My Octopus Teacher, naturalist Craig Foster follows a wild, common octopus in a South African kelp ...
There are different ecological dimensions that can be mapped to create more complicated food webs, including: species composition (type of species), richness (number of species), biomass (the dry weight of plants and animals), productivity (rates of conversion of energy and nutrients into growth)...
It’s a fun stop if you love animals and woolen art / yarn crafts, or have little ones in tow. FYI it’s pronounced “Noo-WAH-gen” with a hard “g” (e.g., “gravy”), an English interpretation of the name given to the area by the indigenousAbenaki people. ...
Who would not want to live in a warm comfortable home, or live in society where child death is the exception rather than common. Who wouldn’t want to grow a few veges in our own back garden, going to the supermarket for the stuff we want to eat but haven’t been able to grow?