The question of what defines a species has vexed scientists across the ages, particularly in conservation, where decisions require a firm understanding of biodiversity.
We’ve put the phrases that we took verbatim from the source in bold. For the first time in recent history, the total population of giraffes has increased by almost 20% in the last seven years. The population of all four species of giraffe are increasing or stable. This is rare good ...
Also known as the temperate deciduous forest biome are forests found in most parts of Europe, Canada, japan united states, and china and are characterized by multiple deciduous tree species and four distinctive seasons, fall, spring, summer, and winter. ...
What are the four parts of a monogastric stomach? The four compartments of the stomach are called therumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. These chambers contain many microbes that break down cellulose and ferment ingested food. The abomasum, the “true” stomach, is the equivalent of the m...
What are some savanna plant adaptations? Savanna Life: The savanna is the most famous ecosystem in Africa (and perhaps the world), home to huge animals like elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and lions. Despite the abundance of life, surviving in this region is not easy. ...
The cheetah is a fascinating big cat species native to Africa and central Iran.It’s the fastest land animal on earth and known for its speedy ability to take down prey.With a slender body, impressive eyesight, and the ability to camouflage, they are natural hunters....
Scientists mostly told different species apart from the way they looked, or where they could be found. But sometimes that proved very tricky indeed. For example, it�s clear that giraffes and mice are very different groups of creatures, and that you can easily tell them apart; in other wo...
Giraffes are the most conspicuous, but far from the only browsing animals in Africa. Severalantelope species, includingkudu, are also browsers. Another unexpected browser is theblack rhino. At first glance, it might seem similar to large grazers like hippos or bovines. Yet this species prefersle...
Giraffes are absolute browsers as they spend most of their time eating broad-leaved deciduous foliage in the rains. They rarely feed on herbs, grass, and fruits , depending on a specific season. The animal supplements its diet with 100 species of trees but in any one area it relies on 40...
While in Kenya, her friend suggested she contact the paleontologist Louis Leakey, curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, to discuss primates (Leakey was interested in studying primate behavior in order to better understand early human species). Leaky hired Goodall as his field assistant on a...