The Wall Street-owned studio Disney, recently killed alligators in its Florida theme parks just as a precaution against tourist deaths. Contrast that with Disney under its founder, when films critical of hunting (Bambi) and circuses (Dumbo) were made. At the same time (1930s), the other ...
Why is phytoplankton the most influential primary producer in the Atlantic Ecosystem? Why are coral reefs such productive and diverse environments? Why do obligate mutualisms appear to be a more important type of interaction in coral reefs than in the ...
As a Floridian, you’ll also have to keep an eye out for alligators, panthers and pythons.Oh my. Florida has an estimated 1.3 million alligators of the approximately five million in the U.S., and you might encounter them slinking across a golf course or gliding in backyard...
Forests are habitats to millions of animals and support numerous ecosystems. About 90% of all earth’s species live in forests. Animals such as lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles, alligators, insects, birds, butterflies and monkeys among other wild animals such as lions and leopards all live ...
The health of the biome is closely linked to aquatic biodiversity, to the point that some species, referred to as bioindicators, reflect its level of conservation. Aquatic plants and dragonflies are among the important ones. The more aquatic plants, or macrophytes, the stronger the change i...