Conservation biology

The native people of North America have always depended on natural resources for survival. One of the natural resources that the Iroquois were the turtles. The Iroquois used the turtle's back as some sort of calendar. With its pattern of thirteen large scales standing for the thirteen moons in each year, and twenty eight smaller scales standing for the twenty eight days between each new moon. This reminds them that all things are connected and that they must try to live in balance. The Iroquois…

The adaptive traits common to more on species can be found in birds and this particular essay I will focus on the hummingbird and the hawk, both have wings, beaks and can fly, however they both look totally different from each other as the hawk. The hawk is big in size and the humming bird is quite smaller in statue and also the hawk possess a beak that’s razor sharp which tears flesh off small animals it consumes while the hummingbird’s beak is quite long and thin, this helps the bird to dip…

There are various meanings of geography and numerous misinterpretations. Geology for life characterizes the two noteworthy points of the view of topography, as the spatial and biological viewpoints. These are supplemented by the historical and economic points of view. As defined by the British Dicitonary of Dictionary.com, geography is the study of the natural features of the earth’s surface, including topography, climate, soil, vegetation, and man’s response to them. Compared to the English…

The era that brought a wide spectrum of new ideas to the written world, the era that made talking animals almost normal; welcome to postmodernism. Literature in this era was different from what was seen before. It was believed that everything that could have been written about was already done and then done once more. Writers took this and approached it with a positive attitude and made this for the better. Writers acquired what was already done and experimented and drew inspiration from that to…

Ain Ghazal’s unique culture centered around its burial procedure, plaster statues, and everyday items. At its peak, Ain Ghazal was inhabited by around 3,000 people. The people of Ain Ghazal buried some of their dead friends and family underneath the floors of their houses, while others were put outside in the surrounding terrain. “Of those who were buried inside, the head was later retrieved and the skull buried in a separate pit below the house’s floor.” In addition to these discoveries,…

The four forces of evolution is natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation. To start of, natural selection is when organism adapt to their environment and the animals that can't eventually die off. For instance their were other species of cheetahs but the ones that are alive now were selected from natural selection because they were the strongest and the ones that could reproduce more. Genetic drift is a change in a species that might or might not exists in the future. For…

1.) Three abiotic factors are energy, climate and weather. Three biotic factors are plants, animals and bacteria. 6.) Natural selection is the process that determines which individuals within a species will reproduce and pass their genes to the next generation. Genes that are advantageous are more likely to be passed on. Death is part of the process of natural selection, species which fail die. The number of offspring, pass on the beneficial genes to the organism. 13.) Parasitism, mutualism and…

What is reality? Is there a connection to your brain and the world around you? Is it really what you think it is? Current knowledge about our bodies state that the brain sees the world by using millions of stimuli around us to perceive the feelings of cold, soft, bright, and countless others. Take a look at this sunset, you see the sunset in front of you but when you leave the area. Was there really a sunset at the time period. Your mind says yes since you recall being there but is there…

The term “evolution” is a theory to explain how earth becomes full of life from simple bacteria. Set by Darwin, it is a common concept accepted by the public. He used the finches on Galápagos Islands to explain an important concept for evolution, nature selection. He found that on Galápagos Islands, finches have many different types of beaks. Some are easy to crush seeds, some are easy to catch warms in the trunks, and others have their ways to use. But different types of beaks can only found on…

In light of my qualifications for the Masters Education Program of Genetic Counseling situated at Virginia Commonwealth University, it is significant to understand the spark that lit the conflagration of my interest in the field. Genetics as a whole has proven to be a profound influence on my life until this point, as it has for many others, but contrasted from others in its influence on my mindset and desire to understand the world that surrounds humanity. The questions of why people behave,…