Conservation reliant species

depending on the characteristics of the species, this is called taxonomy. Invented by the Swedish scientist, Carolus Linnaes, the taxonomy system simplifies organism classification by ordering the species into seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum , Class , Order , Family , Genus , and Species (Meier, Shiyang, Vaidya, & Ng, 2006). However, what if the species is unknown and we cannot classify such species into a certain category? A practice to identify the species is by DNA barcoding. DNA…

Throughout the history of life, organisms have been in a constant evolutionary flight to adaptations that better suit their surroundings, while becoming more complex in nature and achieving evolutionary hallmarks in the process. One such evolutionary leap is the transition from aquatic environment to terrestrial. One of the early terrestrial animals, the primitive amniotic synapsids are an important group of animals that pawed the way for endothermy, a significant adaptation that helped animals…

The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden here at UCLA provides visitors with a substantial amount of plant life. The garden contains plants from all over the world and from different environments. The presentation of this wild life gives visitors a sense of nature around the world but in deeper inspection one can see how unnatural this arrangement can be. While visiting a place like botanical gardens, one mostly is conscious of the natural processes of plants and wildlife, it is almost as one is…

protection. Diadema species are common throughout their range and may be found on reef, sand, and rubble, and sometimes in large aggregations. There are several distinct genotypes of Diadema and this paper will talk mainly about the Diadema antillarum. The long spine black sea urchin Diadema antillarum is the most important algal community controller, since there are very few that can do this. Thesis: Diadema antillarum play a significant role in the growth and survival of many species…

Why the Study of Biology is Important: Biology is important today because it allows people to figure out how people do things to figure out health problems a person may have and how to solve them. In the future, technology will be used alongside biology more and more in the future to find problems people might experience in their lives and increase life spans. Analyze 1. What role does biology play in your life now? What role will in play in the future? Biology plays a role in my life now by…

Why zoos should be kept. Have you been to the zoo? Well if you haven't there are cute animals and you can learn a lot. Zoos should be kept because, They get more food than in the wild, They won’t become extinct, And other people can get a learning experience.The zoo debate is very important because it can save the extinction of animals. Animals will receive more food than in the wild, The passage (pro Kira Freed) says that animals get more food than in the wild,According to Jane Goodall…

In The Botany of Desire; A Plant’s Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan explores the co-evolutionary relationship between humans and plants. In four chapters, he discusses the four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—through the plants that satisfy these desires: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. More specifically, in the Potato chapter, Pollan discusses the associated human desire for control that links us with the potato. Pollan interjects a…

jellyfish, I am looking into how different types of jellyfish feed. Jellyfish all around the world have mostly the same features but some have a venom that is powerful enough to kill a human in less than a minute. There are approximately thirty-seven species with this venom. However, there are many jellyfish that do not have this venom, these jellyfish have cells on their tentacles called nematocysts. They paralyze their prey by stinging them. Jellyfish usually feed on plankton and small fish,…

Throughout the world, there are 230 accredited zoos and aquariums in nine different countries (Zoo and Aquarium Statistics, 2017). A safe assumption is that most people have been to a zoo at least once in their lifetime. With this being said, one of the trending topics in today’s world is if these zoos are helpful or harmful to animal’s well-being. One of the recent events that have occurred in sparking this debate happened in 2016 at the Cincinnati Zoo, where a three-year-old boy slipped…

Humans spent millions of years evolving to the apex of the food chain. So, has the moment arrived for us to wantonly trample every living creature on Earth? Or, should I say, are we doing it right now? Auspiciously, some of us noticed this issue, and thereafter documented “The Cove”. “The Cove” divulges of a sentimental yet provoking story - Members of Oceanic Preservation Society(OPS) and Ric O’Barry are endeavoring to debunk a covert dolphin massacre in Taiji, Japan. And right now, it is the…