Habitats

Imagine you’re on a boat in the middle of Aruba, taking samples of the ocean to conduct your own research. After a hard day of work, you get to spend the rest of your day relaxing in Aruba. This is the life of a marine biologist, you get to research in exotic places. I have chosen a career as a marine biologist because I excel in science and enjoy spending time with the ocean, nature, and animals. A career as a marine biologist is fun and interesting, has many responsibilities, requires a high…

High temperature has the ability to kill off reef ecosystems that are sensitive to change (Veron, 2008). Reefs provide habitat and food, and they are one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. The loss of coral reefs, would wipeout the foundation of most species in the tropics. The stress of bleaching and dying reefs could leach disease and toxins into the ocean. Atmospheric…

Endangered species are species of animals or plants that are at risk of extinction, this means that there are very few of them and they could potentially all die out. Some of the factors that cause extinction are loss of habitat, hunting, diseases and climate change. • Snow Leopard - Panthera uncia • Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus • Giant Panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca Snow Leopard Snow Leopards are mainly found in the Eastern Himalayas and Yangtze. They live in the cold high mountain…

zoos foster amusement and education for humans or do they violate the individual rights of the animals? Some animal activists would argue that the confined cages and concrete floors are not a decent replacement for the animal’s natural habitat, when in fact zoo habitats are…

Arctic Tundra Referred as “treeless plain”   Earth's coldest biome!  Earth's youngest biome! (formed 10,000 years ago) Located in the Northern Hemisphere (Alaska, Canada, and Siberia)   Known for its cold, desert like conditions Average Temperature (Winter): -34° C (-30° F)  Average Temperature (Summer): 3-12° C (37-54° F)  Arctic Tundra Wide variety of plants (1,700 kinds of plants)   Short growing season (50 – 60 Days)  Carbon Sink (Stored in permafrost) Animals…

it serves as their habitat, and also saves them from potential predators as only certain species are able to live in the environment of a salt marsh. The salt marsh is mostly shallow and brackish, and consists of mostly saltwater. Salt marshes often develop amid marine and terrestrial environments, which results in biologically diverse communities adapted for harsh environmental settings including dryness, flooding, and extreme temperature fluctuations (Hill, "Salt Marsh Habitats"). High marsh…

locations around the world and in different environments. While their natural habitat is forested areas, they have easily adapted to urban life. Trees, scrubs and debris are for the most part where squirrels build their nests. At the same time however, attics and roofs can also easily become squirrel habitats. Attics, or roof crevices seem natural dwellings to these rodents because of their proximity to their natural habitats, trees. As a result, squirrels often find shelter in our homes and can…

Which cat is the third largest one in the Americas? It’s the jaguar; this animal is the third largest cat behind the lion and tiger. One of the reasons for this is probably because jaguars’ can eat up to 85 different animals. They mainly just eat whatever they can catch. Although they eat a lot, jaguars’ are endangered. They are extinct in two countries,El Salvador and Uruguay, and they could be extinct in general if humans keep hunting them. They are illegal to hunt but people do it anyways for…

The goal of this lesson was to describe how beneficial variations called adaptations influence an organism’s survival. I learned that animals adapt to survive an specific environment. I know this because, we did an activity where we had a spoon, a binder clip, tweezers, and a scissor to represent a bird’s peak and to see how each of these materials help to pick up paper clips, rubber bands, toothpicks, and macaronis which represented food. Each material was good at picking up food. For example,…

mostly in Hanover Park, is at an impressive 953 acres and features open waters, wetlands, fields, and scattered woodlands with many opportunities for watching wildlife, fishing, trails, picnicking, and other recreational activities. The main aquatic habitat in the area is Mallard Lake, which, at 85 acres, makes it the largest recreational lake in the area for both fishing and boating, with valid licenses for either. A bird’s eye view of Mallard Lake Forest Preserve and of Mallard Lake generated…