Rare species

Introduction: Thrips (order Thysanoptera) have become one of the hardest pests to control in a greenhouse setting. Thrips are small, winged insects that reproduce very quickly, and can be in small places making it difficult to apply a pesticide treatment. They use their sucking-piercing mouthparts to defoliate the leaves and flowers of greenhouse plants. This defoliation has caused the lost of many plants and dollars for greenhouse growers and because of this thrips must be controlled.…

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin Chapter Questions Chapter 1 – Finding Your Inner Fish 1. Explain why the author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils. Be sure to include the types of rocks and their location during their paleontology work in 2004. The author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 Million Years as it was a period when the transformation took place from fish to fish with limb. The fish without characteristics of…

family, is a keystone species living in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Japan, Russia, America, Canada and Mexico. It’s current population, is estimated to be just over 106,000 worldwide, with just over 3,000 in California. These aquatic mammals are currently under threat of extinction. Through scientific knowledge and understanding of the sea otter, protection laws have been put into place to create for design and action of sustainability of the environment of the keystone species, the…

The first hypothesis stated that if rabbits have brown fur, they will be more likely to survive under food conditions within a cold environment. The data from the experiment disproved the hypothesis. In the controlled version, where the food survival was out of play, there were more white fur rabbits at generations 3 (13 to 5) and 6 (340-150). When the food survival was put into play, there were more white fur rabbits at generations 3 (6-0) and 6 (1-0). While the white fur generation had nearly…

In the Cincinnati zoo a little boy with the age of three fell into the enclosure of the 17-year-old gorilla. Some argue that the Grillo was trying to save the child, while other argue that the gorilla was actually harming him. The gorilla, named Harambe, had to grabbed the child and dragged him across the moat. Many filmed as this was happening. In the exhibit the gorilla was an endangered lowland gorilla. There are many arguments as to what happened but the hulking ape was shot down regardless…

Carolina. The experiment was formed to determine the amount of species richness in both general areas. The hypothesis that was formed stated: that the Winthrop Lake area would have a greater amount of species diversity than the golf course area based on effects of temperature, wind speed, and local habits. When going into these locations groups of six individuals were formed. Two people observed the birds, two people determined the species of the bird, one individual recorded data, and the last…

Over the past 200,000 years humans have continued to evolve. Human evolution first began in Africa roughly 6 million years ago and it describes the long process that our ancestors went through to transform into modern day humans. One of the first original human traits that were discovered around 4 million years ago was bipedalism, which is the ability to walk on two legs. Over a long period of times humans have grown taller, we have developed smaller teeth and jaws and have developed more…

Have you ever sat down at the dinner table, and stared at the plate of seafood in front of you, and wondered about overfishing? Have you stared at the pencil or paper that you use in class, and thought about deforestation? Have you ever wondered if you could be a part of the next extinction because of that seafood or pencil? Darrin Bell, an editorial political and social cartoonist, thinks a lot about human effects on earth, and the possible repercussions. One of Darrin Bell's many comic…

shares its ecosystem with many other organisms. Dolphins are very important to the ocean, without them the ecosystem would be unbalanced. Dolphins’ natural habitat is the ocean, from coastal waters to open seas. They live in salt water, but a few species can live in freshwater locations. They like the warmer areas, but if they are in need of food they will go to the colder areas. An area they once called home can change quickly. If it becomes too polluted, there’s no food, or even if the water…

In Dita Wickins-Drazilovás article, “Zoo Animal Welfare” published to the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics in 2006, she discusses the criteria that zoos claim justifies the welfare of the animals and how this criterion is not satisfactory. Wickins-Drazilovás states, “Zoos often claim that having healthy, long-lived animals that reproduce is sufficient proof of good care. I believe that these three criteria have to be examined more closely and also that there are other important…