Species

Introduction Several lizard species inhabit the University of Arizona’s Joseph Wood Krutch Gardens and interact with their environment in different ways. One such way is thermoregulation, which is influenced by body size and environmental temperature. Lizards are ectotherms, meaning they do not self-maintain internal body temperatures; instead, they are the same temperature as the surrounding environment. A rule that explains body mass and temperature correlations, called Bergmann’s rule,…

Loss of biodiversity: what are the causes and what can we do? Biodiversity is the variety of all forms of life on Earth - plants, animals and microorganisms. Biodiversity refers to: Species; Variations within species; and interdependence of species. It is interesting to note that only about 1.2 million worldwide species have been identified and catalogued out of a towering total of about 8.7 million, as of August 2011[1]. A range of factors and processes exist that influence biodiversity. They…

different ways during reproduction. Evolution is a change in the gene pool of a population over time. Populations simply adapt to their surroundings. Lots of things change over time. People, animals, the changes of the leaves, the rivers having new species, the changes in the weather patterns. All through the Earth we all are changing. We are born and then we grow into adults and we get older and we die. A new generation is born by us dying. We are all apart of each other in some form or…

Throughout history, humans have created many divisions between race, gender, wealth etc., each division separating ‘us’ from ‘them’. In the same way, a division between humans and nature has been socially constructed to divide the “western society” and the “other.” From these constructions, the term ‘wild’ has come to attribute primeval and savage characteristics to nature and animals living within nature. It is common to consider animals that life in nature to be ‘wildlife,’ yet using this…

In The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, the author stresses that if no changes are made to the world in which we live today, that a mass extinction will occur. Kolbert reveals that species are becoming extinct at a rate that is similar to those of preceding mass extinctions. Most importantly, if the destruction and contamination of the natural world continue at the same pace then it will conclude with the end of humanity. Similar to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago,…

Life it upon is within a continuous movement and change different things affect many people,plants and animals around the world. Different things such as climate and culture over time can divide one species into many subspecies one of the many jobs of anthropologist is to study to process of evolution and how it has and will continue to effect the human race. There are also subfields of anthropology that connects directly to evolutionary theory. This essay will cover the concept of evolution as…

tortoise is seen as an important species in the ecological environment where it is found because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species. The class of the gopher tortoise is Reptilian, the order is Testudines, the family is Testudinidae, the genus is Gopherus and the species is G. Polyphemus. The gopher tortoise belongs to a group of land tortoises that originated in western North America nearly 60 million years ago. At least 23 species of tortoise are…

without it both species would not be able to development efficiently without having someone show them or even demonstrate it, because they are constantly engaging in one another or watching other people do it. Which, in return creates and expands various personalities and the way interact in society or even by themselves. Social play also promotes healthy aspects in both chimpanzees and human infants. There are quite a few similarities as well as difference between both of the species but, that…

from. Most conservation organizations focus on one or two specific things, whether it’s the terrible treatment of tiger cubs, the dwindling natural habitat including our rainforest’s and redwoods, or the ongoing, daily extinction of thousands of species, understandably no one cause successfully fully covers the big picture. In the series “Nature is Speaking”, various actors narrate specific things in nature. The one in particular I chose is “Mother Nature” narrated by actress Julia Roberts,…

it is most comfortable in warm and moist conditions usually associated with thickly forested areas although they may be found in nearby plantations and farmlands as well. Amboina King parrots are considered to be one of the most attractive species of parrots due to their bright and striking color combinations of their plumage. They are red in color with vibrant green wings and bright blue…