Species

males 10 to 15 years.They are polygynous, meaning males mate with many females, with gestation periods of approximately 6 months; mating occurs throughout the year. Sea otters are known as a keystone species as they help to keep the kelp ecosystems in balance, which serve as a home for many marine species. On the other hand, kelp helps in regulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and coastal ecosystems. Oil spills are known as the greatest threat to sea otter as the oil binds to their fur and…

more interesting features. This species of kangaroo can live in a wide range of habitats, its evolutionary history goes far back, it has amazing adaptations, has close relatives, and have been impacted by humans. Habitat The red kangaroo is among one of the many species of kangaroos that live in Australia. Red kangaroos can live in many different biomes such as mulga and mallee scrub, saltbush shrubland, arid grassland, and desert. This particular species of kangaroo prefers to live on…

apes, humans are more closely related to chimpanzee because of anatomy and genetic comparisons. The human species evolved gradually, and chimpanzees and/or apes did not. Humans and apes are two different species, and it is difficult to comprehend that the chimpanzees and us, only share an ancestor that produced two distinct lineages, hominids, or human-like species, and the great ape species. Chimpanzees and humans have too many physical…

interactions, different strategies of cooperation and deception emerge as compared to single interactions; 4. Evolutionary game theory is further complicated by interactions between multiple individuals simultaneously, between individuals of two different species (such as the symbiotic relationship between xxxx), between factions of the same group, and between one group and another (such as law…

Recently, scientists have discovered fossils of an extinct species of turtles that particularly have snouts as noses, similar to a pig. However, because of its snout, it was named Golden's bacon turtle, or Arvinachelys golden. Usually, turtles have one nasal passage in their skulls because of how fleshy their nostrils are. Arvinachelys golden was found by a team from Natural History Museum of Utah and discovered the fossil at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In addition, this…

There are over 2800 species of termites, with about 185 considered to be pests to humans (Verma et al. 2009). Termites play a key ecological role in nutrient cycling in the environment (Eggleton 2000). Even though the majority of termites are helpful to the environment and do not disturb humans, today’s society has portrayed the word termite in a negative way due to their destructive impact on homes, businesses, and agriculture across the world (Constantino 2002). Specifically, termites are…

and some cold, that have created the unique ecosystem on the islands. Because the many plants and animals that have arrived there over the past four million years are isolated from their relatives on the mainland, they have evolved into different species. The giant tortoises, swimming iguanas, small penguins, flightless cormorants and more are just a few of the unique and fascinating animals that live there. The Galapagos have both Spanish and English traditions, and the islands each have two…

How does competition change a species? If a certain species are better at competing than another species then they will survive and pass on their genes to future generations, and they will be good at commission. Light vs Dark Fur. The light color mice had to evolve to the new dark rock background, The mice with the Dark colored fur were able to survive on the dark rock background. The light colored mice were unable to blend into the background. But they started to evolve so they blended and…

EDC 365C - Final Project Clinical Interview For the clinical interview, I chose the evolution question of “describe how a species evolves.” This question was chosen because I personally had a hard time explaining how a species evolves so I wanted to learn more about the topic. I have taken many biology classes so I wanted to see how someone with a different biology background would explain the problem. Nehm and Reilly’s article titled “Biology Majors’ Knowledge and Misconceptions of Natural…

The idea is to highlight the time when racial differences were generated among the species. Also the Adam and eve theory did not have the scientific basis of cells which Darwin added. The work of Desmond and Moore upholds Darwin’s “abhorrence of racial servitude and brutality, his hatred of the slavers... to make the black man another kind…