Beached whale

Most people know about air pollution as well as water pollution but not light pollution. Paul Bogard in his essay ”Let their be Dark,”explained the dangers of light pollution and how “It doesn’t have to be this way. Light pollution is obstructive and excessive amounts of artificial light, such as street lights, neon lights, lanterns, cell phones, electronics and etc. Bogard appeals to fear based in the medical, environmental as well as philosophical fields to convey the irreplaceable value of darkness

1. Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish, and his colleagues travel to Ellesmere Island to look for and study the shift from fish living in water to creatures living on land (4). Fossils from 360 million years ago include amphibians and reptiles. Fossils 385 million years old, only fish are found. Because of this, Shubin and his colleagues look at the time in the middle of this, 375 million years ago (10). In 2004, they give it another try, after failed previous tries (21). What gradually emerges

The black tip reef shark, is also known as the Carcharhinus Melanoperus gets its name from its pointed snout and black tips on the end of each fin. They are considered one of the most beautiful sharks in the whole ocean and are frequently seen by divers. Its average length is 1.9 meters and weighs about 130kg. They live on warm, shallow coral reefs in the pacific, indo and Mediterranean Sea with the deepest depth up to 80 meters. Their proffered water temperature is 15C -24C. These reef sharks

Imagine a solitary island, where sharks swarm the bay and prisoners loathe the fact they are stuck at “The Rock.” The prison, Alcatraz, is located a mile of the San Fransisco bay. Built in the 1860’s, and then taken over in 1934, Alcatraz was used as the most dreaded and feared prison in America. “The Rock” was used for hardened criminals, the ones who committed the greatest crimes. On the night of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John, and Clarence Anglin have been chipping away at the walls of their

Have you ever seen a Nile crocodile? This article is a life science article about the invasion of Nile crocodiles in Florida. The subject is ecology. Information contained in the article was found by biologists. Since 2009, Nile crocodiles, originally from Africa, have invaded Florida, causing havoc. These crocs can cause serious threats to the local ecosystem since they are more dangerous than the native crocodiles. At first, they didn’t know where or what these crocodiles were or where they were

Sharks have existed for almost 400 million years already (shark savers) and to this day they are still judged by their appearance. If you ask any person who a dangerous marine animal is 9 out 10 people will say the shark . You see us humans have never took the time and learned about who the sharks are and what they are truly like that's why we assume based on their looks. It is average that 4 people are killed by shark attacks, yet humans kill 100 sharks annually. Why are we so scared of these animals

Have you ever seen or heard of sea turtles? There are 7 different species of sea turtles that we know of today. Today I will be discussing the species known as leatherback sea turtles. I will be discussing the different characteristics that make leatherback sea turtles animals. The characteristics of life are cells, levels of cellular organization, use energy, responding to their environment, growing, reproduction, and adapting to their environment. The first and second characteristics are cells

The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells. The story is told by Edward Prendick. Prendick is on this boat the lady vain and it sinks. Prendick and two other guys escape onto a lifeboat. The other two guys get in a fight and fall off the side of the boat. Prendick is then saved by a ship. There he meets Montgomery. Montgomery nurses him back to good health. Montgomery is on the ship with Dr Moreau. They are going to some unknown island with these animals they have in cages. The captain hates Prendick

Florida-based speech therapist Janet Flowers found just that when she decided to include some very fishy pals into therapy with her clients. Siebenaler was the owner of a park that revolved around providing an environment for animals that could not otherwise be released out into the world. Siebenaler then offered the park to Flowers for her to be able to conduct her sessions with her speech therapy clients. Flowers came across the work of Betsy Smith, this became the root of Flowers’ attempt at finding

The documentary “Swimming South” premiered on 29 January 2017, would have sent a shock through many of the viewers of channel 9’s weekly 60 minutes program. As it describes a threat that could cost the Australian tourism industry billions, the Irukandji jellyfish. The documentary makes the jellyfish out to be an alien type creature, doing well to capture the viewers’ attention on the matter, specifically showing examples of the deadliness of the jellyfish to provide fear in the minds of people.