Threatened species

Arachnocampa Luminosas are omnivorous animals but they tend to have a very meat based diet. They predominantly prey on snails and slugs which makes up most of their diet. Arachnocampa Luminosas are very small worms considered to be an animal species that is threatened with extinction as the glow worm population numbers are drastically decreasing. The main reason for the lower number of glow worms is thought to be the expansion of human civilizations glow worms are known to be particular vulnerable to

Classification and Habitation Tarsiers are small species of arboreal primates that usually inhabit well-vegetated forests. They are mostly found on islands in southeast Asia exclusively in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the southern Philippines. Tarsiers can be identified into three groups that are based upon their geographic location: the Western Tarsier, Eastern Tarsier, and the Philippine Tarsier. Western Tarsiers are generally found in lowland forests or low mountain forest on the islands of Borneo

or not will be always in a debate. First, zoos provide education to society. The role of zoos nowadays places a greater emphasis on education and conservation than merely recreation. Many school children visit zoos to know more about endangered species and the different ways to conserve them. The signposts

The marine protected area that I have chosen to report on is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia which seeks to provide protection to the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem from activities that could potentially harm the organisms that live there. It was established in 1975 by the Government of Australia, who instituted the Great Barrier Reef Act of 1975 which created the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority to specify which activities would be allowed on the reef and which ones would be forbidden

between species in a named taxonomic group of your choice.” The stability of biodiversity over millions of years of evolution has been one of the most persistent puzzles of ecology and evolution (Hutchinson, 1961). Different species had evolved from their ancestral and were not created in their present forms (Darwin, 1859). This essay will explore how diversity arises within and between species and the significance of it using examples from the taxonomic

Haplorrhini, and subfamily Cercopithecinae (old world monkeys). There are only 5 species of baboons, the relationships of which are still highly disputed. This argument is due to the difficulty of defining a species (Newman et al., 2004). Under the biological species concept, a species must be reproductively isolated from others. Since these baboons have an obvious and stable hybrid zone, they cannot be considered species under that definition (Alberts and Altmann, 2001; Phillips et al., 1991). This

Description and Identifying Features This sea cucumber species is easily identifiable by its vibrant yellow color. Some individuals may even have thick, faded gray stripes along the body. They do not grow large in size like some sea cucumbers, but rather grow up to about 2.5-3 inches in length. There are thorn-like protrusions off of their soft, cylindrical body that line five longitudinal ridges of the body thus giving them a pentaradial symmetry. On the underside of the yellow sea cucumber, there

Wildlife protection in national parks was once lacking. George Melendez Wright, at the time a young Park Service employee at Yosemite, saw this and firmly believed that parks were neglecting the species that were there before us. Without the contribution of Wright, who knows how damaged the ecosystems and natural balance would be in our parks today. To begin, Wright first proposed to volunteer for a scientific survey of the wildlife conditions in our national parks. It is important to note that

Because of it’s importance to the world as one of the seven wonders, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority was created by the Australian Government to protect both the many reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef and the vast number of species of marine life that call this natural masterpiece home. According to Reichelt, chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, “our fundamental obligation is to protect the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the World Heritage Area.” He

that notion to change, especially when some of the fear comes from innate biological functions. When it comes to the true, scientific meaning of the term human is in reference to a specific species, not a widely applied definition. Human is the common English term for the particular species Homo sapiens. A species is characterized as a group of similar, living organisms that are able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring. In the original Blade Runner, it is never explicitly mentioned but rather