- The unknown giants of the deep oceans - BBC
The race to try to find the remaining species is growing urgent As deep-sea mining threatens to encroach on previously untouched seafloor habitats and climate change warms and acidifies the seas
- Biodiversity: Chapter 10 Review Answers Flashcards - Quizlet
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like +Section 1+ 1 Describe the general diversity of species on Earth in terms of relative numbers types of organisms Compare known numbers to estimates , 2 Describe 3 levels of biodiversity Which level is most commonly meant by biodiversity?, 3 Explain how biodiversity is important to ecosystems, five examples of how it is
- evolution - Why dont mammals have more than 4 limbs . . .
I think I might interpret your question as asking, not just why don't mammals have more than four limbs, but why arthropods have more variety Insects have six, but others have eight, ten, or more Partly there are just many more species of arthropods
- Hippopotamus - Wikipedia
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius; ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s ; pl : hippopotamuses), often shortened to hippo (pl : hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa
- Humpback Whale - Oceana
Interestingly, though they are enormous, humpback whales are not predatory They filter feed for tiny krill or small pelagic fishes and are totally harmless to people (other than through accidental collisions) This life history strategy is common among several large animals in the ocean
- Which is the world’s most numerous mammal? - Discover Wildlife
With the human population count now at over 8 billion, we are the winners But which mammal comes next?
- Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived? | Nature
Palaeontologists recognize five major extinction events from the fossil record, with the most recent, the Cretaceous mass extinction, ending some 65 million years ago Given the many species known
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