Biodiversity Articles

• Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  Fossils
  Early Climate
   
  

  Extinction event

  An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) occurs when a large number of species die out in a relatively short period of time. Since life began on Earth, a number of major mass ... > more
• Pollution
  Water
  Ecology
  Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Sustainability
   
  

  Eutrophication

  Eutrophication is the enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen, phosphorus, or both. Eutrophication can be a natural process in lakes, occurring as ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Sustainability
   

  Organic lawn management

  Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers. The garden lawn is a place where ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Nature
  Ecology
  Invasive Species
  Ecology Research
  New Species
   
  

  Invasive species

  Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species (e.g. plants or animals) that adversely effect the habitats they ... > more
• Forest
  Rainforests
  Grassland
  Trees
  Botany
  Biodiversity
   
  

  Savanna

  A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. In savannas, grasses and trees are co-dominant vegetation types, with trees and grasses often ... > more
• Sustainability
  Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Organic
  Energy and the Environment
  Ecology
   

  Sustainable agriculture

  Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to ... > more
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Nature
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Biology
   
  

  Ecology

  Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Zoology
   
  

  Pest (animal)

  A pest is an animal which has characteristics which people regard as injurious or unwanted. An example of serious pests are those organisms which vector human disease, such as rats and fleas which ... > more
• Infant's Health
  Agriculture and Food
  Organic
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Pesticide

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or USEPA) defines a pesticide as "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest". A pesticide ... > more
• Apes
  Rainforests
  Monkeys
  New Species
  Mammals
  Animals
   
  

  Orangutan

  Orangutans (also spelled orang utan, orang-utan, sometimes incorrectly orangutang) are two species of great apes with long arms and reddish, sometimes brown, hair. Orangutans are highly endangered in ... > more

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