Environmental Policy Articles

• Grassland
  Animals
  Wild Animals
  New Species
  Dogs
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Rabbit

  Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. They are sometimes affectionately known as bunnies, especially by children. There are seven different genera in ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Geography
  Water
   
  

  Zebra mussel

  The Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a bivalve mussel native to freshwater lakes of southeast Russia. Zebra mussels are currently causing serious problems in North America and Sweden, where ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Geography
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Chicxulub Crater

  Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub, Yucatan, Mexico. Investigations suggest ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Evolution

  In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during ... > more
• Monkeys
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Mammals
  Apes
  Nature
   
  

  Monkey

  A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These two groupings are the New World and Old World monkeys of which together there are nearly 200 species. A group of monkeys ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Geology
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Caving
  Oceanography
   
  

  Basalt

  Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or ... > more
• Geography
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Mountain

  A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally higher and steeper than a hill, but there is considerable overlap, and usage often ... > more
• Mammals
  Caving
  Agriculture and Food
  Geography
  Zoology
  Soil Types
   
  

  Mole (animal)

  Moles are members of the family (Talpidae) of mammals in the order Insectivora that live underground, burrowing holes. They have cylindrical bodies covered in fur with small or covered eyes; the ears ... > more
• Mating and Breeding
  New Species
  Extinction
  Life Sciences
  Wild Animals
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Rotifer

  The rotifers make up a phylum of microscopic, and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. There are a variety of different shapes of rotifer. There is a well-developed cuticle which may be thick ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Atmosphere
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Tunguska event

  The Tunguska event was an explosion that occurred at 60 degrees 55'N 101degrees 57'E, near the Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River, in what is now Evenk Autonomous Okrug, at 7:17 AM on June 30, ... > more

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