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• Monkeys
  Mammals
  Apes
  New Species
  Endangered Animals
  Exotic Species
   
  

  Gibbon

  Gibbons are the small apes that are grouped in the family Hylobatidae. Also called the lesser apes, gibbons differ from great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) in being smaller, ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Climate
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  2005 Atlantic hurricane season

  The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season unexpectedly became the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. The impact of the season was ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Cloning
  Genetically Modified
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Transgenic plants

  Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically engineered, a breeding approach that uses recombinant DNA techniques to create plants with new characteristics.They are identified as a class ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Geography
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Hurricane Wilma

  Hurricane Wilma, the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, devastated parts of the Yucatán Peninsula and southern Florida during October in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Rainforests
  Geography
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Acid Rain
   

  Raining animals

  Raining animals is a relatively common meteorological phenomenon, with occurrences reported from many countries throughout history. The animals most likely to drop from the sky in a rainfall are fish ... > 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
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Floods
  Natural Disasters
  Weather
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans

  Hurricane and flood preparedness in New Orleans has been an issue since the city's early settlement because of the city's location. Much of New Orleans was built on a delta marsh and sits below sea ... > more
• Geography
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
  Volcanoes
  Oceanography
  Severe Weather
   
  

  Bering Strait

  The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point (169 degrees 43' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point (168 degrees ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Recycling and Waste
  Floods
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Hydrogeology

  Hydrogeology is the part of hydrology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Natural Disasters
  Quantum Physics
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Pumice

  Pumice is a highly vesicular pyroclastic igneous rock of intermediate to siliceous magmas including rhyolite, trachyte and phonolite. Pumice is usually light in colour ranging from white, yellowish, ... > more

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