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• New Species
  Exotic Species
  Trees
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  Nature
   

  Eucalypt

  Eucalypts are tree species belonging to three closely related genera, Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus. Of these, Eucalyptus has the most species, the most-widely planted species and the biggest ... > more
• Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Geography
  Origin of Life
  Geology
   

  Mesozoic

  The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Mesozoic includes three geologic periods: from oldest to youngest, they are the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous ... > 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
• Water
  Natural Disasters
  Floods
  Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Quicksand

  Quicksand is loose, water-logged soil that yields easily to weight or pressure. It can be formed when sand, silt, clay, or other grainy soil is saturated or supersaturated by water flowing from below ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Geography
  Nature
  Environmental Policy
  Marine Biology
   

  Cretaceous

  The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, about 146 million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch ... > more
• Nature
  New Species
  Extinction
  Animals
  Ecology
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Giant clam

  The Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas) is the largest living bivalve mollusc. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they can weigh ... > more
• Tundra
  Birds
  Animals
  New Species
  Zoology
  Geography
   
  

  Snowy Owl

  The Snowy Owl is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. It is also known in North America as the Arctic Owl or the Great White Owl. This huge yellow-eyed white bird is unmistakable. It is ... > more

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