Extinction Articles

• Wild Animals
  Animals
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  Extinction
  Veterinary Medicine
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  Capybara

  The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a semi-aquatic herbivorous animal, the largest of living ... > more
• Nature
  Oceanography
  Ecology
  Marine Biology
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
   

  Ocean acidification

  Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Between 1751 and 2004 ... > more
• Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Mammals
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Giant Panda

  The Giant Panda is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China. The Panda's main food is bamboo, but they may eat other foods such as honey. ... > more
• Seeds
  Botany
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  Ecology
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Seedbank

  Seedbanks store seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves elsewhere should be destroyed. The seeds stored may be various in nature, such as those of food crops or those of rare species, to ... > more
• Mammals
  Mating and Breeding
  New Species
  Wild Animals
  Animals
  Zoology
   
  

  Platypus

  The Platypus is a 30–60 cm long, semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania, and one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Animals
  Mammals
  Endangered Animals
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Blue Whale

  The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is believed to be the largest animal ever to have lived, at up to 30 metres (100 feet) in ... > more
• Tundra
  Animals
  Mammals
  Global Warming
  Endangered Animals
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Polar Bear

  The polar bear, also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator within its range. Its ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Agriculture and Food
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Fish farming

  Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. It involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that ... > more
• Birds
  New Species
  Fish
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Albatross

  Albatrosses are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels. They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Marine Biology
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Botany
  Genetics
   
  

  Dinoflagellate

  The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. Some species, called zooxanthellae, are endosymbionts of marine animals and protozoa, and play an important part in the biology of coral ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Natural selection

  Natural selection is the phrase Charles Darwin used in 1859 for the process he proposed to explain the origin of species and their apparent adaptation to their environment. Along with the rules of ... > more
• Animals
  Wild Animals
  Mammals
  Nature
  Extinction
  New Species
   
  

  American Mink

  The American Mink, Mustela vison, is a North American member of the Mustelidae family found in Alaska, Canada and most of the United States. They are also raised in fur farms for their lustrous fur, ... > more

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