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• Agriculture and Food
  Behavioral Science
  Zoology
  Veterinary Medicine
  Life Sciences
  Animals
   
  

  Animal husbandry

  Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. As such, it is a vital skill for farmers and, in some countries in many ... > more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Invasive Species
  Pests and Parasites
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  West Nile virus

  West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
   

  Olfaction

  Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  New Species
  Animals
  Fish
  Early Humans
  Biology
   

  Frog zoology

  About 400 million years ago, some members of the sarcopterygian group of fish moved onto land. These became the first amphibians. Today, these animals still spend part of their lives in water and ... > more
• Wild Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Healthy Aging
  Fisheries
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Wild rice

  The four species of wild rice comprise the genus Zizania, a group of grasses that grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing ... > more
• Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Nature
  Exotic Species
   
  

  Extinction

  In biology and ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last ... > more
• Nature
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  New Species
  Exotic Species
  Extinction
   
  

  Ecological niche

  In ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in an ecosystem. More formally, the niche includes how a population responds to the abundance of its ... > more
• Mating and Breeding
  New Species
  Life Sciences
  Biology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Developmental Biology
   
  

  Annelid

  The annelids, collectively called Annelida are a large phylum of animals, comprising the segmented worms, with about 15,000 modern species including the well-known earthworms and leeches. They are ... > more
• Seeds
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Food
  Botany
  Vegetarian
   
  

  Legume

  The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, legume can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). Legumes are noteworthy for their ability to fix ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Zoology
  Animals
  Early Mammals
  New Species
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Reptile

  Reptiles (also called 'herps') are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. Reptiles were defined as the set of animals that includes crocodiles, ... > more

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