Endangered Species - National Geographic Society When trees are cut down, this habitat is lost, and species have less room to live and reproduce A species may also be important to the people of an area Strangler fig trees (Ficus species), found in rainforests around the world, are important to some indigenous groups For centuries, indigenous people have been preserving fig trees due to
Tapirs: The Ancient Forest Giants You Should Know About Imagine an ancient mammal that looks like a blend of a pig and an anteater but is more closely related to horses and rhinos This is the tapir, a fascinating creator that has roamed Earth for tens of millions of years With their strange prehensile snouts, sturdy bodies, and curious behaviors
Dinosaur - Wikipedia Dinosaurs have always been recognized as an extremely varied group: over 900 non-avian dinosaur genera have been confidently identified (2018) with 1124 species (2016) Estimates put the total number of dinosaur genera preserved in the fossil record at 1850, nearly 75% still undiscovered, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] and the number that ever existed
Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammal Populations Introduction Ecologists use information on abundance to improve understanding of what determines how species are distributed (Begon et al , 1996) In conservation biology, practitioners use estimates of abundance to assess the conservation status of species or populations (Cardinale et al , 2019)
Did You Know. . . ? Marine Life Ocean Facts. . . ~ MarineBio . . . Sharks bite roughly 70 people each year worldwide, with perhaps 5-10 fatalities, according to data compiled in the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) Although shark bites get a lot of attention, this is far less than the number of people injured each year by elephants, bees, crocodiles, lightning or many other natural dangers On the other side of the ledger, we kill somewhere between 20
Earth Day: The World’s Most Ancient Trees and the Secrets . . . High in California’s White Mountains, a gnarled and weather-beaten bristlecone pine named Methuselah has stood for nearly 4,800 years This tree was already ancient when the pyramids were built
All About the Ocean - National Geographic Society The ocean offers a wealth of fishing and whaling resources, but these resources are threatened People have harvested so much fish and marine life for food and other products that some species have disappeared During the 1800s and early 1900s, whalers killed thousands of whales for whale oil (wax made from boiled blubber) and ivory (whales