What does endangered species mean? | Pages | WWF A species can be an animal, a tree, a coral, a fungus, an insect, or any number of other life forms on this planet (including humans) Altogether we call this range of life ‘biodiversity ’ How many species are out there? The honest answer is that we don’t really know Estimates track well into the millions—with new species discovered
ASM Mammal Diversity Database What's New in the MDD2 Codings of US state, country, continent, and biogeographic realm geographic categories for each species A comprehensive nomenclatural dataset for 50,000+ synonymous species-rank names, curated with type locality and specimen information
A Quarter Of All Known Animals Are Beetles : Short Wave : NPR NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce had to know more when she recently heard this mind-bending fact for the first time: a quarter of all known animal species are beetles Turns out
Animal testing - Wikipedia The term is occasionally used to refer pejoratively to any experiment using living animals; for example, the Encyclopædia Britannica defines "vivisection" as: "Operation on a living animal for experimental rather than healing purposes; more broadly, all experimentation on live animals", [52] [53] [54] although dictionaries point out that the
15 species of endangered plants found in Maharashtra - C-DAC These 15 species were found during the study in various parts of the state " The database collected from the study and the 15 species area and specific location has been provided to the particular forest department for conservation and to take further steps Some of these species have a high medicinal value Most of these were found in Western
Bird | Description, Species, Feathers, Facts | Britannica More than 700 species live in Russia At least 4,400 species live in North and South America Although several South American countries boast well over 1,000 species, Costa Rica, with an area of only about 51,000 square km (about 20,000 square miles) and a known avifauna of more than 800 species, probably has the most diversity for its size