Search results for "History of Zoology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- "saddle"- after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- the ostrich. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The name ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- scale, without independent evidence of the use of such higher processes ... anecdotal and rather as promoting the use of accurate observation and recording ...18 KB (2,586 words) - 21:54, 12 February 2024
- In zoology, a turkey is any of the large birds comprising the subfamily ... Members of the two extant species have a distinctive, fleshy caruncle ...15 KB (2,323 words) - 18:52, 6 November 2022
- Przewalski's horse is a rare, wild horse of Asia, Equus ferus ... endangered in the wild. As a result of its preservation and reintroduction ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 01:25, 12 April 2023
- In zoology, cricket is the common name for any of the grasshopper ... China). They have served as cultural symbols of everything from a sign of impending ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 00:20, 15 January 2023
- Sloth is the common name for any of the slow-moving, New World arboreal ... Sloths provide unique ecological functions. The fur of sloths is a ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal ... The study of animal behavior touches upon the fact that people receive ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Grebe is the common name for any of the swimming and diving birds ... and behaviors add to the aesthetic beauty of the aquatic environment for ...15 KB (2,144 words) - 19:50, 24 May 2024
- in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. News of his death caused worldwide ... to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...16 KB (2,294 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2023
- Falcon is the common name for birds of prey comprising the genus Falco ... Although the members of the genus Falco are known as the "true ...17 KB (2,440 words) - 01:46, 29 June 2022
- large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal ... predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- public. Beyond recreation, other functions of zoos include research, education ... observing nature and have a role as stewards of creation, have, in the ideal ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 06:10, 13 June 2023
- [[Image:Licorne Edimbourg Scotland.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Arms of Scotland ... Examples of legendary creatures can be found in medieval bestiaries ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- snouts comprising the Tapridae family of the odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla ... . Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- An island or isle is a tract of land that is completely surrounded ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- Cassowary is the common name for any of the very large, flightless ... prized delicacy, despite (or perhaps because of) the risk they pose to life ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- sometimes known as the "backbone" of North America. The highest ... those mountains are considered to be part of the entire American cordillera ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- migratory bird, Ectopistes migratorius, of the Columbidae family, that ... century, the species went from being one of the most abundant birds in ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- in 1755, the university has grown to be one of the largest institutions in ... whose name was later added to the name of the institution in his honor ...19 KB (2,791 words) - 01:43, 11 March 2023
