Search results for "History of Zoology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in Wellesley, Massachusetts (13 miles west of Boston), Wellesley college ... As one of the "Seven Sisters," Wellesley has been and continues ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 23:29, 3 May 2023
- naturalist who achieved fame as originator of the theory of evolution through ... Considered the "father of evolutionary theory," Darwin made ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- Penguin (PEN-gwin or PENG-gwin) is the common name for any of the ... equator. Penguins are found off the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia ...36 KB (5,093 words) - 17:12, 26 March 2023
- Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Paleoanthropology is a sub-discipline of anthropology and paleontology ... Of great interest to this field is the theory of human evolution, ...20 KB (2,921 words) - 11:00, 11 March 2023
- (or pitvipers, pit-vipers), is a subfamily of venomous vipers (family Viperidae ... There more than 150 species of crotalines, distributed in both the ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
- Siskiyou County, and has an estimated volume of 108 cubic miles (450 cubic ... mountain and rising abruptly from miles of level ground which encircle ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- somewhat raccoon or bear-like face. A member of the Carnivora order, generally ... They generally are found in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- biologist and archaeologist was born the son of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart ... the Act that established the dates of Bank Holidays. In the academic ...22 KB (3,231 words) - 02:32, 9 February 2023
- flowing into the Indian Ocean. The area of its basin is 606,000 square ... Electricity is generated by two main sources of hydroelectric power ...22 KB (3,457 words) - 21:14, 31 January 2024
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- Typhus the name of any one of several similar diseases caused by particular ... The four main types of typhus are epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia ...23 KB (3,359 words) - 11:25, 18 April 2023
- quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is one of the world's largest karst ... passageways ever discovered. The government of Vietnam declared Phong Nha ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 23:56, 18 September 2023
- Snake is any of the numerous elongate, limbless, scaled, carnivorous ... The more than 2,900 species of snakes are spread across every continent ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- works in Russian under the pseudonym of Sirin, but rose to international ... multilingual puns, anagrams, and coinages of terms. A novelist of formidable ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- to enhance or protect the appearance or odor of the human body. They include ... cosmetics-labeling-requirements Summary of Cosmetics Labeling Requirements ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- #039;bʊl]) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, as well as an ... Many empires have fought over the city during its 3,500 year history ...23 KB (3,382 words) - 16:50, 14 May 2024
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan ... The AMNH has a collection consisting of over 32 million specimens ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,267 words) - 07:47, 25 May 2024
