Search results for "History of Zoology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- became well known for his work in marine zoology, and oceanography. He was ... is given annually by the National Academy of Sciences for an original contribution ...9 KB (1,298 words) - 09:40, 15 May 2021
- In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species ... Species' names formulated by the convention of binomial nomenclature ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:46, 11 January 2023
- and anthropologist, who developed two of the nation's most notable ... could be tracked down to the first settlers of America. Putnam attended private ...9 KB (1,359 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2024
- His initial insight was that a social group of human beings in many ways functions ... Karlsruhe, Germany. His father was the head of the household staff of the ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 06:38, 15 April 2024
- his influential contributions to the study of learning and memory. Based ... He entered the University of West Virginia at the age of fifteen, ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 07:17, 5 October 2022
- glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary ... In the early stages of his career, Agassiz made a name for himself ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- research revolutionized our understanding of the sensory perception of fish ... Karl von Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a university ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- (mechanical, physical, and biochemical) of living organisms, or to the ... Since the function of a part is related to its structure, physiology ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- In zoology, skipper or skipper butterfly is the common name for any ... function in the ecosystem as pollinators of flowering plants. Ecologically ...12 KB (1,517 words) - 22:59, 23 April 2023
- Rattlesnake is the common name for any of the venomous snakes comprising ... While rattlesnakes are often viewed unfavorably, because of their ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- Lungfish is any sarcopterygian fish of the taxon Dipnoi, characterized ... able to survive in low oxygen water because of their ability to breath air ...13 KB (1,608 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- Stegosaur is the common name for any of the various extinct, plated ... dinosaurs also reflect upon the changing history of life, with new forms ...16 KB (2,303 words) - 17:18, 21 October 2022
- known as an early promoter and popularizer of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ... As a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, Haeckel ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- In zoology, a mole is the common name for any of the small insectivorous ... and lawn pests, they do provide a number of ecological values. Moles can ...11 KB (1,753 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- Iguana is both the common name for several of the larger members of ... For humans, they add to the wonder of nature and the green iguana ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- Tardigrade, or water bear, is any of the various very small, segmented ... Tardigrades reflect the remarkable diversity of living organisms, ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- The Field Museum of Natural History (commonly abbreviated to FMNH ... The Field Museum has contributed to the advancement of museums in ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 19:38, 26 March 2024
- that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata ... . Although the basic echinoderm pattern of five-fold symmetry can be recognized ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 16:49, 31 May 2020
- amphioxus, plural amphioxi) is a subphylum of marine invertebrates of the ... The notochord of cephalochordata, unlike the vertebrate spine, extends ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 01:45, 13 January 2023
- phylum Echinodermata, and class Asteroidea, of which there are over 1800 known ... Characteristics of sea stars include that they exhibit a superficially ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 04:39, 28 April 2023
- concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior ... Tinbergen believed that the study of ethology should be applied to ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 04:06, 15 November 2022
- odd-toed ungulates (Order Perissodactyla) of the family Equidae and the ... There are four extant species of zebra. The plains zebra (Equus quagga ...20 KB (3,083 words) - 00:52, 17 April 2023
- evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of ... Early in his career, Gould developed with Niles Eldredge the theory ...30 KB (4,344 words) - 04:42, 28 April 2023
- 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.) was one of the twentieth century's ... Mayr's theories on speciation remain the leading view of how ...30 KB (4,364 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- In zoology, a horn is one of a pair of hard, pointed, often permanent ... While both a bony core and a covering of keratinous material constitute ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- pioneered important concepts in the fields of cell biology and microbial ... The endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of mitochondria and ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E.W. Scripps Company, a ... issued the London Literary Gazette, and many of his relatives in United States ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
- Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics, is a system of classifying ... " that represent the evolutionary tree of life. DNA (deoxyribonucleic ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 22:30, 10 December 2023
- Fauna is all of the animals of any particular region or time period ... use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- famous for his work on the ethnology of religion and mythology, and ... Lodz, Russia (today Poland), into the family of Adolf and Johanna Radin. His ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- for wildlife and nature photography. Much of the beauty is attributed to ... A significant portion of the Serengeti Plain is protected and preserved ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- Species are the basic taxonomic units of biological classification ... the same throughout their geological history. As noted by eminent evolutionist ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 17:36, 14 October 2022
- who earned worldwide fame with his discovery of the first specimens of early ... dedicated to, if not obsessed with, the idea of finding what he believed to ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- 1894 – August 25, 1956), was a professor of entomology and zoology, who ... With the air of scientific respectability, Kinsey's publications ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- soldier, geologist and the second director of United States Geological Survey ... an American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He earned ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (microbes), which are ... as non-living, they are also subjects of study in microbiology. ...12 KB (1,722 words) - 17:27, 9 November 2022
- and two toes on each foot, with the nail of the larger inner toe resembling ... The ostrich is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae ...28 KB (4,283 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- fish comprising the family Sphyraenidae of the order Perciformes, characterized ... waters and helping to maintain the balance of nature. == Description == ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- and paleontologist, famous for his studies of prehistoric cave art, such ... went beyond reality, and his interpretation of the artwork was very misleading ...13 KB (1,739 words) - 17:06, 15 December 2023
- a leading figure in the study of human fossils. A strong supporter ... 5, 1866 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the sixth of 10 children to John Keith and ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 11:11, 16 August 2023
- and webbed feet like an otter. It is one of only five extant species of ... The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, ...38 KB (5,579 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- Salamander is the common term for any member of the order Caudata ... rough-skinned species exist. The moist skin of the amphibians adapts them ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- inspired novels and plays reveal his views of the universal truths in human ... worldwide. An thought provoking aspect of his literary legacy is that ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka ... Mikhail Glinka was born in the village of Novospasskoye, a village ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- Coelacanth is any sarcopterygian fish of the subclass Coelacanthimorpha ... believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period, until ...26 KB (3,758 words) - 22:25, 7 January 2024
- B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander ... and Islamic philosophy. The beginning of "modern" philosophy ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 06:30, 12 August 2023
- Giant squid is the common name for any of the very large squid comprising ... (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- In zoology, locust is the common name for any member of several species ... For example, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) of Africa and ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- Actinopterygii, is a major taxonomic class (or subclass) of fish, ... "fin rays," their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny ...14 KB (1,774 words) - 17:27, 17 December 2022
