Search results for "History of Zoology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "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
- 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
- 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) - 12:22, 24 January 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
