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
