Search results for "History of Zoology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative ... Abu Nuwas was born in the province of Ahvaz (modern Khuzestan Province ...28 KB (4,086 words) - 06:54, 14 June 2023
- [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ... educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields. It is based ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the second largest species ... Some cultures revere the elk as a spiritual force. In parts of Asia ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... and biotic environment or as "the study of the structure and function ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- Canadian Rockies, the park is 80 miles west of Calgary in the province of ... As Banff is one of the world's most visited national parks, the ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- The nervous system is the network of specialized cells, tissues, and ... peripheral nervous system (PNS), consisting of all the nerves and neurons ...36 KB (5,328 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- Scorpion is the common name for any of the carnivorous arthropods ... Scorpions are widely distributed south of about 49° N, with the notable ...32 KB (4,433 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- Dinosaurs are an extinct, diverse, largely terrestrial group of vertebrate ... The finding of fossils of the "terrible lizards" presented ...63 KB (9,106 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of progressive ... piece has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums ...37 KB (5,167 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- In biology, evidence of evolution or evidence for evolution is generally ... The theory of descent with modification postulates that all organisms ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- [[Image:Aatsista-Mahkan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chief of the Blackfoot]] who lived on the plains and rolling hills of the Great Plains of North America ...34 KB (5,411 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- Bluefin tuna is the common name for three of the eight species of ... is found in open southern hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... ranges from Costa Rica through most areas of South America east of the Andes ...75 KB (11,261 words) - 20:56, 26 October 2023
- As a "woman of letters" who published successfully in mulitple ... politics, and she herself provided a model of the female writer for contemporary ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- Frog is the common name for any of the members of the amphibian order ... rainforests. Overall, about 88 percent of amphibian species are frogs ...41 KB (6,365 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- Shark is the common name for any member of several orders of cartilaginous ... Due to a short history of shark attacks on humans, most sharks inspire ...44 KB (6,861 words) - 14:42, 7 June 2023
- Ants are insects of the family Formicidae. They, along with the related ... Ants are one of the world's most successful and diverse animal ...39 KB (6,124 words) - 01:55, 9 January 2023
- Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- | order=26th President of the United States | date1=September 14, 1901 ... | date of birth=October 27, 1858 | place of birth=New York City, New York ...46 KB (7,173 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- foundation produced by the skeletons of living organisms, a substantial ... and plant life. Known as "rainforests of the sea" and "oases ...54 KB (8,146 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- is any heritable change in a population of organisms over time. Changes ... Similarly, the term may be presented in terms of allele frequency ...68 KB (10,248 words) - 19:33, 21 October 2021
- Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... The three living species of elephants are the African bush elephant ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- Cancer, or "malignant neoplasm," is a large category of ... If the spread of cancer is not controlled, it can result in death ...90 KB (13,223 words) - 19:16, 25 November 2023
