As the Climate Changes, Coral Reef Biodiversity is Expected to Shuffle Rather Than Collapse
Biodiversity refers to the number of different living species that may be found in a given area. Coral reef ecosystems are among the world’s most…
Zoology
Jumping Spiders Utilize the same Signals as Humans and Other Vertebrate Creatures to Discriminate Between Live and Non-Living Things in Their Peripheral Vision
According to a study published on 15th July 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Massimo De Agrò of Harvard University in the United States,…
When Compared to Other Ecosystems, Researchers Discovered that Mangroves had Some of the Lowest Functional Redundancy Among Resident Fauna
Researchers gathered data on 209 crustaceans and 155 mollusc species from 16 different mangrove ecosystems across the world. They discovered that, when compared to other…
Diving Bell Spider
The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica), a species of spider known as a flexible diving bell, is known for its underwater silk…
Pitcher Plant
Pitcher plant, any pitcher-shaped leaves of carnivorous plants that form a passive pitfall trap. Specialized leaves form the traps of what are known to be…
Animal Welfare
Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. It is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of…
Plankton
For all such species, including some algae, bacteria, protozoans, crustaceans, molluscs, and coelenterates, as well as members of almost every other animal phylum, the term…
Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that belongs primarily to the Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Lythraceae, Combretaceae, and Arecaceae families; that grows along coastal estuaries,…
Marine Iguana
Also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is the only lizard on earth that spends…
Barnacle
Barnacle (Balanus glandula), also known as ‘cirripede’, is an arthropod of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea and is thus related to crabs and…
Beachcombing
Beachcombing is an enjoyable sport involving the hunt for shells, sea glass, rocks, and other ashore washable beaches. A beachcomber is a person who is…
Seashell
A seashell or shell of the sea, also commonly known as a shell, is a strong exoskeleton of marine mollusks such as snails, bivalves, and…
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