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Amphibians, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, edible plants, freshwater fishes, mammals, plants, reptiles and Malesian mosses of Southeast Asia: X X X X X X X X X X IUCN status, habitat, regional presence/absence, description, classification BacDive: Metadatabase that provides strain-linked information about bacterial and archaeal biodiversity. X X
Many animals like to dig and tunnel, leaving signs of their presence. Here's how to identify which creatures are leaving holes in your garden.
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms.It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Plants and animals play a huge role in the health of our ecosystems. A delicate balance exists between relationships of plants and animals. If an animal is introduced to an ecosystem that is not native to the region that it could destroy plants or animals that should not have to protect itself from this particular threat.
The illegal wildlife trade is the illegal trading of plants and wildlife. This illegal trading is worth an estimate of 7-23 billion [30] and an annual trade of around 100 million plants and animals. [31] In 2021 it was found that this trade has caused a 60% decline in species abundance, and 80% for endangered species. [31]
Cape ground squirrel. A fossorial animal (from Latin fossor 'digger') is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground. Examples of fossorial vertebrates are badgers, naked mole-rats, meerkats, armadillos, wombats, and mole salamanders. [1]
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. These foxes are the smallest of the four species of Vulpes occurring in North America and are among the smallest of the vulpines worldwide.
Bioturbation is defined as the reworking of soils and sediments by animals or plants. It includes burrowing, ingestion, and defecation of sediment grains. Bioturbating activities have a profound effect on the environment and [2] are thought to be a primary driver of biodiversity. [3]