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Animals in New Britain have adapted to live with the activity of the local volcano near the city of Rabaul. Directed by Bertrand Loyer and released in France on 18 March 2010. Original title: Les Vagabonds des Cendres. [3] PBS first broadcast date: 30 January 2013. [4]
An Alpine chough in flight at 3,900 m (12,800 ft). Organisms can live at high altitude, either on land, in water, or while flying.Decreased oxygen availability and decreased temperature make life at such altitudes challenging, though many species have been successfully adapted via considerable physiological changes.
The volcano rabbit’s adult weight ranges from 386 to 602 g (0.851 to 1.327 lb). [7] It has short, dense fur that ranges in color from brown to black. [8] The rabbit is a gnawing animal that is distinguished from rodents by its two pairs of specialized upper incisors. [9]
The bright colors of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, are produced by thermophiles, a type of extremophile.. An extremophile (from Latin extremus 'extreme' and Ancient Greek φιλία (philía) 'love') is an organism that is able to live (or in some cases thrive) in extreme environments, i.e., environments with conditions approaching or stretching the limits of what known ...
Tardigrade anatomy [3]. Tardigrades have a short plump body with four pairs of hollow unjointed legs. Most range from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in) in length, although the largest species may reach 1.3 mm (0.051 in).
Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...
Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22 is a deep sea marine Archean. [5] It is a hyperthermophilic methanogen that fixes nitrogen. [2] Strain FS405-22 grows at an optimal temperature of 92 °C, allowing it to thrive near volcanoes. [3]
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