Biodiversity

The dawn redwood was believed extinct until Chinese refugees fleeing the Japanese WWII invasion came across several growing in remote villages of western China.

A food chain is a system within an ecological community in which every living organism depends on another body for its subsistence. In an ecosystem like the tropical rainforest, each organism is interdependent on the other, and human activities can easily disrupt the balance.

High concentrations of heavy metals in the soil has always been a problem and arsenic is one of the least desirable metals to be found in the ground.
Planting ferns seems to be a very interesting and promising way to deal with the problem.

The Mojave Desert is defined predominantly by the range of the Joshua tree. This makes it hard to define a single ecology for the desert. Mojave Desert ecology is best divided into two distinct regions, the north and south.

How do we define fossil records? How are evolution and the fossil record linked? Read about how the fossil record is evidence of Darwin’s theory of evolution and learn about some of the major evolutionary events that are documented in the fossil record.

Issues concerning the environment affect every living thing. Learn about the negative aspects of deforestation. Decide for yourself if fossil fuels or alternative energy is best for the environment based on the facts. Envision the raw numbers of solid waste, and consider reduce, reuse and recycle.

Every ecosystem on Earth has one or more species that interact in an ecology community with each other, and interact with their non-living environment.

Insect classification contains 28 extant taxonomic orders – from the primitive wingless silverfish to the evolutionarily advanced butterflies.

Afforestation is the effort to plant trees in barren lands so as to create a forest. It is important because it helps check the over-use of natural resources by providing an alternative source pool. Learn more about the process here.

Competition within an ecosystem happens whenever resources are limited. Here’s the breakdown on interference vs. exploitative, symmetrical vs. asymmetrical, and the major mediating factors.

It is estimated that there are 285,000 species of flowering plants and 148,000 of non-flowering plants on earth and each of these have some characteristics that make their presence unique. Read further to know more about the unusual facts about plants.

Did you know that fungi have different ecological roles? They are decomposers of organic matter; symbionts of plants and animals; natural enemies of pests; food for animals; and bioremediation agents.

Understanding the ecological importance of arthropods means gathering facts about the largest group of animal division on the face of the Earth. Arthropods have been in existence since prehistoric period, yet some of them disappeared in these modern times. What could have been the reasons & why?

In terms of diversity and ecological importance, protozoa can compete with other microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. In this article, you will be able to learn the different characteristics, types, and ecological roles of protozoa.