Biodiversity
Everything about biodiversity including: What is biodiversity? What causes biodiversity loss? Why is biodiversity imporant? Biodiversity in the oceans and on land. And much more.
Dawn Redwood - Rediscovery of an Ancient Tree
The dawn redwood was believed extinct until Chinese refugees fleeing the Japanese WWII invasion came across several growing in remote villages of western China.
Habitats Quiz: Are You Clued Up About Ecosystems?
It is common knowledge that ecosystems are important, but why are they so important and what is threatening them? Do you know the answers? Test your knowledge about ecosystems and learn more about how humans depend on, and threaten, natural habitats.
Interesting & Fun Facts About Rainforests
The whole family can have fun taking this quiz about one of our most complex and fascinating biomes, the rainforests! Test your knowledge about the many types of plants and animals that live there!
All About Rainforests
With nearly five million identified species of plants, animals and insects the world’s rainforests account for almost fifty percent of the total known life forms on Earth. This is even more remarkable when we take into consideration that they only occupy about six percent of the surface area.
Take the Biodiversity Challenge
Biodiversity is important to all life on earth and it is declining at an alarming rate. Test your biodiversity knowledge and learn how biodiversity impacts you.
How the Food Chain in the Rainforest Works
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.
Treatment of Soil Contaminated with Arsenic with Phytoremediation
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.
Plants and Animals in the Mojave Desert Ecology
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 to Define Fossil Records: Exploring Evolution and Fossil Records of the Past
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.
Description of Scarce Natural Resources: Scarcity Due To Overuse
Are our natural resources becoming scarce, and if so, why? What will be the cost? Understanding this effect can help future generations.