Biology
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In addition to the beating our pastures took last year, an indirect effect of the record-breaking drought is this season’s grasshopper population. Grasshoppers are a threat every year, but can be very destructive in outbreak years. Their voracious feeding habits are legendary.
Grasshoppers a byproduct of 2011 drought
Weather's Effect on Grasshopper Populations High populations of grasshoppers seen in some area locations last year raises concern that grasshoppers will become a problem again this year.
Insects - Weather's Effect on Grasshopper Populations
Global Warming Shrinking Plant Leaves
Warming temperatures are turning a native Australian shrub into a mini version of itself, revealing the effect climate change is already having on the globe. Researchers from the University of Adelaide examined specimens of narrow-leaf hopbush ( Dodonaea viscosa, subspecies angustissima ), a woody shrub with papery red seed capsules that were used by early Australian colonists to brew beer .
Galapagos' new star tortoise does what Lonesome George didn't: Helps save his species
QUITO, Ecuador - Lonesome George 's inability to reproduce made him a global symbol of efforts to halt the disappearance of species.
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By Cecile LeBlanc / November 9, 2011 Invasive earthworms, like the ones in this bait cup sold at stores, are spread by human activity such as fishermen dumping live bait and gardeners using live compost worms near forests.
Tiny earthworms’ big impact
What are the different branches of biology
The scope of biology is enormous - it's the history of all living organisms and their role on earth. There are many branches of biology, each focused on different aspects of research. Biology is first split into 3 main branches that focus on 3 different organisms: Zoology (animals), botany (plants), and microbiolog y (organisms).
evolution
How to Extract DNA from Anything Living - StumbleUpon
First, you need to find something that contains DNA. Since DNA is the blueprint for life, everything living contains DNA. For this experiment, we like to use green split peas.
Scientist Ian Wilmut with Dolly, the worlds first cloned sheep, at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh in 2001. Photograph: Murdo Macleod The news that Edinburgh scientists had created the world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, at the university's Roslin Institute made headlines around the world 16 years ago.