Wolf Pictures The Wolf or Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. Wolves once had an almost worldwide distribution, but are now limited primarily to North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Their preference on habitat ranges among Forests, Tundra, Taigas, Plains and Mountains. In the northern hemisphere, human encroachment on their habitat and persecution of the animals themselves have drastically reduced their range. As the wolf is a top predator the state of the wolf can frequently be seen as a state of the land where it lives. Wolves function as social predators and hunt in packs organised according to a strict social hierarchy and led by an alpha male and alpha female. New packs are formed when a wolf leaves its birth pack and claims a territory. HuntingThe wolf is somewhat opportunistic and will eat what it comes across as long as it is reasonably fresh. ReproductionNormally, only the alpha pair of the pack breed.
Find Friends Online | Best Friends | Find A Friend - Friends.com Interview with a Pediatrician I often get interview questions from students about becoming a pediatrician. Typical questions include how much school do you have to go through, what influenced you to become a pediatrician, typical salaries, etc. While I am going to answer many of those questions, if you are doing a school project on a career in pediatrics, I think it is best that you talk with a pediatrician in your community and do the interview in person. 1) What kind of education do you need to become a pediatrician? Pediatricians typically complete 11 years of training to become a pediatrician, including: 4 years of college 4 years of medical school 1 year of an internship in pediatrics 2 years of a pediatric residency Pediatric specialists, like a pediatric cardiologist or pediatric endocrinologist, also have to complete at least 3 years of specialty fellowship training. 2) How much does all of that schooling cost? 3) What should I choose as a major in college? Of course not. 5) Does it matter where I go to college?
C-MORE | Events The ocean contains a universe of small wonders, an interconnected web of life. Marine microbes are the root of all this life. Below is a simplifed version of how energy and matter are transferred in the ocean. Phytoplankton Phytoplankton is a general term encompassing all autotrophic organisms. Nitrogen-fixers Nitrogen (N) is an essential ingredient in the recipe for life. Grazers: Zooplankton and More A colorful and varied assortment of organisms directly rely on microbes as a source of nutrition. Higher Organisms Beyond the microbial work-horses of the marine environment, there are the many creatures that depend on the productivity of the base of the food chain. Viruses Viruses are the most numerous biological entities in aquatic ecosystems, with concentrations 3 to 10 times higher than bacteria. Symbiotic Associations: Bridging Relationships Many protists in the open ocean live together with cyanobacteria in presumed mutualistic relationships. Heterotrophic Bacteria Description coming soon
6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED Mycologist Paul Stamets studies mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. Cleaning polluted soil, creating new insecticides, treating smallpox and maybe even the flu … in 18 minutes, he doesn’t get all the way through his list, but he has plenty of time to blow your mind. An audience favorite at TED2008. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 17:44.) Watch Paul Stamets’ talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances. Get TED delivered:Subscribe to the TEDTalks video podcast via RSS >>Subscribe to the iTunes video podcastSubscribe to the iTunes audio podcastGet updates via Twitter >>Join our Facebook fan page >> Subscribe to the TED Blog >> I love a challenge, and saving the earth is probably a good one. I want to present to you a suite of 6 mycological solutions using fungi, and these solutions are based on mycelium. (photo of Dusty Yao walking through northwestern rainforest)
Life and works of robert louis stevenson "The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature" (RLS, "On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature", Contemporary Review 47 [April 1885]) Welcome to the RLS Website! - the most comprehensive web resource dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, designed for all: academics, school children and everybody interested in learning about RLS. This is the place for information on Stevenson's life and works - and much more. Oh, and don’t forget to check out images not seen by the general public before, and our free book serialisation. RLS Writing Competition for Senior School Students The RLS Website has reached over 1.5 million pageviews! RLS DAY 2013: An Evening with Robert Louis StevensonA Conversation with Louise Welsh and James Naughtie The RLS Site supports the new Stevenson edition, EdRLS.
Was Darwin Wrong? The work of the 19th-century English naturalist shocked society and revolutionized science. How well has it withstood the test of time? Evolution by natural selection, the central concept of the life's work of Charles Darwin, is a theory. It's a theory about the origin of adaptation, complexity, and diversity among Earth's living creatures. If you are skeptical by nature, unfamiliar with the terminology of science, and unaware of the overwhelming evidence, you might even be tempted to say that it's just a theory. In the same sense, relativity as described by Albert Einstein is just a theory. Each of these theories is an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. The rest of us generally agree. Evolutionary theory, though, is a bit different. This documentary is available for preview only.