The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica), a species of spider known as a flexible diving bell, is known for its underwater silk web. It is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater; it is the only member of the Argyroneta genus. People used to discover t.....
Pitcher plant, any pitcher-shaped leaves of carnivorous plants that form a passive pitfall trap. Specialized leaves form the traps of what are known to be “true” pitcher plants. With nectar, the plants attract and drown their prey. Pitcher plants from the Old World are members of the Nepentha.....
Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. It is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics. Good animal welfare requires disease.....
For all such species, including some algae, bacteria, protozoans, crustaceans, molluscs, and coelenterates, as well as members of almost every other animal phylum, the term “plankton” is a collective name. The term “plankton” comes from the Greek for “drifter” or “wanderer.” Plank.....
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that belongs primarily to the Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Lythraceae, Combretaceae, and Arecaceae families; that grows along coastal estuaries, in salt marshes, and on muddy shores in dense thickets or forests; and that has prop roots, i.e. exposed supporting .....
Also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is the only lizard on earth that spends time in the ocean. It is an iguana species known only on the islands of the Galápagos (Ecuador). Special among modern lizards, it is a .....
Barnacle (Balanus glandula), also known as ‘cirripede’, is an arthropod of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea and is thus related to crabs and lobsters. There are about 850 free-living species (all marine) and about 260 species which are crabs and other crustacean’s internal.....
Beachcombing is an enjoyable sport involving the hunt for shells, sea glass, rocks, and other ashore washable beaches. A beachcomber is a person who is interested in beachcombing activities. Beachcombing is a combination of the word ‘beach’, from the Proto-Germanic word ‘bakiz’, meaning .....
A seashell or shell of the sea, also commonly known as a shell, is a strong exoskeleton of marine mollusks such as snails, bivalves, and chitons that protect and maintain their bodies. The shell is a part of the animal’s body; Beachcombers sometimes find hollow seashells washed up on beache.....
In the past, hunting has played an important role in leadership and community formation. Before the agricultural revolution (around 10,000 years ago), primitive humans relied on the hunting of food for survival, however, since the agricultural revolution, the need for hunting has reduced majorly .....
Poaching is the practice of killing or trading animals for economic gain or necessity and has resulted in substantial losses of many species throughout developing countries and throughout time. Every year more and more species are killed and sold in the black market for a quick profit; some of th.....
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting, capturing, and often killing of wild animals; in law, the illegal shooting, trapping, or taking of game, fish, or plants from private property or from a place where such practices are specially reserved or forbidden. Poaching is a major existentia.....