Conservation issues are a growing concern for most scientists. As humans continue to consume natural resources, many organisms are headed for extinction. Conservation issues include the protection of trees, animals and wetlands.
Saving the rainforest used to be about protesting the number of trees that were cut down. But some researchers propose that reforestation could combat habitat loss and animal extinction. Can we really bring a decimated rainforest back to life? See more »
Saving the rainforest used to be about protesting the number of trees that were cut down. But some researchers propose that reforestation could combat habitat loss and animal extinction. Can we really bring a decimated rainforest back to life?
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This article will take you into the tropical rainforest to see what makes it such a bountiful environment for plants and animals. Plus, find out why the rainforests are in danger and look at some of the ways this affects humans.
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The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest aquarium. How did they build habitats for all the animals, and what does it take to keep them fed and healthy? Find out about the aquarium and learn about the animals that call it home.
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The Sierra Club lobbies for environmental preservation and engages members in fun wilderness excursions.
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The waste collectors threw your recyclables into one big bin on their truck. How do you know your recyclables are being recycled? And what happens to them next?
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The co-winners of the 2006 Nobel Prize in medicine are two U.S. scientists who discovered a process called RNAi.
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Vertical farming is a method of large-scale farming in an urban environment. Learn about the benefits of a vertical farm and vertical farming technology.
See more »Ecology, the study of the ways in which living organisms influence and are influenced by the environment.
See more »Environment, an organism's surroundings. Environment includes other living things as well as such nonliving constituents as water, air, light, soil, and temperature.
See more »Extinction, the permanent disappearance of species of organisms from the earth. Extinction is usually due to more than one cause.
See more »Aquariums are popular decorative features in homes, offices, and even restaurants.
See more »Irrigation, the artificial application of water to soil to produce plant growth. In the broadest sense, irrigation includes watering a lawn or garden.
See more »Izaak Walton League of America, an organization dedicated to preserving the nation's natural outdoor recreational resources.
See more »Reclamation, making land suitable for human use, usually through irrigation or drainage.
See more »Sierra Club, a United States organization concerned with the preservation of the world's natural environment.
See more »Underwater Habitat, a chamber on the seabed in which divers can live for a brief or extended period.
See more »In October 1994, visitors at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, one of New York City's five boroughs, spotted what appeared to be a large, mangy dog prowling among the headstones.
See more »Wilderness Area, a tract of land existing in its natural state and designated by Congress to be preserved in that condition.
See more »Hornaday, William Temple (1854–1937), a United States naturalist. He was active in promoting game preserves and laws for the protection of wildlife.
See more »Zoology, the study of animals. Zoology is a part of the science of biology, the study of all life.
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