A little after 4:30 a.m. in downtown Baltimore, Nicole Hartig and Jon Merryman spotted their first victim. “We have one bird here,” said Merryman, a veteran volunteer.
It is taught by Kew’s botanists, all with an in-depth knowledge of the plants and habitats of the tropics. Course participants will complete an overview of 70 of the most commonly encountered tropical ...
It has long been known that intensive land use in tropical regions impacts local biodiversity, but the role of trade has been underestimated, according to researchers from TUM and ETH Zurich.
and use cilia to draw plankton into their mucus filters for consumption. Their role in the food-web isn’t well researched, but bony fish, dolphins and whales have been observed to eat them. “They’re ...