Megafauna, a term often associated with the giant animals that roamed the earth before humans hunted them to extinction. Creatures like the now extinct ground sloth and wooly mammoth whose fossils are displayed in natural history museums. Not all megafauna were hunted to extinction, some are still around. In North America, the moose is one example of megafauna that have survived the introduction o... » Continue Reading
Biology is the study of life. It has many different applications and a lot of subdivisions. Zoology is one of them. In Zoology there is a specific focus on the animal kingdom. This includes animals living today and ones that have gone extinct. The study of these organisms is not always limited to just them, but how their existence affects the ecosystem in which they live and how changes in their e... » Continue Reading
Climate change is a very hotly debated topic, in spite of the mountains of evidence supporting its existence. It affects the planet countless different ways, including effecting the average temperature of the seasons. This could mean a winter far colder or warmer than what is on record for the affected area. In New England, this has largely meant shorter winters with less snow. This is a problem a... » Continue Reading
The Winter tick, also known as the Moose Tick, is apart of the order Ixidida, the family Ixodidae, the genus Dermacentor, and the species albipictus. Its binomial name is Dermancentor albipictus (2). The genus Dermacentor is also known as hard ticks, or ticks that have a hard outer behind their mouth and when they haven’t fed, look flat. This species of tick is sexually dimorphic, with females bei... » Continue Reading
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