The pinna is simply another name (a scientific name, if you will), for the outer ear. The term applies to human ears, along with any animal that has an external… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
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Thomas is a freelance writer with an affinity for the great outdoors and Doberman Pinschers. When he's not sitting behind the computer, pounding out stories on black bears and reindeer, he's spending time with his family, two Dobermans (Ares and Athena), and a Ragdoll cat named Heimdal. He also tends his Appleyard Ducks and a variety of overly curious and occasionally vexatious chickens.
There are many aspects to location, far more than where you happen to be standing now. There's word-of-mouth location, such as talking on a smartphone and telling someone where you… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Sessile is a word with multiple meanings. However, it most often applies to botany and pertains to leaves that directly attach to the plant's stalk, without a petiole (leaf stalk).… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Photosynthesis is a major step in a plant's ability to derive nutrients from food sources. It's a combination method in which plants take sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and utilize… Read More
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Omnivores are animals capable of digesting plants or meat and obtaining the needed nutrients from both. Humans are primary examples of pure omnivores, though the term doesn't differentiate between choices.… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
The metacarpal bones make up the central portion of the hand, specifically the intermediate portion. The metacarpals start from the last and largest joint of the phalanges and extend to… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Old World is a common reference for Europe, Asia, and Africa—essentially anything east of the Atlantic Ocean when looking from the Americas. The term originates from Amerigo Vespucci, a French… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
The larva is a stage of growth that several types of animals have to go through before reaching their adult stage. These types of animals typically include insects, some amphibians,… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Kingdom represents a taxonomic category, one below Domain, in a traditional, five-classification scheme. Within the conventional scheme, Kingdom represents organisms within six categories: animals, plants, fungi, protozoa and eukaryotic algae,… Read More
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The basic definition of hermaphrodite is an organism that has both male and female reproductive organs. In botanical terms, it is a plant that has a stamen and a pistil… Read More
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The gestation period is the amount of time a female is pregnant, and this time varies widely depending on the species. For humans, it's usually between 38 weeks and 42… Read More
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The estimated population size, according to the World Population Clock, hit 8 billion on November 15, 2022. On any given day, birth rates double that of death rates, although that's… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Digits, as far as anatomy is concerned, are the fingers or toes on the feet or hands of vertebrates. The bones of the fingers and toes are known as phalanges… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Of all the organic polymers on earth, this is the most abundant by far. It's a primary component in paper manufacturing, along with paperboard and a large variety of paper… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Carnivorous animals primarily possess a tooth known as the "cheek teeth," often referred to as the carnassial tooth. Many carnivores possess this tooth, but the canine (dog) species associates with… Read More
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Primary consumers are herbivores and they feed on the results from primary producers. In the five trophic levels, primary consumers are third from the top, below secondary consumers (omnivores and… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is a complicated process, involving the entire liquidation of the existing caterpillar. Later, it reassembles into a new form. The caterpillar morphs… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Viviparous animals are conceived, and then they develop and grow within the placenta of the mother. The mother supplies all of the sustenance that the unborn animal needs as it… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
It's often said that you can take every single human being on the planet, put them in Texas, and they couldn't reach each other by throwing a baseball. For beetles… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
There are several beetles native to Arizona that many consider the most unique and beautiful in the world. One thing is certain, Arizona has a unique and fascinating history with… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
The beetles living in Tennessee have a pretty bad reputation, probably because most of them are quite destructive. That's not to say there aren't any relatively benign beetles in Tennessee.… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Beetles make up 40% of all the insects in the world, and there are over a hundred beetles native to Washington alone. There are around 115 known species of beetle… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
There are between 170 and 180 types of beetles native to Wisconsin. That may not sound like much, but the order of Coleoptera makes up the largest group of animals… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Astonishingly, 40% of all known insects are beetles, and beetles native to Virginia make up about the same ratio. There are around 200 types of beetles living in Virginia today,… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
If you are scared of beetles or anything that creeps, crawls, or flies around like a helmeted bombardier, slamming into your porch lights at night, you might not want to… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
Though there are several types of African wild dogs, there are only one species. In most places, "wild dog" is often associated with a house dog gone feral. But, the… Read More
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When it comes to the most common types of dogs, the American Kennel Club does a pretty good job of keeping up with canine popularity contests every year. Of course,… Read More
By Thomas Godwin 2 years ago
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