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measuring biodiversity

How Manú National Park in Peru protects biodiversity

What is biodiversity, and why is it important?

Yellowstone National Park

Ka‘u silversword

Why are rainforests so important?

biodiversity loss

terrestrial hot spots of biodiversity

How is biodiversity good for the economy?

Explore with German biologist Matthias Kopfmüller and his team to document one of the world's rich biodiversity in the waters off Indonesia

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A large school of mano (sharks) called Galapagos sharks at Maro Reef in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)a worldwide species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.

Saving Sharks in the 2020s

Community service - volunteers picking up garbage in a park during a spring cleanup. Environmentalism

A Timeline of Environmental History

Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species

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Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.

What Is the Emoluments Clause?

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

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In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda • Feb. 25, 2025, 11:36 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As	species diversity • biological diversity

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measuring biodiversity

Yellowstone National Park

Ka‘u silversword

biodiversity loss

terrestrial hot spots of biodiversity

How Manú National Park in Peru protects biodiversity

What is biodiversity, and why is it important?

Why are rainforests so important?

How is biodiversity good for the economy?

Explore with German biologist Matthias Kopfmüller and his team to document one of the world's rich biodiversity in the waters off Indonesia

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biodiversity loss relative abundance species abundance species richness hot spot conservation climate change Why are rainforests so important?species speciation trophic pyramid biogeochemical cycle keystone species guild ecotone biotic potential niche indicator species population biogeographic region

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Pollination. Bee collecting pollen & nectar from a flower. Plant insect

Biodiversity Loss

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Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species