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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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Topics

open habitat biomass carrying capacity zonation endemism microhabitat closed habitat habitat loss tundra polar ecosystem population ecological disturbance ecological resilience trophic cascade biogeochemical cycle boundary ecosystem mesopredator release community ecotone detritus

Key People

Charles Elton

English biologist

Quiz

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems