Elizabeth Islands: …a short-lived (three-week) colony on Cuttyhunk, the westernmost island, 18 years before the arrival of the Mayflower Pilgrims at Plymouth. The name Cuttyhunk may be a distortion of a Wampanoag Indian term meaning “a thing that lies out in the great water.” Naushon, the largest island, was a British naval…

India: The Andhras and their successors: The Cutu dynasty in Kuntala (southern Maharashtra) had close connections with the Satavahanas. The Bodhis ruled briefly in the northwestern Deccan. The Brihatphalayanas came to power at the end of the 3rd century in the Masulipatam area. In these regions the Satavahana pattern of administration continued;…

Ecuador: Relief: … (12,759 feet [3,889 metres]); the Cordillera de Cutucú, which borders the Upano valley and includes the central peaks; and the Cordillera del Cóndor to the south, which borders the Zamora valley. Beyond this eastern cordillera, to the east, is the Amazon basin, extending below 900 feet (300 metres).

bridge: Roman arch bridges: …piers form diamond-shaped points, called cutwaters, which offer less resistance to the flow of water.

cutwork, in fabric, designs obtained by cutting out pieces of a length of material and either filling the spaces thus created with stitches or joining the pieces themselves together by connecting bars of thread. In Europe the technique of filling the spaces with stitches originated in the 14th,

cutworm, Larva of certain species of owlet moths (family Noctuidae). The cutworm (not a true worm) is a serious insect pest of tobacco and other crops. Some species attack such plants as corn, grasses, tomatoes, and beans at night, severing roots and stems near ground level. Other species live

Cuu Long, former tinh (province) of southern Vietnam. Located in the Mekong River delta region, it was created in 1976 from the former provinces of Vinh Long and Vinh Binh, but in the early 1990s it was divided again into the provinces of Tra Vinh and Vinh Long. The region is bounded to the north

Owambo: …watercourses (oshanas), collectively called the Cuvelai, which occasionally feed the Etosha Pan (a huge salt pan) to the south of Owambo with rainwater. The water supplied by the oshanas and the man-made feeder canals of Owambo has been augmented by a project sponsored by the South African government to connect…

Cuvette, former région of northern Congo (Brazzaville), west-central Africa. Since 1997 it has been divided into two regions: Cuvette (formerly East Cuvette [Cuvette Est]), bordered by Congo (Kinshasa) to the southeast; and West Cuvette (Cuvette Oueste), bordered by Gabon to the west. The capital

Congo basin: …the Congo basin—often called the cuvette (literally “saucer” or “shallow bowl”)—is an immense depression containing Quaternary alluvial deposits that rest on thick sediments of continental origin, consisting principally of sands and sandstones. These underlying sediments form outcrops in valley floors at the eastern edge of the cuvette. The filling of…

Cuvette: …into two regions: Cuvette (formerly East Cuvette [Cuvette Est]), bordered by Congo (Kinshasa) to the southeast; and West Cuvette (Cuvette Oueste), bordered by Gabon to the west. The capital of Cuvette is Owando, while the capital of West Cuvette is Ewo.

Cuvette: …(Kinshasa) to the southeast; and West Cuvette (Cuvette Oueste), bordered by Gabon to the west. The capital of Cuvette is Owando, while the capital of West Cuvette is Ewo.

Cuvier’s dwarf caiman, (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), small caiman species known for being the most diminutive living member of the alligator family (Alligatoridae) and the smallest crocodilian in the Americas. This caiman is found throughout the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in wet areas ranging

gazelle: African gazelles: The Atlas gazelle, also called Cuvier’s, or the edmi, gazelle (G. cuvieri), is found in the Atlas Mountains. The rhim, or slender-horned, gazelle (G. leptoceros) is the most desert-adapted African gazelle and lives in the Sahara’s great sand deserts (ergs) from Algeria to Egypt. The third…

Cuvier’s dwarf caiman, (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), small caiman species known for being the most diminutive living member of the alligator family (Alligatoridae) and the smallest crocodilian in the Americas. This caiman is found throughout the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in wet areas ranging

circulatory system: The blood vessels: …each side, often called the duct of Cuvier, which carries blood ventrally into the sinus venosus. Various other veins join the cardinal veins from all over the body. The ventral jugular veins drain the lower part of the head and take blood directly into the common cardinal veins.

Georges Cuvier was a French zoologist and statesman, who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Cuvier was born in Montbéliard, a town attached to the German duchy of Württemberg until the 1790s, when it passed to France. In 1784–88 Cuvier attended the Académie Caroline

Georges Cuvier was a French zoologist and statesman, who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Cuvier was born in Montbéliard, a town attached to the German duchy of Württemberg until the 1790s, when it passed to France. In 1784–88 Cuvier attended the Académie Caroline

scene shifting: …developed in 1896 at the Residenztheater in Munich and was soon widely adopted. Other mechanical devices for shifting three-dimensional settings were developed during the early 1900s. During the second half of the 20th century, preferences for simplified staging in Europe and North America generally reduced the use of these devices.

François de Cuvilliés the Elder was the chief architect and decorator in the Bavarian Rococo style. He was trained in Paris before his appointment (1725) as court architect to Duke Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria. Among his works in Munich and its environs are the Amalienburg hunting lodge,

Cuxhaven, city, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. The port city lies at the mouth of the Elbe estuary. Conquered by Hamburg in 1394, it remained the foreport of that city (83 miles [134 km] east-southeast) until it passed to Hanover province in 1937. It was chartered in 1907. It was

Cuyahoga Falls, city, Summit county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., just northeast of Akron, on the Cuyahoga River. Cuyahoga, possibly meaning “crooked water,” was the name given by the Iroquois Indians to the river. Surveyors mapping the Western Reserve platted the area in 1797, and settlers from

Cuyahoga River, river in northeastern Ohio, U.S., rising 15 miles (24 km) south of Lake Erie and 35 miles (56 km) east of Cleveland. It flows southwestward to the city of Cuyahoga Falls (where its falls were eliminated by a series of dams) on the northern edge of Akron; there it drops into a large,

Cleveland: The contemporary city: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, established as a national recreation area in 1974 and redesignated in 2000, stretches southward along the Cuyahoga River from Cleveland to Akron.

Puerto Princesa, city, east-central Palawan, Philippines. It is an important port on a sheltered inlet of the Sulu Sea, south of Honda Bay, and it has an airport. The city was formerly called Cuyo. The site of a penal colony during the Spanish regime, Puerto Princesa has become one of several

Cuyo, historical region, western Argentina, roughly comprising the modern provinces of Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis in the Andean piedmont. Its first European visitor was the Spanish adventurer Francisco de Villagrá in 1551; and the Cuyo later became the first area of permanent interior

Aelbert Cuyp was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period who is known for his peaceful landscapes of the Dutch countryside, distinguished for the poetic use of light and atmosphere. After the death of his father, portraitist Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, soon after 1651 and of his mother in 1654, Aelbert

Aelbert Cuyp was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period who is known for his peaceful landscapes of the Dutch countryside, distinguished for the poetic use of light and atmosphere. After the death of his father, portraitist Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, soon after 1651 and of his mother in 1654, Aelbert

Aelbert Cuyp was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period who is known for his peaceful landscapes of the Dutch countryside, distinguished for the poetic use of light and atmosphere. After the death of his father, portraitist Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, soon after 1651 and of his mother in 1654, Aelbert

Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp was a Dutch artist who painted landscapes, genre scenes, battle pieces, and religious subjects in a Baroque style that appears to have been influenced by Rembrandt’s dramatic use of chiaroscuro. His nephew Aelbert Cuyp and his uncle Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp were both noted

Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp was a Dutch artist who painted landscapes, genre scenes, battle pieces, and religious subjects in a Baroque style that appears to have been influenced by Rembrandt’s dramatic use of chiaroscuro. His nephew Aelbert Cuyp and his uncle Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp were both noted

Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp was a Dutch Baroque painter, best known for his portraits. He broke with the family tradition of glass painting and painted historical pictures, portraits, and animal subjects. A man of substance in Dordrecht, he held various offices in the painters’ guild there. He probably

Western architecture: The Low Countries: …movement until the Dutch architect Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers, an ardent and painstaking interpreter of the ideas of Viollet-le-Duc, began work. The career of Cuypers was, indeed, parallel to that of Viollet-le-Duc; he restored numerous Gothic churches and built many new ones in that style, mainly of brick, the Vondel…

Cuyuni River, river in northern Guyana and eastern Venezuela, rising in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela. It descends northward to El Dorado, Venezuela, where it turns eastward and meanders through the tropical rain forests of Guyana, forming the international boundary for approximately 60 mi (100

Lizzo: Music career and solo success: …in 2019?” The answer was Cuz I Love You, which was released that year. Showcasing Lizzo’s vocal range, it featured such hits as “Juice,” “Jerome,” and “Tempo,” the latter of which was a collaboration with Missy Elliott. The album’s deluxe edition also contained the bonus track “Truth Hurts” (which was…

Alexandru Ioan Cuza was the first prince of united Romania, architect of national rural reform and peasant emancipation. The scion of an old boyar family, Cuza studied in Paris, Pavia, and Bologna, participated in revolutionary agitation against Russo-Turkish rule in his native Moldavia (1848),

Cuzco, city and Inca región, south-central Peru. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere. Formerly the capital of the extensive Inca empire, it retains much of its highly crafted early stone architecture, which is typically preserved in the foundations and

Cuzco school, the group of European and indigenous painters active in Cuzco, Peru, from the 16th through the 18th century. The term refers not to an easily identifiable style from a single period of history but instead to the artists of multiple ethnicities who worked in various styles throughout

Latin American architecture: The Baroque in the New World: …what was later designated the Cuzco style. This style is defined by the placement of twin bell towers on an austere square base that frames the elaborately articulated central portal and by the interior space being organized by three rectilinear naves, with elaborate Baroque decoration only on the altarpiece. The…

Manco Inca, son of Atahuallpa, brought a force of 400,000 warriors with him when he launched his assault on Cuzco in May 1536. Sheltering in the recently conquered Inca capital, the Spanish conquistadors resorted to desperate measures, but still succeeded in withstanding a ten-month siege, which

Latin American architecture: The first Spanish viceroyalties and their capitals: ” The cathedral of Cuzco (mid-16th to mid-17th century), by Francisco Becerra, is one of the few buildings that survived the strong earthquake of 1650. Its rectilinear plan, with three naves of equal height, is Renaissance in its spatial characteristics, but the stone reinforcements in the vaults…

Francesca Cuzzoni was an Italian soprano, one of the first great prima donnas. Cuzzoni studied with Francesco Lanzi and appeared first in Parma in 1716. She made her debut in Venice in 1718 as Dalinda in Carlo Francesco Pollarolo’s Ariodante and in London in 1723 as Teofane in George Frideric

curriculum vitae (CV), document that describes an individual’s qualifications and career history and typically constitutes the gateway to a job interview and potential employment. Derived from a Latin phrase that translates as “course of one’s life,” a curriculum vitae, or CV, highlights

meteorite: Classification systems: …that it belongs to the CV group and petrologic type 3 of the petrologic types of chondritesPetrologic types of chondrites.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.second table.

history of flight: The airlines reequip: …for a later entry, the CV-880, from Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, more commonly known as Convair, to gain a foothold. Convair had stressed speed rather than passenger capacity, but the 880 and the improved 990 that followed it were commercial disasters that almost forced the company out of business.

Cali: …have been improved by the Cauca Valley Corporation (CVC), an autonomous public body modeled after the Tennessee Valley Authority in the United States. The CVC drained the upper Cauca River, Colombia’s second major waterway, to generate electrical power, prevent flooding, and make marginal farmland more suitable for large-scale cultivation by…

advanced ceramics: Film deposition: …physical vapour deposition (PVD) and chemical vapour deposition (CVD). PVD methods include laser ablation, in which a high-energy laser blasts material from a target and through a vapour to a substrate, where the material is deposited. Another PVD approach involves sputtering, in which energetic electrons bombard the surface of a…

advanced ceramics: Infiltration: …vapour phases, it is called chemical vapour infiltration, or CVI. With infiltration it is possible to begin with woven carbon fibres or felts, building up composite materials with enhanced properties.

Christian Democratic People’s Party, Swiss centre-right political party that endorses Christian democratic principles. With FDP. The Liberals, the Social Democratic Party, and the Swiss People’s Party, the Christian Democratic People’s Party (CVP) has governed Switzerland as part of a grand

flight recorder: …data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), though sometimes these two devices are packaged together in one combined unit. The FDR records many variables, not only basic aircraft conditions such as airspeed, altitude, heading, vertical acceleration, and pitch but also hundreds of individual instrument readings and internal environmental…

Git: The concurrent version systems (CVS) available for version control at the time struggled to categorize larger code changes and were susceptible to bugs, and Torvalds disliked other open-source options. In 2002 Torvalds and Linux introduced and began to use the version control system BitKeeper—a proprietary DVCS…

pregnancy: Chorionic villi sampling: The technique of retrieving a sample of villi from the chorion (outer embryonic membrane) within the uterus is similar to amniocentesis but can be carried out much earlier in pregnancy, between the 8th and 12th week of gestation. The test can be…

Salma Hayek: …Hayek partnered with convenience store CVS to launch a beauty line called Nuance Salma Hayek; it was discontinued in 2017.

Television in the United States: The 1990s: the loss of shared experience: …into a single network, the CW): the WB, premiered by Warner Bros., and UPN (the United Paramount Network), premiered by Paramount.

radar: Postwar progress: …Doppler frequency is indispensable in continuous wave, MTI, and pulse Doppler radars, which must detect moving targets in the presence of large clutter echoes. The Doppler frequency shift is the basis for police radar guns. SAR and ISAR imaging radars make use of Doppler frequency to generate high-resolution images of…

Clean Water Act (CWA), U.S. legislation enacted in 1972 to restore and maintain clean and healthy waters. The CWA was a response to increasing public concern for the environment and for the condition of the nation’s waters. It served as a major revision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of

Civil Works Administration (CWA), U.S. federal government program instituted during the Great Depression to employ as many needy Americans as possible for the winter of 1933–34. Although it lasted only about five months, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided jobs for more than four million

Concerned Women for America (CWA), American organization founded in San Diego, California, in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye as a conservative alternative to the liberal National Organization for Women. Its stated mission is to “protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer,

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), international treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons in war and prohibits all development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, or transfer of such weapons. The CWC was adopted by the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on September 3, 1992, and the

Mieczysława Ćwiklińska was an outstanding comic actress renowned for her roles in both operettas and the classics. Ćwiklińska, who came from a Polish theatrical family, made her debut in Warsaw in 1900. She toured Russia in 1906 and in 1910 went to Paris to study voice. In 1918, after appearing in

Cwmbrân, new town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Torfaen county borough, historic county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy), southeastern Wales. It lies in the valley of the Afon Lwyd (“Grey River”), about 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of Newport. One of 32 new towns established in the

coal utilization: Coal-water slurry fuel: Pulverized coal can be mixed with water and made into a slurry, which can be handled like a liquid fuel and burned in a boiler designed to burn oil. Coal-water slurry fuel (CWSF) normally consists of 50–70 percent pulverized or micronized coal,…

metastasis: Preferential spread: …involves a substance known as CXCL12 (chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1), which is secreted by stromal cells (connective tissue cells found within organs). This substance attracts cells that express a receptor known as CXCR4 (chemokine [C-X-C motif] receptor 4), which is found on certain types of cancer cells, such as those…

metastasis: Preferential spread: …express a receptor known as CXCR4 (chemokine [C-X-C motif] receptor 4), which is found on certain types of cancer cells, such as those affected by breast cancer or acute myelogenous leukemia. The affinity of CXCR4-expressing cancer cells for CXCL12-secreting tissues results in the movement of the cancer cells from their…

baseball: Awards: The Cy Young Award honors the best pitcher in the National and American leagues. It was first awarded in 1956 to the outstanding pitcher in baseball, but in 1966 the baseball commissioner decided that each league would have its own Cy Young Award. Winners are selected…

whale louse, (family Cyamidae), any of a small group of highly specialized peracaridan crustaceans (order Amphipoda) related to the familiar skeleton shrimp found in shallow marine habitats. Whale lice are external parasites that live on the body surface of such marine mammals as whales, dolphins,

colour: The laws of colour mixture: …radiations is blue-green, often called cyan. An image that absorbs only green light transmits both blue light and red light, and its colour is magenta. The blue-absorbing image transmits only green light and red light, and its colour is yellow. Hence, the subtractive primaries are cyan, magenta, and yellow (see…

Campanulaceae: Cyananthus, the genus of trailing bellflowers, consists of 30, mostly Himalayan, mat-forming, dainty perennials with wide-open, blue bell tubes encased in cuplike green calyxes. The genus differs from other bellflowers in having its ovary superior (above) to the base of the floral tube.

cnidarian: Annotated classification: Includes the giant Cyanea arctica, which may attain 2 m in diameter. Order Stauromedusae Sessile jellyfish that are vase-, goblet-, or trumpet-shaped, and usually bear 8 groups of tentacles. No more than 2–3 cm long. Apparently lacking polypoid stage. Temperate and cold temperate waters worldwide.

lion’s mane jellyfish, (Cyanea capillata), marine jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa (phylum Cnidaria) found in the waters of the colder oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. Some populations, however, occur as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest known jellyfish in the world. The body of

Argonaut: …how to pass through the Symplegades, or Cyanean rocks—two cliffs that moved on their bases and crushed whatever sought to pass. Following his advice, Jason sent ahead a dove that was damaged between the rocks, but thanks to Athena the Argo slipped through while the rocks were rebounding. From that…

cyanide process, method of extracting silver and gold from their ores by dissolving them in a dilute solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide. The process was invented in 1887 by the Scottish chemists John S. MacArthur, Robert W. Forrest, and William Forrest. The method includes three steps:

cyanide, any compound containing the monovalent combining group CN. In inorganic cyanides, such as sodium cyanide (NaCN), this group is present as the negatively charged cyanide ion; these compounds, which are regarded as salts of hydrocyanic acid, are highly toxic. Organic cyanides are usually

cyanide poisoning, harmful effects of inhaling hydrogen cyanide or of ingesting the salts of hydrogen cyanide, called cyanides. Hydrogen cyanide, also known as hydrocyanic acid, or Hcn, is a highly volatile liquid used to prepare acrylonitrile, which is used in the production of acrylic fibres,

cyanide process, method of extracting silver and gold from their ores by dissolving them in a dilute solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide. The process was invented in 1887 by the Scottish chemists John S. MacArthur, Robert W. Forrest, and William Forrest. The method includes three steps:

life: Limits to life: For example, an alga called Cyanidium caldarium, a eukaryotic and photosynthetic organism, thrives in concentrated solutions of hot sulfuric acid and colours a damp landscape turquoise after a wet volcanic explosion. A swimming relative, Cyanophora paradoxa, survives in nearly these extremes. Certain less-colourful bacteria and fungi can live in extremely…

cyanine dye, any member of a class of highly coloured organic compounds used for increasing the range of wavelengths of light to which photographic emulsions are sensitive. A few members of the class are used in textile dyeing, but most are too easily destroyed by acids or by light to be

animal social behaviour: Social interactions involving sex: …example, female blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) that accept copulations with males in addition to their mates have faster-growing offspring, suggesting genetic benefits of extra-pair mating. In red-winged blackbirds, the females not only benefit through increased offspring performance, but they are allowed access to food on the extra-pair male’s territory.…

kyanite, silicate mineral that is formed during the regional metamorphism of clay-rich sediments. It is an indicator of deep burial of a terrain. Kyanite occurs as elongated blades principally in gneisses and schists, and it is often accompanied by garnet, quartz, and mica. It can also occur in

nitrile, any of a class of organic compounds having molecular structures in which a cyano group (―C ≡ N) is attached to a carbon atom (C). Nitriles are colourless solids or liquids with distinctive odours. Acrylonitrile is produced in large quantities by a process called ammoxidation that depends

cyanoacrylate, any of a number of cyanoacrylic esters that quickly cure to form a strong adhesive bond. Materials of this group, marketed as contact adhesives under such trade names as Super Glue and Krazy Glue, bond almost instantly to a variety of surfaces, including metal, plastic, and glass.

blue-green algae, any of a large, heterogeneous group of prokaryotic, principally photosynthetic organisms. Cyanobacteria resemble the eukaryotic algae in many ways, including morphological characteristics and ecological niches, and were at one time treated as algae, hence the common name of

blue-green algae, any of a large, heterogeneous group of prokaryotic, principally photosynthetic organisms. Cyanobacteria resemble the eukaryotic algae in many ways, including morphological characteristics and ecological niches, and were at one time treated as algae, hence the common name of

blue jay, (Cyanocitta cristata), large North American member of the bird family Corvidae known for its primarily blue plumage, large feather head crest, and raucous call. The blue jay is found in coniferous and deciduous forests east of the Rocky Mountains in both the United States and southern

blue jay: ), and the Florida blue jay (C. c. semplei, of southern Florida).

jay: …by the dark blue, black-crested Steller’s jay (C. stelleri). The gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis) inhabits the northern reaches of the United States and most of Canada.

vitamin B12, a complex water-soluble organic compound that is essential to a number of microorganisms and animals, including humans. Vitamin B12 aids in the development of red blood cells in higher animals. The vitamin, which is unique in that it contains a metallic ion, cobalt, has a complex

jay: …in tropical America is the green jay (Cyanocorax, sometimes Xanthoura, yncas). For the “blue jay” of southern Asia, see roller.

nitride: Cyanogen: Cyanogen, (CN)2, is a toxic, colourless gas that boils at −21 °C (−6 °F). It can be prepared by oxidation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). A variety of oxidizing agents can be used, including oxygen gas, O2, chlorine gas, Cl2, and nitrogen dioxide gas, NO2.…

cyanogen halide: Cyanogen bromide is formed by the reaction of bromine with salts of hydrocyanic acid; it is a solid that has been used as a fumigant against insects and rodents and as a reagent for the study of the structure of proteins. Cyanogen iodide is made…

cyanogen halide: Cyanogen chloride, made by the reaction of chlorine with hydrocyanic acid or its salts, is a liquid that has been suggested for use as a military poison gas. Cyanogen bromide is formed by the reaction of bromine with salts of hydrocyanic acid; it is a…

cyanogen halide, any of a group of colourless, volatile, chemically reactive, lacrimatory (tear-producing), highly poisonous compounds, the molecules of which contain the cyano group (-CN) linked to one of the halogen elements (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine). Cyanogen fluoride, which is

cyanogen halide: Cyanogen iodide is made by treating a cyanide with iodine; at atmospheric pressure the solid vaporizes without melting at about 45° C (113° F); it has been used in taxidermy as a preservative.

Rosales: Chemicals: dangerous cyanide compounds called cyanogenetic glycosides (glycosides capable of releasing hydrogen cyanide gas upon hydrolysis). The best known is amygdalin, which upon hydrolysis yields sugar, benzaldehyde, and cyanide. Benzaldehyde is a nonpoisonous compound providing almond, or amaretto, flavour

aldehyde: Addition of carbon nucleophiles: …aldehydes to give, after acidification, cyanohydrins, compounds containing an OH and CN group on the same carbon atom.

conure: …(to 50 cm [20 inches]) Patagonian conure, or burrowing parrot, Cyanoliseus patagonus, nests colonially in cliff holes in temperate regions of Chile and Argentina.

life: Limits to life: A swimming relative, Cyanophora paradoxa, survives in nearly these extremes. Certain less-colourful bacteria and fungi can live in extremely acidic environments (pH 0–2.5), such as that of Rio Tinto near Huelva in Spain. Bright blue-green cyanobacteria of many kinds can grow vigorously in extremely alkaline environments (pH 10–13).

blue-green algae, any of a large, heterogeneous group of prokaryotic, principally photosynthetic organisms. Cyanobacteria resemble the eukaryotic algae in many ways, including morphological characteristics and ecological niches, and were at one time treated as algae, hence the common name of

blue-green algae, any of a large, heterogeneous group of prokaryotic, principally photosynthetic organisms. Cyanobacteria resemble the eukaryotic algae in many ways, including morphological characteristics and ecological niches, and were at one time treated as algae, hence the common name of

visual pigment: …called iodopsins; the retinal2 forms cyanopsins.