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See students collecting specimens through fossicking, a not very organized method of sampling

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Path through summer forest in the Ukraine. (trees, lush, green, walk, walkway, road, Ukrainia, Ukrainian, woods)

What Is the Difference Between Primary and Secondary Ecological Succession?

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

Rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) photographed in the Midwest in 2017. endangered species insect pollination

What Would Happen If All the Bees Died?

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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Click on image for enlargements of panel sections. The Ghent Altarpiece (open view) by Jan and Hubert van Eyck, 1432, polyptych with 12 panels, oil on panel; in the Cathedral of Saint-Bavon, Ghent, Belg.

The Most Stolen Work of Art

United States Electoral College votes by state

How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?

Globe South America, map

What’s the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait. Oil on canvas, 1887.

Rediscovered Artists: 6 Big Names That Time Almost Forgot

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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

United States electoral college map showing number of electoral votes by state.

How Does the Electoral College Work?

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biology

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See students collecting specimens through fossicking, a not very organized method of sampling

See students collecting specimens through fossicking, a not very organized method of sampling

Exploring a biological community through unstructured sampling, or fossicking.

Video: University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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food web

food web

A food chain shows how matter and energy from food are transferred from one organism...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley

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