Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Sahel: A Biogeographic Zone

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south. It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The … Continue reading →

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A Lost World Deep Down in the Sea

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Deep down under the sea is another universe of sheer blackness hidden from the sun. Yet a busy blackness in some cases. Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the … Continue reading →

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Wolves Return to California

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

SAN FRANCISCO— For the first time in more than 85 years, a gray wolf has been documented in California. The 2 ½-year-old male, known as OR-7, journeyed more than 700 miles from the northeastern corner of Oregon, crossing into California’s … Continue reading →

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Chinese Fossils Shed Light On Evolutionary Origin of Animals

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Evidence of the single-celled ancestors of animals, dating from the interval in Earth’s history just before multicellular animals appeared, has been discovered in 570 million-year-old rocks from South China by researchers from the University of Bristol, the Swedish Museum of … Continue reading →

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