Zoology Essays and Research Papers

The results of these experiments show no significant difference in the species richness between the garrigue and the pine forest habitats, while there were more individual insects detected in the garrigue ecosystems. Scarites suterraneus which was the beetle encountered the most, has shiny black colour and up to 35 mm length with the structure of its…

All living things must eventually grow old and die. This statement holds true for most animals as even the largest and most powerful of animals eventually grow old and die. This process is known as senescence or biological aging, and it follows a general format. First, the organism grows slower and weaker which is usually…

Good reason could be that if wild animals ever gets released out into the wild again, animals won’t know how to survive on their own. This means that somehow if animals ever do get released into the wild, they won’t know how to hunt to get food, because their so used to zookeepers bringing them…

Animals may look cute and happy to see their zookeepers, trainers, and visitors in the park. However, animals have their painful dark side while they are in zoos, aquariums, and parks. It is important to avoid capturing animals from the wild because after being captured, the animals will: become aggressive and dangerous to humans and…

An elephant is defined by the Webster dictionary as a “tall, large-eared mammal of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species.” People are claiming that elephants are legal persons. In the article, “Elephants are legal persons and deserve to be free,” group claims in court petition” written by Carlos Ballesteros, Ballesteros…

As years have passed since the world’s first scientific zoo was opened to the public in 1828 in London, a lot of things have changed for the better (Gray 2008). Since then, zoos have become increasingly safer for not only their visitors, but also the animals in their care, and have shown a brighter light…

At the time when Charles Darwin published his famous book, On the Origin of Species, in which evolution was intensively explored, there was no adequate tangible evidence to support his arguments. Charles hinted that fossil record could reveal species with intermediate or transitional features. He anticipated that lack of transitional fossil records could be the…

The field of wildlife conservation and management has historically addressed issues of wildlife population sizes and how to manage them, understanding systems between biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem, and the management of natural resources. Human-wildlife conflict has existed long before wildlife conservation emerged as field of science and has been addressed in a…

Animal Cruelty, is a growing problem in our American society. This is an extremely important issue because dogs are like humans. They eat, sleep, and need water like humans therefore they do not need to be abused like trash. There are plenty of ways dogs can be abused. The focus here will be on the…

Animal testing for products is not only inhumane but also unreliable with safe alternative methods available. Animals used in testing go thru intense trauma during their time there. Animal research and testing is expensive, time-consuming, and unreliable because animals are undeniably different than human beings. It has been proven over and over that things that…