Many animals have tails. Even humans once had a small tail, which is still just visible at the end of the coxyx. Whilst we do not need a tail to balance or use as an extra limb, many animals have specialised…
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Deer, much like humans are mammals. Mammals of course are known to have their young seat on the mother’s milk from the mother’s nipple. Much like other mammals deer are also warm-blooded. Being warm-blooded means that the deer’s body temperature…
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It seems that there is a lot of research to be done on the common redpoll, this scientist found too many notes in the reference material that suggested there was not enough or no proof on certain aspects of the…
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The African wild cat is a species of cat that is quite small and actually looks much like a domesticated type of cat! They are also called the desert cat, since they have a near cousin who lurks around the…
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Richard Dawkins is a prominent name in the fields of biology, science and religion. His deep reliance on evolution in his study of human behavior and his outspoken lectures have made him one of the best-known atheists in the media….
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Whitetail deer are interesting mammals and their breeding habits are unique. Deer breed in relation to the average climatic conditions in an area. In most regions, deer will breed in the fall to take advantage of spring and summer weather to allow…
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The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula maculosa) is a large duck with a mottled fuscous-brown plumage (Bellrose 1980). The sexual dimorphism of the mottled duck is hard to distinguish because both sexes have nearly the same coloration the exception is that…
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Barbara McClintock, born on June 16, 1902, was a scientist and a distinguished American cytogeneticist. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, she was the third of four children. From an early age she was very independent, and at the age of three,…
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In this article about the regulation of body temperature in mammals, I will take humans as a representative of this group of animals and discuss how temperature of their body is regulated. The temperature of the body is tightly regulated…
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Richard Dawkins was born in Nairobi, Kenya on 26 March 1941. When he was eight, his father moved back to England after serving in Africa during World War Two and it was in England where Dawkins spent the remainder of…
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