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Zoology
Zoology is the branch of biology that deals with the animal kingdom
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Humans have always lived surrounded by potential pathogens. Whether they co-exist relatively harmlessly or become a problem, cause acute or chronic disease and spread slowly or in epidemics has been, and still is, influenced by how we have impacted the environments we share with other animals. Pathogens are opportunists within these environments, capable and ready to take advantage of anything that promotes their transmission.
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― Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
― Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
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Chronicling the passage of whales has led me to an understanding that we, as a species, now sand at a crossroads. We can face the possibility of our own extinction and work to avert it, or we can flow the more traditional path of earths organisms and fall blindly over the edge. If there's one trait that characterised human beings, it's the will to survive. This, I believe, will motivate us to work with the natural world rather than opposite it, which is all we need to do to give the children of
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― Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
― Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
A place to read and discuss some great science books from across all fields of biology, chemistr…more
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This reading group will focus on natural history. We will immerse ourselves within the realm of…more
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Welcome to Birds!
Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus)
For all bird lovers—wrap yourself in th…more
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