19 results for “species”

1. Life & Biology

   Evolution

   species' DNA is a record of its ancestry, and the more recently two species shared an ancestor

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2. Life & Biology

   Ecosystems and Food Webs

   species; a single tree in the Amazon can host more ant species than the whole of Britain

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3. Plants & Fungi

   Flowers and Pollination

   species of fig has its own species of tiny wasp, which breeds inside the fruit and is the only

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4. Plants & Fungi

   Trees and Forests

   species on land. A single hectare of Amazon forest can contain 300 species of tree, more

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5. Animals

   Insects

   species than every other kind of animal put together. The world runs on insects, whether we notice

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6. Life & Biology

   Dinosaurs and Mass Extinctions

   species of them today. In the strict sense dinosaurs never went extinct. A pigeon on a windowsill

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7. Animals

   Whales and Dolphins

   species of them, and they include the largest animals ever to have lived and some of the most

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8. Animals

   Reptiles and Amphibians

   species-specific songs. Reptiles: sealed for land Reptiles made the break from water with two inventions

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9. Animals

   Birds

   species of feathered, flying, singing dinosaurs. Birds navigate by the stars, see colours we cannot and cross

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10. Animals

    Sharks

    species of shark are known. The whale shark grows to 18 metres and is the largest

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11. Plants & Fungi

    Fungi

    species live in partnership with fungi at their roots. The fungal threads wrap around or penetrate

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12. Plants & Fungi

    Carnivorous Plants

    species that catch, kill and digest animals, from gnats to the occasional frog. They are not monsters

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13. Animals

    Mammals

    species that includes the biggest animal ever to live, the only flying mammals, and us. What

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14. Planet Earth

    The Oceans

    species new to science, and estimates of how many marine species exist range from a few hundred

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15. Life & Biology

    DNA and Genes

    species, and your individual risks of disease. Its study has told us that humans are one species

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16. The Human Body

    Digestion

    species, weighing a kilogram or more. They ferment the fibre that human enzymes cannot digest, producing

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17. Planet Earth

    Rocks, Minerals and Fossils

    species that ever lived left no trace at all. Yet enough survived to tell the story

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18. Animals

    Animal Migration

    species that travel in groups, from whales to geese, the young learn the way from their

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19. Animals

    The Octopus

    species, only a year or two, learns everything alone with no parents to teach it, and dies

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