Problem statement Illegal animal poaching is a major issue in the current world which is over looked by many. One of the most promising solution to detect illegal poaching is using the mobile biological sensors (MBS). In MBS an appropriate animal is chosen and attached...
Today’s society is a complex system where no individual is the same due to the differences in ideals on various aspects in life. Wildlife must unfortunately put up with humans and their inability to realize that their lives are just as important as theirs. Elephants...
An example of the Grande Coupure was the extinction of all European primates at the Coupure: the recent discovery (Kohler and Moya-Sola 1999) of a mouse-sized early Oligocene omomyid, reflecting the better survival chances of small mammals, also helped with the Grand Coupure example. Made-to-order...
For the past 300 million years, land ecosystems on Earth have been dominated by the tetrapods: land-dwelling vertebrates with four limbs (Zimmer, n.d.). Modern examples of tetrapods include amphibians, mammals, reptiles, and birds (Hall, 2015). They first evolved from sarcopterygian fish around 400 million years...
In David Shultz’s article “Should we bring extinct species back from the dead?” he explains how scientists now have the ability to potentially de-extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth and the passenger pigeon. This article describes the three main ways in which de-extinction may...
One World, Many Languages: An Analysis of Language Extinction and the Social, Political, and Linguistic Consequences As the population of the world is getting larger, human beings are perhaps for the first time coming closer together than ever before. The advent of the internet has...
Introduction World over the loss of biodiversity has increased exponentially in recent years and according to BirdLife International (2018), around 1469 bird species are threatened with extinction. Of these 222 species are considered Critically Endangered. Biodiversity loss due to human-driven land-use changes results in loss...
Introduction Introduction: Poaching, in simpler words, is prohibited hunting which causes animals that are endangered, of being extinct. If more animals become extinct, there’s a major disturbance in the food chain that occurs, which will lead to cause more large-scale problems in our ecosystem, resulting...
Poaching and the sale of rare animals have been a major problem in Africa for many years. Today the killings continue despite tremendous efforts made by African wildlife authorities and environmental groups. Earlier this year, more than 1,200 ivory was found in tanzania and situation...
Poaching is something that has happened for years and has plagued numerous parts of the world. It has destroyed ecosystems and brought some animals close to extinction and some to extinction. This is a very major thing in Africa and is threatening lots of native...
Whaling is the term used to describe the act of killing whales to use for meat, oil, bones, and any other by products that they may provide. Whaling has been around for a long period of time. The meat was used to feed people, the...
In recent years, the concept of mass extinction events has garnered increasing attention from scientists and the public alike. Elizabeth Kolbert’s groundbreaking book, “The Sixth Extinction,” delves into the current state of our planet’s biodiversity and the looming threat of a sixth major extinction event....
Introduction Dinosaurs, the majestic creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago, have long fascinated scientists, historians, and the general public alike. The study of these ancient beings provides invaluable insights into the Earth’s prehistoric past and the evolutionary processes that have shaped life...
