Sentences with phrase «like animal habitats»

Each book teaches something, too, like animal habitats, clothing, grooming, sports, body parts, and more.

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Even granting something like the teleological order I have asserted, however, some may doubt that this formulation adequately states our responsibilities to our natural habitat, especially responsibilities to the diversity of species in the nonhuman world and to individual animals, at least within species whose members exhibit the capacity to suffer.

The other half supports Earth Rangers» School Outreach program which educates and empowers kids just like Winter, to take action to protect endangered animals and their habitats.

Use the illustrations to show your child what the animal's habitat might look like.

Organizations like Shedd Aquarium are pivotal when it comes to inspiring guests to care for animals and habitats in every corner of the Earth.

The changes shown through 2050 could lead to lost habitat, the isolation of some species and the rise of «dispersal barriers» — like a wall of new development that prevents plants and animals from migrating.

But he adds that future studies should take into account additional variables such as whether the animals are active at day or night and what the species's habitat is like.

We would like to contact Aprile Pazzo as soon as possible to receive from her a full description of the animal's habitat, food, and recreational needs.

The authors suggest that human activity may even be driving a similar Lilliput - like pattern in the modern world, as more and more large animals go extinct because of hunting, habitat destruction, and climate change.

The researchers looked at past associations between the threat of extinction and the ecological traits like species habitat zone, and examined the same associations in modern marine animals.

He says the finding demonstrates the role that large mammals like elephants play as «ecosystem engineers» providing resources and habitat to much smaller animals.

Tuatara, like many native New Zealand animals, were threatened by habitat loss, harvesting, and introduced species such as mustelids and rats.

In the 4FRI treatment zone, they provide habitat for species like the endangered Mexican spotted owl, mule deer and other animals that depend on a thick canopy to survive.

You can think of these properties as being like an animals» habitat and appearance.

Overfishing, pollution, climate change and destruction of habitats like coral reefs are all putting our seas in trouble but academics fear the risk is not being taken as seriously as concerns for the loss of animals and plants which live on land.

Animals like the mammoths, which adapted to live in steppe habitats, prevent tree growth and turn and stomp topsoil, exposing the earth underneath to the cold winds of the region, thereby lowering the ground temperature and preserving the underlying permafrost (and the potent greenhouse gas methane locked within it).

«Ice - free areas make for small patches of suitable habitat for plants and animals — like islands in a sea of ice,» she said.

The major threats to its survival in the wild are habitat loss, invasive animals like pigs and rats, and diseases.

But for other species, like the black salamander, a changing climate produces new pockets of habitat to the north, but they don't ever overlap the salamander's current or future range in the San Francisco Bay Area, leaving the animals stranded.

The scientists said drilling on the coastal plain would be particularly harmful because it contains a «unique compression» of habitats supporting animals like polar bears, grizzly bears, wolverines, representing «the greatest wildlife diversity of any protected area above the Arctic Circle.»

While habitat destruction has caused some extinctions, cats, foxes, and rats introduced around 1800 by British sailors have also played a major role, decimating native animals like bilbies and bandicoots — both small, ratlike marsupials found only in Australia.

Throughout history, pirates and whalers have fed on the animals, and introduced pest species like goats to the islands, destroying the tortoises» habitat.

I am an animal and habitat conservationist, and we need more people like you taking serious action for these precious big cats.

I know almost everybody who lives in snow leopard habitat, seems they know me, so it is quite easy to work together on conservation of beautiful, quiet, kind animal like snow leopard».

These magnificent animals are facing unprecedented threats as a warming climate and loss of their sea ice habitat make it more difficult for the bears to hunt prey like seals and find dens for their cubs.

And with all the palm products on the market now, are animals, like chimps, losing their habitats in order to satisfy our collective sweet tooth or is palm farming (sugar, flour, oil) helping the animals?

Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it's a melting pot where animals from every environment live together — a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything.

Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it's a melting pot where animals from every environment live together — a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you -LSB-...]

An informative piece of writing, like an ABC book on animal habitats or a step - by - step guide that describes a science experiment, can also benefit from the multimedia features available in a digital storytelling tool.

They discussed what the habitat looked like, what animals were getting ready to do, and why fall is such a busy time.

It's more about how do the animals adapt, and what do the habitats look like in the wintertime.»

Following on from the Humanities objectives, I went on to cover an animals and habitats unit in Science and seaside Art based on Alfred Wallis; please feel free to contact me if you would like the resources and planning for these.

Woodbridge is home to Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge that is a natural habitat for various forms or animal — like osprey and bald eagle — and plant life.

«If you have exotic animals, like snakes, that need a special heated habitat, make sure you have an emergency backup for it — especially if you lose power, which often happens in disasters,» she advises.

Although rats and mice are burrowing animals, they also like to climb, so their habitats should allow them to do so.

Wild bird populations, like many wild animal populations, are under extreme pressure worldwide, mostly from human practices and habitat destruction.

Food, Water and Shelter - Like all animals, barn cats have habitat requirements that include food, water and shelter.

Just like Aquapaw is attempting to make a splash in the at - home grooming sector at this year's Global Pet Expo, MidWest Homes for Pets (Booth # 2825) is hoping to do the same for pet habitats — delving further into the «small» small animal space.

Campers will participate in daily arts - and - crafts projects, and work on animal projects like creating habitats for feral cats and making bird houses and pet enrichment toys.

Since there is no coast in this district and very little large - scale development, you will also find animals like crocodiles, monkeys and bats living in their undisturbed natural habitats.

As Aquanauts - in - training, participants will explore fresh water and marine habitats, scientific research, how animals thrive in extreme environments, and even catch a glimpse into what it's like to have a career in aquatic and marine sciences.

The next part of the tour will take you on a short trip to the Belize Zoo, «the best little zoo in the world» Here is the best place to see native animals of Belize in their natural habitats, and it really doesn't feel like a zoo at all.

The whales and dolphins are visible from Moonstone Beach but if you would like to get a little closer, Sea Life Studies Whale Watching Trips take you out into the migratory paths of these magnificent animals to unobtrusively observe them in their natural habitat.

It is a good habitat for wild animal like monkeys, bat and bird.

This reef was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its enormous size and the habitat it provides for endangered animals like sea turtles, manatees, and crocodiles.

Like the animals they encounter, migrating through rural, suburban, and urban areas, the Tush Hogs remain in a state of constant adaptation as they search for a more hospitable habitat.

The other beaches are habitat for the endangered and threatened species of the atoll who need some space away from humans, so they are cleaned only when clear of animals like Hawaiian monk seals and Green sea turtles.

Using examples of citizen science projects like Project Budburst, Journey North, and Frogwatch, the authors show that kids have already helped to observe and record how plants and animals change their habitats or behaviors as the climate changes.

• reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens; • offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops; • saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter; • conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources; • preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats; • mitigating the ever - expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on.

That old phrase tossed out by parents at fearful children about spiders, «They're more afraid of you than you are of them,» has never been more true, at least according to researchers from the King Juan Carlos University (URJC) who have found that spiders, like many other animal species, are suffering from habitat loss and human encroachment.