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A roadside view while driving in the mountains of Costa Rica.80

Traveling To Costa Rica

The country of Costa Rica is a beautiful and interesting tourist destination, especially for eco-tourism. From the beaches to the mountains, Costa Rica is one of the best places to visit in Central America.

9 comments    travel costa rica san jose
THE LARGE FLOWERS OF THE EVENING PRIMROSE ADORN MANY A BLEAK AREA. picture by Tarquin.70

ALIENS HAVE LANDED

Aliens have landed, literally, they have parachuted in to many parts of the country. They have jumped over garden walls, they have drifted along our waterways, they have followed trains along their tracks,...

7 comments    biodiversity alien species
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Jewels That Smell Like Flowers

Cosmo Sunshine This tropical haven, which ranks 5th in biodiversity among the world’s islands, is home to many plant species found nowhere else in the world. The fact that the island emerged from the ocean...

0 comments    flowers flower caribbean
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Revealing the Daily Destruction of the World's Tropical Rainforests

Photo courtesy: Getty Images The tropical Amazon rainforest is often referred to as “the lungs of the Earth”; but, the truth is that any forest can lay claim to that title. Forests are crucial for...

1 comment    deforestation financial prosperity
Talks between China and the US have bogged down the COP-15 conference in Copenhagen, proving once again America's inability to lead in conservation of biodiversity.68

Disaster checklist

Talks between China and the US have bogged down the COP-15 conference in Copenhagen, proving once again America's inability to lead in conservation of biodiversity. With the Copenhagen COP-15 negotiations in...

0 comments    water demand nightmare world
Monarch Caterpillar, by j/f/photos57

Book Review: "Bringing Nature Home"

Last night, my mother and I attended a very enjoyable lecture by Douglas W. Tallamy, a professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. We immediately bought his book, Bringing...

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The Marsh and how it works

The Marsh and how it works (This was written as college paper on Ecosystem relationships and it may be used as such) All ecosystems function with the processes of production, decomposition,...

2 comments    coastal cycle decomposition
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AfRICA - Land of Savagery and Wonder

"I bless the rains down in Africa." Excerpt from "Africa" lyric by TOTO

43 comments    people africa wildlife
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Explore Nicaragua’s Ecological and Biodiversity

Nicaragua is home to a rich and diverse set of geometrics, biodiversity and a stunning array of plants and animals. Nicaragua is one of the largest of the Latin American countries and is filled with 7...

0 comments    travel animals environment
It was common to catch fish as big as people in the 1950s Florida.75

We Are Living Through An Extinction Event Which Dwarfs The Dinosaur Die-Off

It was common to catch fish as big as people in the 1950s Florida.  The ten-year Census of Marine Life has shown that since humans began large scale ocean fishing approximately a thousand years ago, we have...

4 comments    hubchallenge fish biology
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