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How Do Natural Ecosystems Work?
‘Natural ecosystems are “balanced” systems. This means the interactions between the different organisms that make up the ecosystem contribute to a certain stability. For example, in grassland ecosystems, herbivores consume grass, but also feed the soil with their droppings, which allows the grass to grow back and allows…
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Links Between Ecosystems and Human Activities
‘We’ve managed to control fire, practice agriculture, and build transportation vehicles. We’ve built factories, dams, solar panels and we’re constantly finding new ways of exploring space. Still, the human race’s thirst to use, modify and transform natural ecosystems seems endless. For instance, when we transform a plain…
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Why Is Preserving Ecosystems Important?
‘Like all other living beings, humans are dependant on natural ecosystem services to survive. We need it to get the food we eat, the water we drink and to transform raw materials into our everyday products. So, in order to keep our living conditions, it’s truly important that we preserve natural ecosystems. For example,…
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WILDLIFE FUNDAMENTALS
‘As humans, we’ve been watching, admiring, studying, cataloging, hunting, and capturing wildlife since time immemorial, and our relationship to all of the species we share this planet with is complicated, to say the least. Some wild animals are seen very differently from the animals we farm for food, and the animals we…
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Changes occurring in wildlife
‘CLIMATE CHANGE & WILDLIFE - We are living in perilous times. In some ways, exotic companion animals are shielded from an even worse fate, which is also wrought by humans: climate change. We know that climate change has an effect on wild animals and endangered species – many of us are still imprinted with images of polar…
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Meet the animals we farm for food
‘Food production kills billions of animals each year. That’s more than all other forms of animal use combined. Millions more farmed animals suffer in cruel confinement. Humans consume some amazing animals. Fishes have great memories. Chickens think about their future. Pigs can play video games. And cows love to jump and…
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Meet the animals we call our companions
‘By most estimates, we’ve been living in close proximity to companion animals for tens of thousands of years. Cats, dogs, and other companion animals share our homes, and often our broader environments, and exist in a very special category: unlike farmed animals, whom we breed simply to consume, and research animals, whom…
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What is habitat destruction?
Tiffi has to take a break to get some tissues. The tears are now running down her face. While she’s up she grabs a few fishies to eat. Now back to the googling. ‘Habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species. The world's forests, swamps, plains, lakes, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for…
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9 species facing extinction due to habitat loss
‘Now more than ever, we need to implement conscious choices in our everyday lives that protect our wildlife, especially the animals in extreme danger and in need of the most assistance. Indian Elephant - Indian elephants are the first species on our endangered list due to habitat loss. Elephants are not only seen as a…
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More wildlife species facing extinction!
‘Black Rhinoceros - The black rhinoceros is a rare species located in Africa and is also another animal facing extinction and listed as critically endangered. With around 5,600 black rhinoceros left on earth, poaching remains their biggest threat. The horns of one of the oldest groups of mammals on earth are a top demand…
