Tag: ecology
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Guppies and Population Growth
In the second stream, the rapid infusion of new fish almost completely eliminated pure residents—an outcome conservationists usually hope to avoid. That result suggests “a slow trickle of immigration might be preferable,” Fitzpatrick says Genetically speaking, populations of species that are separated from one another begin to diverge fairly rapidly. In as many as eight…
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Cute and Animated
I know I’m among the rare few who really think some spiders are cute. I think all of them serve a vital ecological purpose, and try not to kill them just because I can see them (I draw the line at the bathroom and bedroom, they aren’t allowed there). Last night sitting in the backyard…