Word: speciesism
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In 1859 Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” almost single-handedly creating the foundation of modern evolutionary theory. His key insight was that populations competing for limited resources change over successive generations through the mechanism of natural selection. Individuals have a vested...
It's enough to make you tremble, but are things really so bad? In the new and burgeoning field of obesity research, there was nothing unusual about Booth's address last month. In Australia and New Zealand, as in many Western countries, to open a newspaper or switch on the...
1,844 Dinosaur species that ever existed, as estimated by a University of Pennsylvania paleontologist and a Swarthmore statistician
527 Number of dinosaur species that have been discovered so far
Other wildlife conservation groups and experts were quick to pay tribute to Irwin. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hailed him as a "modern-day Noah." Said RSPCA Queensland chief executive Mark Townend: "His loss will be felt by animal lovers not just in Australia, but...