Ecology
What is Ecology?
What is Ecology?
Organisms have features (limbs, shapes, metabolisms, etc.) that make them more or less equipped to survive in particular environments. Ecology is a branch of biology that studies the relationship between organisms and their surroundings.
Organisms have features (limbs, shapes, metabolisms, etc.) that make them more or less equipped to survive in particular environments. Ecology is a branch of biology that studies the relationship between organisms and their surroundings.
Darwinism
Darwinism
Natural Selection
Natural Selection
Darwin, evolutions and natural selection (Khan Academy article)
human-aided selection example (article)
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands
Darwin's finches (video)
beaks and evolution (image)
Speciation
Speciation
overview (Nature article)
overview (Amoeba Sisters video)
Genetic drift
Genetic drift
overview (Khan Academy article)
Bottleneck effect
Bottleneck effect
cheetah example (NatGeo article)
Founder effect
Founder effect
example and overview (PBS article)
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences
overview (video)
renewable resources
renewable resources
renewable vs nonrenewable resources (video)
sources of energy (PBS video series)
More Suggested Reading/Videos
More Suggested Reading/Videos
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (amazon used <$10)
Four Fish by Paul Greenberg (amazon used <$5)
The Biology of Skin (HHMI video)