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How to use the word species in a Sentence?

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Quite a large percentage of the diversity that we found were coastal species and not the the native pelagic open ocean species that we were largely expecting to find.

– Courtesy Linsey Haram/Smithsonian Institution Haram

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I hope the photos will lead people into the wonderful worlds of these iconic species. Then, perhaps, other people will become involved in helping to create a world where wildlife can flourish for future generations to enjoy.

– Jane Goodall

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This is a very exciting finding for species conservation, you could imagine that the many ‘biobanks’ that are being established to capture genetic diversity stored for endangered species of animals. By chance, only or predominantly male cells may be conserved for some species.

– Mike McGrew

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Latin for dignity or greatness, in reference to the really spectacular nature of this spider, it’s a big, beautiful species.

– Michael Rix

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Until detailed survey work is completed, we won’t know how many remaining populations exist, but the natural range of the species is small (and) highly fragmented, and we were only able to discover one living (specimen) at the time.

– Michael Rix

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At a place like the Cincinnati Zoo, we are able to provide our servals, and every animal, with the space, exercise, mental and physical enrichment that each species needs. since he is used to being around people, we are hoping he is a strong candidate to join our ambassador program.

– Cincinnati Zoo

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As a larger species, the king penguins have eyes large and stable enough to hold the custom lenses in place so we decided to pursue this world-first procedure to further improve their vision above removing the cataract.

– Gladys Boo

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Ultimately, what Ranjith Jayasena Scientists all seek is a species that lives in the wild( and is) playing their ecological role.

– Ranjith Jayasena

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1 year ago

( The world) is losing species at a phenomenal rate, it’s really important that we save species wherever we can.

– Mark Brayshaw

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It could have been 100 years since (the species) was even in this area — and it’s been years since it’s been spotted anywhere near it. The next closest place that they’ve been found was 1,200 miles away, so very unlikely it would have traveled that far.

– Michael Skvarla

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1 year ago

Anytime that you find an insect species not in a place that you’re used to it being, that has a lot of implications for our understanding of that species — the kind of distribution it has, the kind of ecosystem that it might require to complete its lifecycle, it means something that we thought was gone, at least from the Eastern US, may still be there, and it’s just hiding in small pockets.

– Floyd Shockley

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Based on the speed of color evolution seen in hummingbirds, we calculated it would take 6 (million to) 10 million years for this drastic pink-gold color shift to evolve in a single species.

– Field Museum senior research scientist

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I looked at the bird and said to myself, ‘This thing doesn’t look like anything else.’ My first thought was, it was a new species.

– John Bates

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There’s more than one way to make magenta with iridescence, the parent species each have their own way of making magenta, which is, I think, why you can have this nonlinear or surprising outcome when you mix together those two recipes for producing a feather color.

– Field Museum senior research scientist

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They could very easily have inaccurate information and alongside accurate information, we have no more ability to discriminate between those than they did at the time, except that we now know from modern science what species actually (exist) and what’s credible or not credible.

– John McCarthy

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1 year ago

Our center is focused on developing and applying the latest reproductive biotechnology techniques like cloning, IVF, artificial insemination and embryo transfer to enhance the multiplication of different animal species of the region and also for the conservation of endangered species.

– Getty Images

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1 year ago

While some species of nonhuman primates produce technologies that assist in foraging, humans are uniquely dependent on technology for survival. But the evolutionary origins of this reliance on technology for survival is shrouded in mystery.

– Tom Plummer

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1 year ago

The idea is you have to now be able to do this with pigeon species. And that’s the big, hard part jumping from chicken species, which many labs in the world do, to other bird species, i’ve been trying for about 10 years to culture germ cells from other bird species. It’s hard.

– Mike McGrew

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I’ve been trying for about 10 years to culture germ cells from other bird species. It’s hard.

– Mike McGrew

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This technology, which works in chickens…. it would be amazing to get this to work in lots of different birds across the bird tree of life because that will be hugely impactful for avian conservation, if we find that there’s something that provides immunity against a disease that’s hurting a population, and you know what the genetic changes underlying that immunity or that ability to fight off that disease is — maybe we can use these tools to transfer that even between closely related species.

– Beth Shapiro

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1 year ago

A bunch of species all descended from the single ancestor have proliferated so there are many species now. And they’re all doing different things, for the most part, they are exploiting the environment in different ways. There are big beaks and small beaks. There are sharp beaks and dull ones.

– Dolph Schluter

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1 year ago

In the ponds, he could see that evolution was really fast. Of course, this kind of evolution does not wait for new mutations but works on the variation that is already present in the population, this has relevance, especially now, when the climate is changing. Because we need to know how species can adapt to a changing climate.

– Kerstin Johannesson

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1 year ago

No primate relative has ever been found at such extreme latitudes, they’re more usually found around the equator in tropical regions. I was able to do a phylogenetic analysis, which helped me understand how the fossils from Ellesmere Island are related to species found in midlatitudes of North America.

– Kristen Miller

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1 year ago

It is illegal for New Jersey residents to keep alligators or caimans, which are considered potentially dangerous exotic species, not only is it a danger to the public, but these animals, when kept in captivity, need very specific care that only professionals can provide.

– Monmouth County SPCA

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1 year ago

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