The Mighty Jungle - Paul A. Lynch

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Résumé :
Animal diversity goes far beyond dogs, cats and people. That's a lot more than The Zoo or even the Discovery Channel. Movies only show the big, impressive ones, like man-eating tigers and man-eating sharks. It's a shame, because the monsters in the movies don't come close to the real thing. Dogs hold the record for the most diverse land mammals in the world, says Elaine Ostrander, a geneticist who studies dogs at the National Institutes of Health. The largest dog is 40 times larger than the smallest dog. They have different coats, head shapes, muzzles and demeanor. Ostrander's work revealed the DNA differences that make this variability possible. Human alteration of the environment&mdash...

Biographie:
has both negative and positive effects on wildlife. For example, "...

Sommaire:
through agriculture, urbanization, deforestation, pollution, climate change, and more&mdash...