Essays on Zoology

The Desert tortoise is in need of protection. Their habitat is being destroyed. Their food sources are being depleted. Soon they will go extinct in the Mojave desert ecosystem. Some ways we can help the tortoises are by helping in restoration projects. We can also…

When it comes to camels, classification known as, family: Camelidae, genus: Camelus, the main two researched species are on the Bactrian camel, and the Dromedary camel, they are native to the Asian and Northern African desert regions(Funk, et al. 2018). Deserts have low rainfall and…

People often think death means sadness and desperation, but do you know death also means contribution and splendid? Whale Fall is a good example of a response to this sentence. Whale fall is a pretty word to describe the death of a whale. Their carcasses…

Have you ever imagined that one day, your skin is peeled off by the others intentionally? Actually, over the century, there has been a prevailing wind of using animal fur in the fashion industry around the globe. Hooded jackets, shoes and gloves are only a…

The horror of dog fighting is never-ending. The dogs are scared, raised on heavy chains, just far enough away from the other dogs to not get bit. The dog’s ears and tails are docked by the owner, usually in inhumane ways. Even though dog fighting…

 When asked what you’re wanting to be or do when you grow up, job-wise, what do you typically answer with? There are tons of different ranges of fields that you could choose to work in. One of the most widely ranged fields is the medical…

Do you think that Zoos should be banned? Well, I do, and here is why! Research has found that most Zoos around the world are not suitable for the animals that are kept there. Do you think it is acceptable that animals never get to…

Biodiversity contributes to human welfare and our decisions have influences on both biodiversity and ecosystems. Loss in variation of living things and vegetation has become a global issue, because it reduces nature’s ability to supply us with resources and services. I chose this topic because…

Each year, thousands of families across the globe are displaced from their homes due to extreme weather conditions. These extreme weather disasters include hurricanes, drought, floods, and tornadoes. Climate change has become a huge environmental issue throughout our society in the most recent years. As…

Imagine you have children to bear, where would you prefer to live in? Taiwan or African continents? Is the society full of humanistic atmosphere, which have central human ideology, social rules, abundant food, well medical care, all form up into a civilization atmosphere? Or the…

Imagine you are trapped in a room completely surrounded by darkness in a small compact cage. You are continuously painfully poked, prodded, and injected with new chemicals, medicines, dyes, and even cosmetic products. You haven’t seen your family in weeks and you are beginning to…

In “ I Acknowledge Mine,” Jane Goodall, the author, argues that animals are treated harshly and inhumanely while living at testing facilities. Throughout the text, Goodall provides information concerning animal testing in labratories. Goodall gives off a sense of urgency about the topic in her…

How would you feel if you were stuck in a cage? You do not have freedom; you do not have your natural habitat and live in the wild anymore and you are separated from your families. You would have an unhappy and lonely life. Why…

If you have ever thought about owning something unique, like a lion cub or tiger, maybe you should think about owning a dog instead. Hundreds of exotic animals die everyday, they are a potential health risk to humans, and many organizations are working to change…

Every sixty seconds an animal is abused which leads it to its death, and it’s all because of our selfishness and greediness. All animals have the right to live on earth as a happy creature, but when it comes to their pain and misery we…

How would you feel about being taken away from your family and forced to live in a confined area for most of your life? Unfortunately, that’s the life of most animals. These animals are subjected to inhumane acts that we see as ‘entertainment’ and enjoy…

 A veterinarian is simply a doctor who works with animals instead of humans. Veterinarians give medicine and suggestions to help prevent ailments, vets also diagnose animals with different ailments, and treat diseases and health issues in animals. Veterinarians are very well educated on animal health…

Endangered species are connected to biological sustainable ecosystems because biodiversity is life as its ecosystems, populations, species, and genes. The impacts of biodiversity Increased natural disasters and increased global warming effects. Endangered species can have a struggling ecosystem that will break down, but has impacted…

 So, you decide a puppy or kitten. Let’s take a look at several features, such as physical and personality traits, attention requirements and time. The physical properties of dogs and cats are sight, hearing, smell, fur, eye color, temperature control and personality. Puppies are blind…

Sentience is part of the sense perception that has advanced to a point of view or state of being that is understood as part of evolution. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, sentience is “ The quality of being able to experience feelings” along with a…

The disappearance of various genera (groups of taxonomic categories) of fauna from across the globe during the Pleistocene era remains a mystery for paleontologists. The Pleistocene era dates from about 2.58 million BP (before present) to about 12000 years BP and was characterized by episodes…

The use of non-human animals for the survival and benefit of humans has been a contentious issue throughout time. Non-human animals (referred to in this paper as “animals”) have been used as a food source for the human species (referred to in this paper as…

In Beyond Animal Rights, Tony Milligan is very clear in establishing his intent on investigating the basis of humanity’s current connection and relationship with animals. Humans have pets for personal pleasures and entertainment, wish no harm upon them yet the majority, will comfortably consume meat…

Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.'(PETA, 1980). PETA is a very well known animal rights activist organization. Their movement sounds great, ending animal abuse, I think we can all agree about that. However,…

Researchers have long focused on how the biotic factors, rather than abiotic factors, impact small mammal population dynamics. This study focuses on how the abiotic factors (e.g., climatic variation) impact small mammal population densities in southeastern Ontario. I analyzed a long-term (1964-2013) live-trapping dataset from…

Marine mammals are major consumers of production at most trophic levels. Larger marine mammals such as polar bears, killer whales, etc. are thought to have a major influence on the structure and function of some communities. All marine mammals influence their ecosystem in some way….

Human beings continue to go to zoos, wearing leather, and eating meat which involve killing of animals and extinct of animals. Human beings even kill animals to enjoy themselves. 17 to 70 million animals are tortured and killed every year in U.S. laboratories. Animals have…

Background, Rationale, and Hypothesis With approximately 6.9 billion subscriptions globally, mobile phone devices such as smartphones can be found nearly anywhere across the globe. Due to the multipurpose use of such devices this market will continue to flourish as we advance into the 21st century….

For the last 50 years, honey bee hives have increased by 45%, but in some parts, mostly in Europe and North America, their numbers have been declining. During the same 50-year period, non-animal pollinated crop production has doubled, whilst animal pollinated crop production has increased…

Whale shark is a shark in family whale sharks. There is only one species. It is the largest fish in the world. The surface scattering spot and the crisscross light band. The nostrils are located on both sides of the upper lip and appear in…

The dog has the same meanings as most mammals, especially humans. What distinguishes us from the dog are the proportions between the use of the different senses. Man is mostly an animal of sight, while the dog perceives the world rather via the sense of…

The“Earth is warming, whether it is due to the Earth’s natural cycle or human carbon emissions is up for debate but climate change is affecting Arctic life and that includes polar bears. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world…

Animals Rights is a “live free from [usage of] medical research, hunting, and other services to humans” (google dictionary). One of the most major problems that are associated with animals is dog fighting. Matt Bershadker, creator of the ASPCA President & CEO in American Society…

As a child, I always visited zoos, national parks, and nature conservation sites. I was always so fascinated by the beauty of nature but more importantly, the animals that inhabit these remote areas. But as I grow up, more and more animals, specifically predators, are…

A cute little tiger cub is drinking water from the river with its mother, and then BAM! a cute little bullet pierces the tigers’ brains and leaves it lying by the river, dead. Oh, the inhumanity! This inhumane and illegal act of killing animals is…

Introduction The term zoo is a common abbreviation for “zoological garden”, an establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or garden, not just for concerned with entertainment, but also with conservation, education, and scientific research. Today, zoos open to the…

Can you imagine that you are forced to live in a cage for your lifetime? What would it be? Are you willing to live this kind of life? Animals preservation is a popular issue nowadays. As human consciousness of every kind of rights gradually increases,…

The use of animals in research has become a hot topic these days having people debating whether it is ethical or not. However, the use of animals for research is nothing new. Physicians in ancient Greece dissected animals for anatomical studies, as using humans was…

In Jane Goodall’s essay, “I Acknowledge Mine,” she argues that it is inhumane to test products on animals. Goodall travels to a research facility and sees animals being cruelly kept in miserable conditions for animal experimentation. Goodall’s purpose in writing the text is to educate…

For this year’s Research Report, I had decided to look into the issue of tribal whaling, under the topic – Human and other species. The allowance of tribal whaling has been repeatedly questioned across nations and cultures. The Makah has been hunting whales for at…

Introduction Cognition is the understanding and development of mental processes through senses and experiences to obtain knowledge. The areas of cognition in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) I will be exploring are: long term memory, attention and sensory perception. Early interest in bottlenose dolphin cognition arose…

Found among the islands of Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao, the Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi lives as one of the largest and most powerful among forest raptors in the world. The bird of prey is equipped with a massive narrow-arched bill and large black claws,…

There are thirty-four kinds of whales in the world which can be broken down into two categories: baleen whales and toothed whales. The right whale (baleen) was probably one of the first whales that were really highly sought after. This was because they swam close…

It is evident that whaling and whale watching cannot co-exist. Whaling has no clear impact on fish stocks and has proven to be unprofitable and harmful of Iceland’s otherwise global image. The League of Nations raised concerns about the excessive killing of the whale stocks…

Rats have an boastful scent. We use the rat poison, which is present in many preferred stores. We all know that rats are taken into consideration as frustrating pests for humans. They cause variety of diseases along with Leptospirosis, plague, and many varieties of infections….

The scientific name Haliaeetus leucocephalus. The status is in 1995 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service officially down listed the bald eagle from “Endangered” to “Threatened” in the lower 48 states including West Virginia. The first documented bald eagle nest in West Virginia was…

Are you a cat person or a dog person? There has always been a debate for both sides. No matter what side anyone takes there will always be a debate about cats vs dogs. There are many good and bad parts of both cats and…

The Chernobyl catastrophe inside the center from Pripyat, Ukraine nearly three decades ago that gravest nucleate collision in the memory. It has not just suffered the souls breathing in Chernobyl but also animals are compensated. This dangerous blast polluted and destroyed each environment. After this…

Nutrition for children is not only a parents’ concern but also of society and invested in a comprehensive way with the best. Cow’s milk is considered as nutriment having various positive impacts on improving health, especially in height of the kids. However, there are many…

If the right definition for the term “Intelligence” would be “the ability to acquire and remember information and the capability to use them while solving different problems”, then the cat is definitely the most intelligent animal from all those surrounding us. Try to put an…

Many species can communicate with one another although they have very distinct means of communication. Communication has often been used as a characteristic to define what makes us human (Fröhlich, Kuchenbuch, Müller, Fruth, Furuichi, Wittig, Pika, 2016). There are many ways of communicating with an…

Chimpanzees are known for their insight. Out of the considerable number of creatures researcher accept that the chimpanzees are by a long shot the most astute. They can learn words, play with things, comprehend astounds, and even express feelings equivalent to people do. Things being…

Their are so many animals on this planet called earth. Some are exactly the same or different in their own ways. What makes them different could depend on the environment they live in and what type of species there are. There’s a lot of adaptations…

I am researching about two species in Ontario, one is a native species that is at risk and the other one is a non native species that is invasive. I will be exploring the factors that caused the species to be extinct and how the…

The reason for the research into Barn Owl pellets is because we did not know much about them, and we wanted to learn more. The amount of research already out there was pretty good, but there could be more. One piece of information I could…

Where the Animals Can be Found & the Habitat in Which It Lives Black Rhinos were once found around the majority of Africa. By the end of the 1960s, they had disappeared or mostly disappeared from a number of countries and towards the end of…

Introduction Background Rhesus macaque is distributed in some Asian countries like Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh, and china with in the west (Roonwal and Mohnot, 1977). It is most frequently unbroken in zoos even in smallest Zoological gardens. Macaquemonkeys’ square measure considered cuss species…

We take many good things in our life for granted and only realize the significance of them when they are gone. I still remember that day, a lovely fall day, with a clear sky and bright sun, and seemed that nothing can interrupt its tranquility…

Introduction There is kind of voice that become stronger and stronger, which is we should not cost any more money on protection on pandas. The reason is obvious: even if there is no influence by the human, pandas would go to extinction itself. The Difficulty…

Introduction I choose this topic about the Conserving panda in china because there only about 1600 pandas around the world, because of in the southwestern part of china are separated, causing panda to spread in patches, there cannot come to exchange DNA and another reason…

The Bottlenose Dolphin is a species of dolphin and is part of the kingdom animalia, they are vertebrates because they have backbones, they are multicellular, and depend on respiration for energy. They are in the phylum Chordata because they have a backbone, they belong to…

Introduction Tursiops truncatus also known as the Bottlenose dolphin is the most studied and well-known species of the marine mammal species. They belong to the Delphinidae family in the suborder Odontoceti and order Cetacea. The Bottlenose dolphin has many impressive attributes that makes them one…

Introduction Zalophus californianus, more commonly known as the California Sea Lions, and Tursiops truncates, or the common Bottlenose Dolphins are marine mammals that share various characteristics with one another. Zalophus Californianus Zalophus californianus are one of the six species of sea lions that can be…

Geographical Range and Habitat Red pandas live mostly in Asia in the Eastern Himalayas like: China, Bhutan, Burma and Nepal. Red pandas live in the forest, where there’s water, fallen logs, and bamboo. The reason why they need the bamboo is because they mostly make…

Introduction Climate change is our reality and the effects will be catastrophic for our planet’s future if drastic action is not taken. I believe tough decisions need to be made that may indeed cause much debate on our moral, emotional and ethical standards. Professor Wilson’s…

Introduction Cognition is the understanding and development of mental processes through senses and experiences to obtain knowledge. The areas of cognition in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) I will be exploring are: long term memory, attention and sensory perception. Early interest in bottlenose dolphin cognition arose…

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe is a morbid story about the change the narrator undergoes and the gruesome and disturbing nature of his behaviors. Through the narrator’s development in the story, his behavior can be investigated by using an aspect Sigmund Freud’s theory…

Introduction In this essay I will talk about how the methane affect pollution and specially from cows. Some people affirm that the cows cause more pollution than cars. So I will provide arguments and figure that can demonstrate it. Do Cows Pollute as much as…

If you have decided to live with this wonderful pet; Congratulations!!! Now you will need a small trousseau to be happy. A cat is not a decision that can be taken lightly. This pet is a living being that requires some care and a series…

If a person works in the agricultural field they are most likely going to know who Temple Grandin is, she is revered as a visionary by many. Temple not only has first-hand experience of working with animals but she also has a Ph.D. and teaches…

Have you ever been abandoned when you were just hours old? Have you ever come into the world unwanted and not understood from the person that gave you life. Then left defenseless to survive the cold night alone and unloved. I don’t and I hope…

The San Diego Zoo is an amusement park that has many displays of endangered animals or some that are cool. The San Diego Zoo is one of the most visited tourist sites in San Diego and is the #1 rated zoo worldwide. More than 175…

Due to a lack of traveling, I decided to use the San Diego online zoo cam to fulfill this assignment. Based on my experiences in the past with animals that I’ve gotten the chance to observe and what the zoo website offered, I picked to…

Zoo’s all around the world are seen as a great adventure to take kids to enjoy the outdoors seeing animals. It might be a great opportunity to see all different kinds of animals but people that go have no idea what it makes the animals…

Introduction and Brief Analysis It appears that nowadays, with the growth of social media allowing us to express our opinions freely, there has consequently been a significant increase in the amount of controversial questions being asked. These questions make us question the world around us…

Animal Factory Farming Animal factory farming of chickens is a rapidly growing global problem. In the US alone an estimated 9 billion are consumed yearly. To put that into perspective our planet is estimated to have 7.7 billion people, so right now we are eating…

Captive elephant management is a highly controversial issue, currently reaching a critical juncture in Europe and the U.S.A. Elephants are a notoriously difficult species to maintain in zoos, and this, coupled with several recent high profile cases in the U.K and abroad, have brought to…

Birds are a good organism to analyze when looking at the world’s crisis of biodiversity because birds can virtually be found anywhere around the world and live in almost every environment. Also, birds have been studied for a long time and they are very well…

Introduction Amidst a change in food demand patterns in emerging economies such as China and India leading to an increase in the consumption of fish (Gandhi and Zhou 2014) hand in hand with growing concerns on feeding World population and climate change, not only supply…

Background The majority of penguins are populated in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica, however, not all penguins are found in cold climates. Several species can be found in the temperate zone and one species in particular is located in the northern hemisphere near the…