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species

[spee-sheez, -seez] / ˈspi ʃiz, -siz /


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Advocates hope this recognition from SB 765 will raise awareness about the threatened species, which is found in the Central Valley and has experienced large-scale habitat destruction due to urban and agricultural development.

From Los Angeles Times

Scientists have now identified those bones as a brand new species called Paradoxophidion richardoweni, and it could help explain where today's most "advanced" snakes came from.

From Science Daily

Previous research has shown that MPs DOM can produce reactive oxygen species, influence the formation of disinfection byproducts, and alter how pollutants attach to particles in water.

From Science Daily

On Earth, regions shaped by large river systems are some of the richest ecosystems on the planet -- the Amazon River basin alone supports tens of thousands of known species.

From Science Daily

Each notch upward translates into more extreme weather, more crop failures, more extinct species and more human deaths.

From Salon