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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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Topics

habitat loss open habitat biomass endemism closed habitat zonation microhabitat carrying capacity tundra desert population ecological disturbance ecological resilience trophic cascade biogeochemical cycle mesopredator release community ecotone detritus boundary ecosystem

Key People

Charles Elton

English biologist

Quiz

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems