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Scientific Exploration During Voyages of Discovery
The age of exploration developed from scientific discoveries that took place in England’s two great universities, Cambridge and Oxford. In the...
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A Brief History of Plankton Discovery
The study of plankton, both multicellular and unicellular, has a rich history dating back to Aristotle, with visual documentation beginning in the...
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Fifty Years Later—The Legacy of Alfred Crosby’s “The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492”
Fifty Years Later—The Legacy of Alfred Crosby’s “The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492.” It has been 50 years since...
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Virtual reality in biology: could we become virtual naturalists?
The technological revolution of past decades has led teaching and learning of evolutionary biology to move away from its naturalist origins. As a...
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The Origins of Cricket in Australia
A starting point for any historical, or quasihistorical, study of cricket in Australia that uses economic analysis is to identify the reasons behind...
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Marine debris facilitates the long-distance dispersal of fish species
Drifting marine debris has been shown to host associated biological communities and facilitate their dispersal. Little is known about how biota...
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What Is Nature for Us?
This chapter deals with the core content of “nature” from the perspective of nature conservation as well as different conservationist perspectives on...
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A review of current knowledge on reproductive and larval processes of deep-sea corals
The presence of corals living in deep waters around the globe has been documented in various publications since the late 1800s, when the first...
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New voyages to explore the natural product galaxy
Natural products are a large family of diverse and complex chemical molecules that have roles in both primary and secondary metabolism, and over...
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Non-native herpetofauna of Aruba island (Caribbean): patterns and insights
Islands harbor a significant proportion of global biodiversity and also have disproportionately high richness of introduced species relative to...
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Human-mediated migration of plants, their pathogens and parasites
The adoption of agriculture in several parts of the world during the early Neolithic period led to a fundamental change in human migration. By...
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Humanity and the Oceans: A Relationship Through the Ages
The relationship between humankind and the oceans is possibly much older than most of us think. We have been taught that hominids diverged from the...
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Historical Background of Cuban Land Cover Change
This chapter introduces the concepts of landscape change, what defines a landscape, and how Cuba’s land use practices have changed over time. Here...
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Uncoupled: investigating the lack of correlation between the transcription of putative plastic-degrading genes in the global ocean microbiome and marine plastic pollution
BackgroundPlastic pollution is a severe threat to marine ecosystems. While some microbial enzymes can degrade certain plastics, the ability of the...
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Darwin Under Suspicion: The Representation of Darwinism in the Newspaper ABC (1909–1982)
Since its introduction in Spain, Darwinism has been a source of controversy between the most liberal and conservative sectors of society, according...
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Tropical seamounts as step**-stones for coral reef fishes: range extensions and new regional distributions from mesophotic ecosystems in the Coral Sea, Australia
Seamounts and remote oceanic islands serve as valuable natural laboratories in which to study patterns and processes in marine biodiversity. A...
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Mountain Studies and Research in the Eighteenth Century: The Contributions of Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt to the Study of Mountains
At several meetings of the High Mountain Commission of the International Geographic Union (IGU), the recurrence of a simplified historical vision of...
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Blessings of Medicinal Plants—History and Prospects
Medicinal and aromatic plants have sustained the life of human and animals, alleviated ailments, improved quality of life. The history of...
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Capsicums and Chilies: An Introduction
The present chapter introduces capsicums and chilies, the most important and the most universal of the spices, and the most common spice used in...