Strong and delicate material of nature

In a stable ecosystem, niches are usually so distributed, that species hardly compete with each other. The niches define the role of individual species in the biocenosis and overlap only to a small extent. …

Ecological

The modern naturalist pays special attention to this, how the characteristics of an organism adapt it to life in a specific environment. He is watching, what happens in the biocenosis, community of all living organisms, living in a given area, np. coral reef or forest, …

Modern natural research.

Knowledge about life, in the image of a giant puzzle, slowly creates an increasingly coherent image of the world around us. Ancient Chinese and Greeks, such as Aristotle, played a significant role in solving this puzzle; among modern researchers, the following should be mentioned. Linnaeus, Darwin …

Evolution - the key to understanding nature.

It was at this time that a young English naturalist, Karol Darwin, he was offered a research trip around the world on the Beagle. This journey turned out to be fruitful not only for himself, but also for …

New horizons of natural sciences

Thanks to the development of technology in the Renaissance and the work of Galileo at the beginning of the 17th century,. naturalists received two wonderful optical instruments: microscope and telescope. These devices made it possible to move from guesswork to a scientific study of the world. Bestiaries and herbaria began …

Former naturalists

From the earliest times, people have been interested in the creatures inhabiting the world around them. The first naturalists were already primitive people, for which other animals constituted a food source or a potential threat. So they watched them for practical reasons, after that, to survive. Do …

How I Became a Naturalist?

Curiosity about the world is inherent in every living thing. To find out about it, it is enough to observe the infant or any young animal for a while. It explores its surroundings and learns it with all its senses: eyesight, hearing, taste, …