Search results
|
|
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #101.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Australian Shepherd (9749 bytes)
52: ...often excels at [[dog sports]] such as [[disc dog|frisbee]] and [[dog agility]].
57: ...sen primarily for their working ability have more variation in their appearance; for example, they might have...
60: Reflecting the great variation that still exists in the breed, an Aussie can sta...
63: ...ht appear to be hyperactivity in the house around fragile furnishings or involve the destruction of ya...
67: ...he [[Pyrenees Mountains]] between [[Spain]] and [[France]]. - Belgian Shepherd Dog (5744 bytes)
13: ...in some countries, this is merely a Malinois coat variation but the AKC again considers it to be an invalid a...
24: ...[herding breed]]s, they need a job to do (be it [[frisbee]] in the park, [[herding]], learning [[trick... - Dog (69384 bytes)
17: ...]s, and [[brown]]s also occurring in a tremendous variation of patterns. Dogs, like humans, are highly [[soci...
19: ...at they have earned the [[sobriquet]] "man's best friend".
23: ...usceptible to many of the metabolic ills stemming from overconsumption of such foods that civilization...
33: Modern [[dog breed]]s show more variation in size, appearance, and behavior than any other ...
35: ... their rear legs are fairly rigid and sturdy; the front legs are loose and flexible, with only muscle ... - English Cocker Spaniel (3291 bytes)
49: ... breeds, and working-line Cockers today show less variation than in the past. - Dobermann (9580 bytes)
57: ...y referred to as ''black'', while the most common variation, due to one gene's being [[recessive]], produces ...
61: ...[[mutation]], which prevents its pigment proteins from being manufactured, regardless of the [[genotyp...
66: ...currence of 'broken tail'. Broken tail may range from the actual tail bones being broken to the more ...
75: ...listers caused by damage to the ear tips commonly from hard shaking of the head).
80: ...yped role as such in [[movies]], many people are afraid of Dobermanns. However, Dobermanns are in gene... - Ibizan Hound (4413 bytes)
56: ...ay range in height from 24 to 29 inches and weigh from 45 to 60 pounds. The breed has a pronounced se...
61: ...o [[Dr. Elaine Ostrander]], a geneticist at the [[Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center]] and [[Unive...
62: ...ue, Dr. Leonid Kruglyak, "they have found genetic variations that allow them to distinguish among 85 dog bree...
64: ... it will have," asserts Ostrander. "There is huge variation in behavior between dogs within breeds." The res... - Mackenzie River husky (2191 bytes)
1: ...gy, deep-chested and long-legged, built for heavy freighting in single file through deep snow. Their c...
3: ... River? dogs by outsiders; crosses of these local freighting huskies with large [[Europe]]an breeds su...
5: ...escribes the gene pool as capable of considerable variation, but states that the temperament is always guaran... - Mixed-breed dog (14915 bytes)
3: ...er]] for an example. Further, except for extreme variations in size, dogs breed without concern for genetic ...
7: ...nd ''mongrel'' are often used for dogs who result from breeding without the supervision or planning of...
11: ...ously—by an invented breed name constructed from parts of their parents' breed names. For exampl...
19: ...reeds are often a light-to-medium brown or black, frequently with a white chest and other white markin...
24: ...ser to the genetic norm. Dogs that are descended from many generations of mixes are typically light b... - Newfoundland (dog) (4428 bytes)
46: ...d; others consider it simply a Newfoundland color variation. - Tenterfield Terrier (4541 bytes)
31: ...e. It is generally believed that smaller puppies from the litters of Fox Terriers were crossed with t...
36: ...d of the Tenterfield Terrier differs in substance from that of the Miniature Fox Terrier, and although...
41: ...riation in the types of dog seen in the show ring from state to state. These differences are small an... - Yorkshire Terrier (5765 bytes)
48: ...ust either be trimmed short or washed and brushed frequently.
51: ...terms of personality. Though personalities differ from dog to dog generally Yorkies are Intelligent, I... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
1: ...866]] by the German biologist, [[Ernst Haeckel]], from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''oikos'' meaning ...
4: ...rganisms can be studied at many different levels, from [[proteins]] and [[nucleic acid]]s (in [[bioche...
17: ...major sub-disciplines include (in a nested series from the smallest to the largest in scope):
30: or from the perspective of the studied [[biomes]]:
45: ...is only the very thin surface layer which extends from 11,000 meters below sea level to 15,000 meters ... - Bast (goddess) (4923 bytes)
3: Later scribes sometimes named her '''Bastet''', a variation on ''Bast'' consisting of an additional [[feminin...
8: ...golden jewelery to wear, and being allowed to eat from the same plates as their owners. Consequently, ... - Octopus (12952 bytes)
17: ...ocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from [[moray eel|moray]]s or other predating fish. T...
19: ...g ([[chromatophore]]s) and light reflection and refraction ([[iridophore]]s and [[leucophore]]s). The...
21: ... species). The female hangs these eggs in strings from the ceiling of her lair. After the eggs hatch, ...
33: ...terns. They are able to open jars after learning from observation [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
41: ...ject it is handling. It can detect local texture variations, but cannot integrate the information into a lar... - Frog (6440 bytes)
2: ...lies include both "frogs" and "toads". The [[true frog]]s are the Ranidae and the [[true toad]]s are t...
6: ... true frogs, or vertical pupils, like the painted frogs.
10: ...o lobes on its free end; it is attached in front. Frogs have three eyelid membranes: one transparent t...
13: [[Image:Frog3_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provide...
14: ...ched calls. [[Rigveda]] book 7 hymn 103 describes frogs with different calls (''g<u>o</u>māyu'' =... - Baseball (36464 bytes)
3: ...sometimes called ''hardball'' to differentiate it from the closely related sport of [[softball]] and o...
12: ...ays has the ball -- a fact that differentiates it from most other team sports. The teams switch every...
26: ...tempt to prevent the [[#Team at bat|team at bat]] from scoring. The fielding team has a ''[[pitcher]]...
34: ... ''[[right fielder]]'', the positions being named from the catcher's perspective. The right fielder ge...
42: ...ith 16 pitchers. The pitcher's main weapon is the variation of his [[list of baseball pitches|pitches]], the ... - Boxing (29727 bytes)
8: ...ce to suggest that boxing was prevalent in North Africa during 4000 B.C.
19: ...from any other form of fist fighting can be dated from [[1867]], when [[John Graham Chambers|John Cham...
21: ... the heaviest. The term "light weight" was in use from the early 19th century and fights were sometime...
27: ...al and international governing bodies and its own variation of the rules.
31: ...don't use holding tactics to prevent the opponent from swinging (if this occurs, the referee separates... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...e accumulated over centuries by the [[Chaldeans]] from [[Babylonia]]. He was also the first to compil...
8: ...om [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural Histo...
14: ...st observations. Hipparchus obtained information from [[Alexandria]] as well as [[Babylon]], but it i...
18: ...tes observations to him from Rhodes in the period from [[141 BC]] to [[127 BC]].
20: ...mentioned about 14 books, but which is only known from references by later authors. His famous star c... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...ections, but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory force...
19: ...avid student of [[Robert Edmund Grant]], learning from Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-B...
24: ...divine design]] in nature. He got private tuition from Henslow whose subjects were maths and theology,...
32: [[Image:HMSBeagle.jpeg|thumb|right|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
37: From reading [[Charles Lyell]]'s ''Principles of Geo... - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...ile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanaceae]]'').
3: [[Image:Chilis.jpg|framed|right|Chile peppers]]
19: * ''Capsicum frutescens'', which includes the [[cayenne pepper|ca...
24: ...jpg|200px|right|thumb|Assorted [[paprika]] fruits from Mexico]]
26: ...on varieties of ''C. chinense''. The species ''C. frutescens'' appears as chiles de arbol, aji, pequin...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).