Procambarus clarkii a.k.a Red Swamp Crawfish

Procambarus clarkii is a freshwater crayfish species, native to the Southeastern United States, but found also on other continents, where it is often an invasive pest. It is known variously as the red swamp crawfish, red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or Louisiana crayfish.Range and range expansionThe native range of P. clarkii is along the Gulf Coast from northern Mexico to the Florida panhandle, as well as inland, to southern Illinois and Ohio....

Latest about Global Warming!

I was just surfing on the net and I stumbled on something about global warming and then I wanted to collect some "latest" global warming news for here. I want to share them with you;-Species extinction still rising, experts warn>>This story tells us about some species which have been added to a global database of threatened species. From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened...

It seems scary but so cute actually: Crawfish

I said before I'll introduce you to some animals or plants from sea or freshwaters. This post's subject is about crawfish (or crayfish). Crayfish, often referred to as crawfish or crawdad, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. They breathe through gills and are found in bodies of fresh water that do not freeze to the bottom; they are also mostly found in brooks and streams where there is fresh...

Water in the world!

1386 milyon km3 of all water in the world is salt. In other words 96% and above is salt. Left behind 4% is freshwater resources and about 70% of these freshwaters are ice. The other 30% of freshwaters are underground waters. Surface freshwater resources like rivers, lakes compose 1% and below of all water of the world. In other words the freshwater in the world is very limited. Unfortunately water consumption increased much more in the past 50 years,...

Let's learn something about Poriferans

I’ll tell about species also in aquasciences. First of all we’ll look over poriferans. Poriferans are commonly reffered to as sponges. They are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are primitive, sessile mostlymarine, water dwelling, filter feeders that pump water through their bodies to filter out particles of food matter.Phylum Porifera is huge phylum that contains about 2500 species which lives in seas, lakes and rivers. Poriferans’ first examples...