langs: 6 апреля [ru] / april 6 [en] / 6. april [de] / 6 avril [fr] / 6 aprile [it] / 6 de abril [es]
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#1 Largest and heaviest animals
The largest animal ever to have lived is thought to be the blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ). The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft) , whereas longer ones, up to 33.6 metres (110 ft) , have been recorded but not weighed. [1] [2] [3] It is estim
The bigmouth buffalo ( Ictiobus cyprinellus ) is a fish native to North America, that is vulnerable [2] and in decline. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is the largest North American species in the Catostomidae or "sucker" family, and is one of the longest-lived and latest-maturing freshwater fishes, capable of l
Nepenthes rajah / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˈ r ɑː dʒ ə / is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family Nepenthaceae . It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah , Malaysian Borneo . [3] Nepenthes rajah grows exclusively on serpentine substrates , particularly in area
#2 Aloe vera
Aloe vera ( / ˈ æ l oʊ ( i ) v ɛr ə , v ɪər -/ ) [3] is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe . [4] It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many world regions. [4] [5] Species of plant Aloe vera Plant with flower detail inset Scientific classification Kingdom: Planta
Johann Gottfried Zinn ( / ˈ t s ɪ n / ) (December 6, 1727 – April 6, 1759) was a German anatomist and botanist and was a member of the Berlin Academy . Johann Gottfried Zinn A Zinnia flower
Erwin Frink Smith (January 21, 1854 – April 6, 1927) was an American plant pathologist with the United States Department of Agriculture . He played a major role in demonstrating that bacteria could cause plant disease . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] For the Attack on Titan character, see List of Attack on Tit
Henry Benedict Medlicott , FRS (3 August 1829 – 6 April 1905) was an Irish geologist who worked in India . [1] He was a coauthor of a text on the geology of India and is credited with the coining of the term "Gondwana" which was later used to create the concept of Gondwanaland . Members of the Geolo
Margery Claire Carlson (November 21, 1892 – July 5, 1985) [1] was an American botanist and a professor at Northwestern University . After earning a Ph.D. in botany and becoming the first full-time female professor at Northwestern, she went on a number of international scientific expeditions to Centr
#5 Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre
Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (14 July 1850 – 6 April 1928) was an Austrian taxonomist, entomologist and botanist. Austrian botanist and entomologist (1850–1928) Dalla Torre was born in Kitzbühel , Tyrol. He studied natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck . He then worked in the University as
Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Bohemian natural scientist. Bohemian natural scientist Jan Svatopluk Presl Born ( 1791-09-04 ) 4 September 1791 Prague , Bohemia , Habsburg monarchy Died 6 April 1849 (1849-04-06) (aged 57) Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire Alma mater Ch
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (6 April 1856 in Halmstad – 21 June 1928) was a Swedish botanist and botanical artist, the son of Carl Christian Lindman and Sophie Fredrique Löhr. He is best known for his work " Bilder ur Nordens Flora " published 1901-1905.
José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician . He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment , whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America. [1] He is one of the most important
Ivan Ivanovich Lepyokhin (Иван Иванович Лепёхин; 21 September [ O.S. 10 September ] 1740 , in Saint Petersburg – 18 April [ O.S. 6 April ] 1802 , in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian naturalist , zoologist , botanist and explorer . Ivan Lepyokhin He began his studies in the Academy of Sciences
Alvan Wentworth Chapman (September 28, 1809 – April 6, 1899) was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast . [1] : 50 He wrote Flora of the Southern United States , the first comprehensive description of US plants in any region beyond the north
#11 John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford , KG , PC , FSA (6 July 1766 – 20 October 1839), known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents . He was the father of Prime Minister John Russell, 1st Earl Rus
Samuel Taylor Darling (April 6, 1872 in Harrison, New Jersey – May 21, 1925 in Beirut ) was an American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum in Panama in 1906. [1] He died in Beirut in a car accident together with British malariologist Norman Lothian. [2]
Caroline Kathryn Allen (April 7, 1904 - April 6, 1975) was an American botanist , botanical illustrator and taxonomist noted for studying trees in the laurel family . She was a staff member at both the Arnold Arboretum and New York Botanical Garden . [1] She described over 275 species, and contribut
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin ; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American self-trained artist, naturalist , and ornithologist . His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1] He
Claude Wilbur Edgerton (9 March 1880–April 6, 1965) was an American mycologist . He was born in Woodbine, Iowa , and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1903, and a PhD from Cornell University in 1908. After this he was employed at Louisiana State University , init
#16 Göte Turesson
Göte Wilhelm Turesson (6 April 1892 – 30 December 1970) was a Swedish evolutionary botanist who made significant contributions to ecological genetics, and coined the terms ecotype and agamospecies . He conducted extensive work to demonstrate that there is a genetic basis to the differentiation of pl
Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (12 August 1849, in Berlin – 6 April 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist who collected spermatophytes during 1868–1876 in Austria , Germany , Madagascar and Angola . He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private schola
Carl Ludwig Giesecke FRSE [1] (6 April 1761 in Augsburg – 5 March 1833 in Dublin ) was a German actor, librettist , polar explorer and mineralogist . In his youth he was called Johann Georg Metzler ; in his later career in Ireland he was Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke . He is falsely accused of being th
Ernst Georg Pritzel (15 May 1875 – 6 April 1946) was a German botanist . Ernst Georg Pritzel Born ( 1875-05-15 ) 15 May 1875 Died 6 April 1946 (1946-04-06) (aged 70) Berlin , Germany Nationality German Scientific career Fields Botany phytogeography taxonomy He is known for his research in the fiel
#20 Colin Leakey
Colin Louis Avern Leakey (13 December 1933, Cambridge, England – 29 January 2018, Lincoln , England) was a leading plant scientist in the United Kingdom, a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and of the Institute of Biology , and a world authority on beans . English scientist & academic Colin Leakey
Tokyo Skytree ( 東京スカイツリー , Tōkyō Sukaitsurī , stylized TOKYO SKYTREE ) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida , Tokyo . It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 [3] and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, disp
#2 Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary
Monkeyland is a free roaming, multi-species primate sanctuary founded in 1998 by Tony Blignaut, which is located at The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape , South Africa. The sanctuary covers more than 12 hectares (30 acres) of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of 4 hectares
The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento , California . It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals. At that time, it occupied 4.2 acres (1.7 ha) , which remained the case until the early 1960s when the zoo expanded to its current 14.3 acres (5.8 ha) . As of December
#4 British Columbia Wildlife Park
The British Columbia Wildlife Park is a 106-acre (43 ha) zoo located in Kamloops, British Columbia . Wildlife Park British Columbia Wildlife Park Date opened August 16, 1966 Location Kamloops , British Columbia , CAN Coordinates 50°39′14.41″N 120°4′49.69″W Land area 106 acres (43 ha) No. of spec
#5 Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo (after Melbourne Zoo ), and it is operated on a non-profit basis. [3] It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide , South Australia . It is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated (trading