langs: 1 августа [ru] / august 1 [en] / 1. august [de] / 1er août [fr] / 1º agosto [it] / 1 de agosto [es]
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This is a list of the oldest cats in the world, listed by reported age, all of whom have attained the minimum age of 25 years. Aging in cats depends on breed, size and diet. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing
#2 List of extinct bird species since 1500
Around 129 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, [1] and the rate of extinction seems to be increasing. [2] The situation is exemplified by Hawaii , where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived. [ citation needed ] Other areas, such as Guam , have also been hit hard;
The Ouachita madtom ( Noturus lachneri ) is a catfish of the family Ictaluridae .The first specimens of the species were collected in 1952 it was not until 1969 that they were recognised as a species. The Ouachita madtom is similar to the tadpole madtom except the Ouachita madtom has one internasal
Over 7,500 cultivars of the culinary or eating apple ( Malus domestica ) are known. [1] Some are extremely important economically as commercial products, though the vast majority are not suitable for mass production. In the following list, use for "eating" means that the fruit is consumed raw, rathe
Pauline " Polly " Mead Patraw (1904–2001) was an American botanist who spent her life conducting research of the plant life of the American Southwest . She was the first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon National Park and the second female ranger-naturalist in the National Park Service .
Mary Belle Allen (November 11, 1922, Morristown, New Jersey –1973, Fairbanks, Alaska ) was an American botanist , chemist , mycologist , algologist , and plant pathologist , and a pioneer of biochemical microbiology . With Daniel I. Arnon and F. Robert Whatley , she did breakthrough research discove
#3 Brian Mathew
Brian Frederick Mathew MBE , VMH is a British botanist , born in the village of Limpsfield , Surrey , England . His particular area of expertise is bulbous plants , particularly ornamental bulbous plants , although he has contributed to other fields of taxonomy and horticulture . [1] He has authored
#4 Gábor Andreánszky (botanist)
Baron Gábor Andreánszky de Liptószentandrás (August 1, 1895 – November 20, 1967) was a Hungarian botanist , paleobotanist and explorer. He was the son of politician and MP Gábor Andreánszky (1848-1908). Gábor Andreánszky Born August 1, 1895 Alsópetény , Austria-Hungary Died November 20, 1967 (1967-1
#5 Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson FAA , (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson , was an Australian taxonomic botanist . He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney , for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist (1948–1972), Director (1972–1985) and Honorary Research Ass
#6 Douglas Barton Osborne Savile
Douglas Barton Osborne Savile (July 19, 1909 – August 1, 2000) was an Irish-born Canadian mycologist , plant pathologist and evolutionary biologist . He is particularly renowned for his unique work on the coevolution of host plants and their rust fungi . Doug Savile was born in Dublin , and went to
#7 Leopold Kny
Carl Ignaz Leopold Kny (6 July 1841 – 26 June 1916) was a German botanist , notable as a specialist in research involving the morphology of fungi and cryptogams . He is well known for his production of the Botanische Wandtafeln . The standard author abbreviation Kny is used to indicate this person a
Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko (27 December 1872 – 29 September 1947) was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist . He is primarily known for his work on various regions of Russia, especially the Caucasus, Siberia and Asiatic Russia. He was also head botanist at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garde
#9 Lorenz Oken
Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 – 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist , botanist , biologist , and ornithologist . Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss ( German : Okenfuß ) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg ), Ortenau , Baden , and studied natural history and medicine at the universities of Freiburg and W
#10 Curt Backeberg
Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg , Germany – 14 January 1966 [1] ) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti . Curt Backeberg Born ( 1894-08-01 ) 1 August 1894 Lüneburg , Germany Died 14 January 1966 (1966-01-14) (aged 71) Known for Clas
Friedrich Guimpel (1 August 1774 in Berlin – 17 January 1839) was a German engraver and botanical illustrator . An artist and professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts , he collaborated with several renowned botanists in the creation of illustrated botanical works. [1] [2] Botanical plate of Theobroma
#12 Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur ForMemRS ( / ˈ l uː i p æ ˈ s t ɜːr / , French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination , microbial fermentation and pasteurization , the latter of which was named after
#13 Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler
Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler (1 August 1799 – 24 September 1861), was a German-born professor of botany and taxonomist , whose main area of interest was the Cactaceae . [1] From a collection by Henri Guillaume Galeotti , he first described Ariocarpus retusus , type species of the genus in 18
#14 Franklyn Perring
Franklyn Hugh Perring PhD, OBE (1 August 1927 – 11 October 2003) was a British naturalist, regarded as "one of the most influential botanists and nature conservationists of the 20th century". [1] [2] [3] Franklyn Perring Born ( 1927-08-01 ) 1 August 1927 Forest Gate , East London, United Kingdom Die
Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996) was a Polish - Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone . [1] [2] [3] Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) Tadeusz Reichstein Born ( 1897-07-20 ) July 20, 18
Egbertus "Egbert" van Slogteren (9 April 1888, Groningen – 17 October 1968, Haarlem ) was a Dutch professor of horticulture and phytopathology, known for his research on flower bulbs and diagnosis of viral diseases in plants. [1]
David Dwight Baldwin (November 26, 1831 – June 16, 1912) [1] was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui in the Hawaiian islands . Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails , part of malacology . [1] David Dwight Baldwin Near his death, circa 1910 B
#18 Maruja Carrasco
María Andrea Carrasco de Salazar , best known as Maruja Carrasco (4 February 1944 – 1 August 2018), was a Spanish botanist and academic. She had a key role in the modernization of herbaria in Spain. [2] Spanish botanist In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Carrasco and the second
David Heinrich Hoppe (15 December 1760 – 1 August 1846) was a German pharmacist , botanist , entomologist and physician. He is remembered for contributions made to the study of alpine flora . David Heinrich Hoppe Born ( 1760-12-15 ) 15 December 1760 Vilsen , Hanover Died 1 August 1846 (1846-08-01) (
Warren Lambert Wagner (born February 8, 1950, Las Cruces, New Mexico ) is an American botanist, a curator of botany, and a leading expert on Onagraceae and plants of the Pacific Islands , [1] especially plants of the Hawaiian Islands. [2] For the botanist elected to the U.S. National Academy of Scie
#1 Berlin Zoo
The Berlin Zoological Garden ( German: Zoologischer Garten Berlin ) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and is located in Berlin 's Tiergarten . With about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, the zoo presents one of t
#2 Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo is a zoo located in Royal Oak, Michigan , spanning 125 acres and housing more than 2,000 animals and more than 245 different species. It was the first U.S. zoo to feature bar-less habitats, [7] and is regarded to be an international leader in animal welfare, conservation and sustaina
Adventure World ( ja : 白浜アドベンチャーワールド, Shirahama Adventure World ) is a theme park that integrates a zoo , a public aquarium , and an amusement park in the town on Shirayama , Wakayama Prefecture , Japan . It is operated by Hours Co., Ltd. (AWS), an affiliate of Marusue Co., Ltd. (real estate / const
#4 Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares (710 acres) , [1] the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada. [7] It is divided into seven zoogeographic regions: Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Tundra Trek, Australasia, Eurasia, and the Canadian Domain. Som
Sealand of the Pacific was a public aquarium in South Oak Bay at The Oak Bay Marina , near the city of Victoria , in British Columbia , Canada . It housed a number of orcas : Haida, Nootka, and Tilikum . In 1991, all three were involved in an incident in which a trainer, Keltie Byrne , was killed. T