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Tropical Rainforest Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
![African savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/African_savanna.jpg?itok=47nbBHlh)
Savanna Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
![Monument Valley, Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/Monument_valley.jpg?itok=OVV6_Owd)
Desert Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
![Wild elk in boreal forest, Banff National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/wild-elk-banff.jpg?itok=3aL59Nl5)
Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the boreal forest/Taiga biome and meet Anne-Claude Pépin who is a fire management technician.
![Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/arctic-in-spring-baffin-island.jpg?itok=4FtztWsL)
Arctic Tundra Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
Krista Pooley
Environmental Assessment Coordinator
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Carly Silver
Career Profiles
Associate Ecologist
![guppies](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/Guppies_0.jpg?itok=GxqR4Z2f)
Why are Guppies so Diverse?
STEM Explained
Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!
![fossil plants and animals](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/fossil_plants_and_animals.jpg?itok=jdZrg_LM)
Why Scientists Believe in Evolution
STEM Explained
Scientists have accumulated so much evidence in the theory of evolution that it is one of the most widely-accepted theories in science.
![A melting world-shaped glacier](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/melting_world-shaped_glacier.jpg?itok=-lrMUAJG)
What is Ocean Warming and Why Does It Matter?
STEM Explained
Oceans absorb the greatest amount of solar radiation on Earth. Ocean warming can lead to glaciers melting and ocean acidification.
![Boreal Forest Boreal Forest](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1434394566634-da0fa7e334b8.jpg?itok=vRRjTv2B)
Plants: Biomes
Picture Collections
9 images of plants in some large naturally occuring habitats called biomes such as tundra, grasslands and boreal forests
![Lion Lion](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/lion.jpg?itok=i8n90F7N)
Mammals: Carnivores
Picture Collections
14 images of warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as cats, polar bears and wolves that eat meat and other animal tissue
![Elk Head of an Elk](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/elk.jpg?itok=A5KYI62_)
Mammals: Herbivores
Picture Collections
15 images of some warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as cows, deer and giraffes that eat plant vegetation
![Fox Fox](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/fox.jpg?itok=EHMUx6E-)
Mammals: Omnivores
Picture Collections
10 images of some warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as brown bears and chimpanzees that eat a diet of plants and animals
![Barbary Macaque Monkeys [Infants] Barbary Macaque Monkeys [Infants]](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/barbarymacaquemonkeys.jpg?itok=KqJeCvJI)
Mammals: Primates
Picture Collections
6 images of some mammals classified as primates such as monkeys, apes and humans and characterized by nails on their hands and feet