Scattering of Seeds   For maintaining it’s balance, nature has its own unique way of ensuring that plants constantly multiply. Plants produce seeds, which help them in reproduction. It is important that these seeds get the right environment, including moisture, oxygen and warmth so that they can grow. Nature has provided plants with seeds having different features and shapes, some have spines or barbs on their outer covering which allow them...

The First Plants There was a time when there were no plants on earth. As millions of years passed, tiny specs of protoplasm were formed. The formation of protoplasm was probably the first step towards the formation of plants. Today protoplasm is found both in animals and plants. These specks of protoplasm then developed thick walls and began to fix themselves in one place. Next came the development of Chlorophyll, which...

Plants around Us As we look around we would be able to identify almost everything, from food to clothes to furniture, which originated from plants. This proves how important plants are for us. Like the animal kingdom, the kingdom of plants too has over half a million species in it. Though they are found in great variety and in all shapes and sizes, they have three things in common, i.e. all...

Hunter and the Hunted Life is constantly evolving and one living organism or animal is dependent upon another. Every plant and animal is eaten by another living being or animal. Herbivores (plant eating animals) eat plants and they are then eaten by the carnivores (meat or flesh eating animals). Some of the smaller carnivores are then eaten by other bigger carnivores. The illustration on this page shows how a rabbit eats...

Life in the Rain Forests The rain forests of the world are found in the hot and humid regions around the Equator and the largest rain forest is in the Amazon basin of South America. The abundance of warmth, sunlight and rain in these areas ensures the thriving of the greatest variety of wildlife and vegetation. Below the canopy of the tall trees and closer to the ground we have various...

Life in the Savannah Savannah are grasslands in the tropical areas where rain is seasonal and the atmosphere is generally dry and dusty. The African savannah are the most famous in the world and are inhabited by a large number of grazing hooved animals including Deer, Antelopes, Gazelles, Zebras, Wildebeests etc and predators like Lions, Cheetahs, Jackals and Hyenas. Among the birds there are larger ones like the Ostrich and the...

Life in the Deciduous Forests Deciduous forests which once covered vast expanses of land in the northern temperate region have diminished in number and we have very few left today. These forests have a lot of shrubs on the ground around huge trees of Oak, Beech, Ash, Birch, and Alder, and as such they are able to support a lot of wild life like deer, wild boar, wolves, lynx, mountain lions,...

Life in the Coniferous Forests In northern Canada and the C.I.S. there are vast belts of forests called `Coniferous forests’. In the summer months, as the snow melts, ample food for many varieties of birds and animals is available and the otherwise cold forests are suddenly full of life with birds like Woodpeckers, Tits, Cross bills, Jays, Hazel Hen, etc feeding on berries, insects and seeds. There are also a lot...