The Mediterranean fruit fly, also known as the "medfly" is considered to be the world's most destructive pests. It has a strong appetite for many different fruits. Some preferred fruits include: apples, apricots, citrus, cherry, mango, pears, peach, plum, rose apple, and guava. The adult...

Biotechnology: Pros and Cons Throughout this past semester many important ecological dilemmas have come to my attention. The most striking environmental issue that I have noted this semester has been agricultural Biotechnology. A reputable definition of Biotechnology would be "the me...

Chapter 5 in the textbook focuses on the four major strategies for getting food: foraging, horticulture, pastoralism, and agriculture. Each of these four strategies possesses important characteristics. These strategies have also affected other aspects of human societies such as technology, settlem...

Desertification What exactly is desertification? Unfortunately, there are many responses and many contradicting definitions. Some say that it is permanent, others say it is a reversible process. There are even debates on whether the definition should include human involvement or not. It seems...

GOVERNMENT: Among Latin American nations, Colombia has had a traditionally strong democratic role, and elected civilian governments have only rarely been replaced by military rule. There have been many changes in the constitution since it was created in 1886. At the present time, the president is ...

America the Beautiful! So why are we destroying it everyday with the use of pesticides? It has been proven that pesticides have affects on it's surrounding, although made to improve earths resources, they typically take there negative effect on the environment in time. Pesticides affect mor...