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Biodiversity Frog 171970
Golden rainforest frog of Panama takes shelter under a small flower.
Bruce Dale
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Biodiversity Butterflies 728693
Butterfly specimens in a lab at the National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Rica.
Steve Winter
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Biodiversity Monarch Butterflies 1015602
Monarch butterflies cling to a tree branch on the Monterey Peninsula, California.
James P. Blair
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Biodiversity Tanzania 2686602
Woman stands in the Makambako Gap in Tanzania.
Piccoli Costanza
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Biodiversity Pantanal 2691014
An array of seasonally flooded lowlands in Brazil's Pantanal.
Joel Sartore
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Biodiversity Coral 2628027
This black sun coral (Tubastrea micrantha) is off of Limasawa Island near the Philippines.
Ryan Rossotto
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the variety of organisms found in a particular habitat. It is important to maintain biodiversity because we rely on it for ecosystem services, which fall into four main categories: provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting. The earth provides these to us for free and they are critical to achieving a planet in balance. Use these resources to explore the diverse species that exist across the globe, and encourage your students to become good stewards of life on earth.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the variety of organisms found in a particular habitat. It is important to maintain biodiversity because we rely on it for ecosystem services, which fall into four main categories: provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting. The earth provides these to us for free and they are critical to achieving a planet in balance. Use these resources to explore the diverse species that exist across the globe, and encourage your students to become good stewards of life on earth.