The most widespread species is the common or great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo ), which occurs in North America, Eurasia, and Australia. This species and the double-crested cormorant (P. auritus ) …

May 23, 2018 · cormorant (kôr´mərənt), common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea but also on inland …

Cormorant, Galápagos Phalacrocorax harrisi phylum: Chordata class: Aves order: Pelecaniformes family: Phalacrocoracidae status: Endangered, IUCN range: Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) …

CORMORANTS AND ANHINGAS: PhalacrocoracidaeGREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo): SPECIES ACCOUNTSAMERICAN ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga): SPECIES ACCOUNTS Source for …

Cormorants and anhingas (Phalacrocoracidae) Class AvesOrder PelecaniformesSuborder PelecaniFamily PhalacrocoracidaeThumbnail description Sleek, dark-colored, large to medium-sized, …

DDT (Dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroacetic acid)Dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroacetic acid (or DDT) is a chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been widely used as an insecticide. DDT is virtually insoluble in water , but is …

The largest concentrations of DDT occurred in fish-eating birds such as ring-billed gull (76 parts per million [ppm]), and double-crested cormorant, red-breasted merganser, and herring gull (range of 19 …

The flesh of guillemot, razor-bill and to some extent that of the Manx shearwater, cormorant and storm petrel were eaten, fresh, or preserved by salting for later use.

Origins of the Industrial Revolution Some revolutions have famous starting dates. On April 19, 1775, a band of North American colonists fired on British soldiers on Lexington Green in Massachusetts—the …

O'Flaherty, Liam 1896–1984PERSONAL: Born August 28, 1896, on Inishmore in the Aran Islands, Ireland; died September 7, 1984, in Dublin, Ireland; son of Michael and Margaret (Ganly) O'Flaherty; …