botanical

Ex-situ conservation

Ex-situ Conservation: Safeguarding Biodiversity Beyond Natural Habitats The Earth’s biodiversity is facing unprecedented threats, driven by habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, and unsustainable exploitation. To mitigate these threats and ensure the survival of endangered species, conservation efforts have evolved beyond traditional in-situ approaches, embracing the concept of ex-situ conservation. This strategy involves the removal … Read more

Microscope

 Microscope Microscope, instrument that produces enlarged images of small objects, allowing the observer an exceedingly close view of minute structures at a scale convenient for examination and analysis. Although optical microscopes are the subject of this ARTICLE, an image may also be enlarged by many other wave forms, including acoustic, X-ray, or electron … Read more