The span of control of the average manager in an organization determines the width of the organization as seen when viewing the organizational chart. Fewer reports to the average manager will result in a taller organizational chart, with more management positions relative to the number of individual contributors.
Philippine crocodile. This freshwater species is on the verge of extinction due to habitat destruction, hunting and dynamite fishing. Only a handful of these animals survive in the wild presently and aggressive conservation efforts are on to protect them from going extinct.
The Permian-Triassic extinction The largest of the Big Five was the end-Permian or Permian-Triassic extinction event roughly 250 million years ago, which eliminated as much as 95 percent of the planet's species. Before this extinction, marine animals were mostly filter feeders stuck in place on the seafloor, such as crinoids or sea lilies.