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pdf |en | | Author: Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology,

( Category: Reference March 7,2022 )
pdf | | 2014-04-01 | Author:Christopher Nyerges & Ed Begley [Nyerges, Christopher & Begley, Ed]

( Category: Reference February 27,2022 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-20 | Author:Nelson, Jon

Indian Pipe, lacking chlorophyll, obtains its energy from its association with the roots of other plants. The rounded seed pod of a twinflower has spines that attach to the fur ...
( Category: Conservation July 5,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Derek Madden

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are often the top predator in the warm waters they occupy. Older bass often eat fish, but largemouths sometimes prefer a specific food type, sometimes a ...
( Category: Reference June 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:David Williams

A canyon deer mouse’s fur color varies depending upon environment, ranging from black in lava-rich areas to gray in granitic regions to reddish in canyon country. In southeast Utah, canyon ...
( Category: Reference May 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-28 | Author:Garret Romaine

Fulgurite This fulgurite from Boulder County, Colorado, formed when lightning fused quartz-rich sands. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE IMAGE ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE Quartz, SiO2 Family: Quartz Mohs: ...
( Category: Geology May 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stefan Kaufmann

Protozoa on the march Many people have heard of sleeping sickness. The causative agent of the disease, a trypanosome, is transmitted to humans by the bite of the tsetse fly ...
( Category: Infectious Disease May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-15 | Author:Terri Paajanen

Foraging for Animals Gathering wild plants for food is the more efficient way to quickly feed yourself and your group in an emergency, but longer-term survival situations might end up ...
( Category: Reference March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Condit, Richard;Daguerre, Nefertaris;Perez, Rolando;

Eight more Gustavia species are found in Panama, but they are sparse and seldom seen, and only one of those reaches Costa Rica. Some closely resemble G. superba. But others, ...
( Category: Reference March 18,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael D. Williams

Pecan, Carya illinoinensis Sweet Pecan Mature Pecan trees growing in forested situations develop into very large, straight-stemmed trees with heights exceeding 170 feet (51.8 m) and occasionally reaching over 5⁵⁄₆ ...
( Category: Reference March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-03-08 | Author:Andrew Price

Fig. 26. Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus). Photo by Mike Price Fig. 27. Known occurrences, by county, of the Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus). Fig. 28. Rattlesnake patterning. HABITAT This ...
( Category: Reptiles & Amphibians March 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mia Andler & Kevin Feinstein

Vomit smelling fruit by Kevin Many people know this tree by its most infamous feature: the disgusting, strong-odored, inedible fruit. Once I was picking them up from a street tree ...
( Category: Reference March 5,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Louise Egerton

Australia’s only resident swift is the diminutive Australian Swiftlet (11cm/4in) of north-eastern Queensland. It breeds through the Wet in large colonies in caves, navigating in the pitch dark by echolocation ...
( Category: Ichthyology March 4,2020 )