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Common Milkweed
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, grows best in disturbed, open, sunny habitats including fields, roadsides, pastures, and gardens. There are 150 milkweed species worldwide, mostly found in the Western hemisphere with 22 in the United States. …
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Underfoot
Walking in a woodland can be an exciting adventure with many plants and animals to see, and as a naturalist, I like to observe and learn about all of the connections between the different species. …
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Night Hunters
Nocturnal animals are most active at night. These animals have developed senses, abilities, and hunting strategies over millennia to exploit the nighttime hours, living and hunting in the same habitats as daytime species. Many nocturnal…
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Night Light
Among the millions of species in the world, there are many organisms that are active at night, and a few of these create their own light. Bioluminescence is a term that refers to the light…
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Hippo!
The hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, is the only surviving member of a family of heavy-bodied, four-legged mammals that share a common ancestor with whales. The other species went extinct between three and five million years ago. …
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Marsupial
Marsupials are one of three groups of mammals defined by their method of reproduction. Babies are called joeys and are born live after a short gestation period. Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and eutherians are live…
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Egg-Laying Mammals
Mammals are endotherms, animals that maintain their own internal body temperature, and they have three unique traits: they are covered with fur or hair; the young are fed milk from the mother’s mammary glands; and…
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Camels
Camels, known as the “ships of the desert” for the many unique attributes that allow them to live in a harsh environment, originated 40 million years ago in North America, but are no longer found…
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The High Life, animal species
In the last blog, we investigated the conditions and constraints of living at high altitudes, generally above 10,000 feet. A few physiological adaptations listed included enhanced breathing and blood supply to get more oxygen to…
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The High Life
Mountainous regions with high altitude habitats, generally defined as those found above 10,000 feet, are found in only a few places around the world. They include the Tibetan plateau and Himalayas in Asia, the Andean…
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