“Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.” That famous lyric from the “Wizard of Oz” helped immortalize the beautiful bluebird. Since early colonial times, people have loved bluebirds because of their beauty, their feeding in open areas around houses and farms, and their endearing habit of readily nesting in man-made boxes. In the U.S. there are three [...]
Hippopotamus means river horse in Greek and spends most of the day soaking in the water and even though it appears docile, it is a fact that the hippopotamus is one of the more ill-tempered mammals in the wild. Hippos kill more humans than any other wild animals such as tigers, lions or even gorillas [...]
The ivory billed woodpecker, or Campephilus principalis, is considered to be critically endangered. In fact, no birds were found between 1944 and 2004 in the United States. The last sighting in Cuba was in 1987. The sightings in 2004 in eastern Arkansas spark hope that the ivory billed woodpecker might still exist in enough numbers [...]
Over the years most people have developed a destructive viewpoint regarding bats. These small creatures must be one of the most misunderstood animals within the United States. Much of this confusion results from fictional television and movie productions and general consumer ignorance of the bats themselves. Many of these bat myths are simply not true [...]
Busy Little Furry Thing Holds Oxygen Reserves In Liver The beaver is a busy little animal found in the Northern Hemisphere and famous in Canada for being the national animal. It can hold its breath under water for at least 20 minutes while some sources suggest that it can do so for twice that amount [...]
Sometimes creatures we got used to turn out to be rather weird animals with strange behaviors. Here are a few interesting examples. Pink Sea Creature Has Great Abs Living in the bottom of the sea, shrimps live in groups and are only able to swim going backwards. Because they lack any fins that would allow [...]