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The alligator snapping turtle is a dreadful and powerful species of spiny turtle native to the United States. It lives in freshwater habitats, and is known for its incredibly strong jaws, which can bite through the handle of a broom and even cleanly bite off fingers! This turtle can be foun...
Eastern Newt – Eastern Newt are native to North America, commonly found in the Eastern parts of the country, spreading from New York State in the east to the Mississippi River in the west and the Gulf of Mexico in the south till Canada in the north. The Eastern Newt and its subspecies...
In North America, herds mostly stick to the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River and tall-grass plains and east of the Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone’s bison herd are ancestors of original native animals. ©Michael Hinkle/Shutterstock.com Purebred American buffalo herds live in the ...
“the victims of eugenics were typically poor urban dwellers and rural ‘white trash’ from New England to California, immigrants from across Europe, Blacks, Jews, Mexicans, Native Americans, epileptics, alcoholics, petty criminals, the mentally ill, and anyone else who did not resemble the blond...
The jabiru is a large species of stork native to a large part of Central and South America. It was even seen in Texas and Mississippi but is most common in its main range. Its name comes from the Tupi-Guaraní language, and it means “swollen neck”!
Sitting just below the paramos in elevation are Colombia's cloud forests. These forests are included in the country's Las Orquídeas national park, named after the more than 200 species of orchid found there. The cloud forests also contain many other species native to Colombia, including species...
The reptile is native to the upland areas of southern regions of the Titiwangsa Mountains of Malaysia. It’s thismountain rangethe gecko is named after. The beautiful gecko also derives its name from the unique nature of its toes. While they are not bent, as the name implies, they’re ...
Island species are particularly vulnerableto extinction, as they often exist nowhere else. The native birds in Hawaii, which might inhabit just one island or a particular island area, have been decimated by climate change, disease, and invasive predators. ...
An animal that is endemic to a part of Arkansas is native to or confined to that region. Endemic animals may be protected by law simply because their numbers are low, and their low numbers may be due to the small size of their habitat. Human activity can threaten endemic species, and ...