1.a stocky, medium-sized Eurasian songbird,Sturnus vulgaris,of the family Sturnidae, with iridescent black plumage, seasonally speckled: now established in North America, Australasia, and other parts of the world. 2.any of numerous Old World songbirds of the same family. ...
This year-round resident of California lives in every type of habitat all over North America. It nests in old stick nests of hawks and other birds, or on ledges, and in other situations. Great Horned Owls are easily recognized by their big, bulky size, ear tufts, and camouflage skills. ...
Common milkweed is an herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. Although common milkweed grows in discrete patches of one to thousands of ramets (stems), often in abandoned agricultural fields51, urban populations tend to be smaller and inhabit public parks, railway and transmissio...
,Hyla septentrionalis, andHyla squirrella The brain activity of thecommon frog() shows low-amplitude slow waves during periods of behavioral sleep accompanied by reduced muscle tone and bradycardia. In contrast, captive bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana:) is accompanied by the slowing down of brain activ...
Rushton, S. P.et al.Disease threats posed by alien species: The role of a poxvirus in the decline of the native red squirrel in Britain.Epidemiol. Infect.134, 521–533 (2006). ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar Scheele, B. C.et al.Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing ...
(Myrmecophaga tridactyla), Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana), madidi titi (Plecturocebus aureipalati), black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis), lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus), squirrel (Sciurussp.), and ...