Unlike the snails you might find in your garden, certain freshwater snails carry thesecond-most devastatingparasitic disease on the planet: schistosomiasis. These snails shed the parasites into the water, contaminating it and infecting hosts who come in contact with it. Once inside the host, the ...
Enough freshwater aquarium salt can harm inverts. As a rule, you don’t want to put more than one tablespoon of salt per five gallons of water. Just take a teaspoon of salt and put it in a container, add some aquarium water to it, and after a while use a turkey baster to suck u...
During the breeding season (late spring/early summer), male Northern Dusky Salamanders will court females by displaying courtship behaviors such as tail waving or head nudging. Once they find a mate they will lay anywhere from 40-100 eggs in sheltered areas near freshwater sources such as stream...