by Rich Leighton | May 13, 2020
When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS...
by Rich Leighton | May 8, 2020
The purple gallinule’s long toes make it possible to walk on lily pads – one of the few birds able to do so! Also, when young, these amazingly-colored birds crawl on bushes and out of the nest using tiny claws on their wing tips. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE...
by Rich Leighton | May 3, 2020
Whooping cranes eat aquatic invertebrates (insects, crustaceans and mollusks), small vertebrates (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals), roots, acorns and berries. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 28, 2020
Unlike most land-dwelling vertebrates that have a pair of lungs, snakes have one long lung. MORE PHOTOS OF SNAKES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so amazing. Posts include...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 28, 2020
Most reptiles have 3-chambered hearts, but the heart of alligators, and all other crocodilians, has 4 chambers – a trait shared with mammals and birds. MORE PHOTOS OF ALLIGATORS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna...
