by Rich Leighton | Feb 18, 2019
Next time you are in a forest or thick woods, you may want to thank your local squirrels. Millions of trees are accidentally planted each year by squirrels that bury seeds, nuts and acorns and then forget where they hid them or get eaten before they can retrieve them....
by Rich Leighton | Feb 13, 2019
The ringneck snake is a mildly venomous (harmless to people) colubrid that feeds on a variety of animals such as lizards, frogs, slugs, tiny salamanders, bugs, earthworms and smaller snakes. MORE PHOTOS OF SNAKES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 8, 2019
Violet-Green Swallow! Welcome to the next installment of a new series of nature photos that will be short & sweet, and all about the native and naturalized wildlife that is all around us with just one or two interesting nature facts that you might not know about....
by Rich Leighton | Feb 3, 2019
Estuaries are the bridges to land and sea, and it’s here where life is most abundant. Twice a day these shallow water experience a change in salinity due to changing tides, and this attracts about 20 times the amount of biological mass than the open ocean...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 29, 2019
The huckleberry was one of the few plant species to survive on the slopes of Mount St. Helens when the volcano erupted in 1980, and still exists as a prominent mountain-slope bush today. MORE PHOTOS OF FRUITS AND BERRIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting...
