by Rich Leighton | Apr 19, 2018
The American lotus has extraordinarily large and beautiful pale yellow native aquatic wildflower has two amazing characteristics: one – the large circular lily pads (leaves) do not get wet on top, and water forms beads on top if splashed or rained on, but even...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 14, 2018
Elk are associated with love in many tribes, and Native American legends often credit elk with the creation of the first flute, an instrument used by men to woo women in many Native American cultures. MORE PHOTOS OF ELK AND OTHER MAMMALS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 9, 2018
One of the fastest and most maneuverable of the world’s winged insects, the dragonfly uses a method of catching prey called “hawking” where the dragonfly forms a basket with its hairy legs, scooping and eating up to 300 flying mosquitos every day of...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 4, 2018
That distinct buzzing sound you hear from bumble bees isn’t the noise from the rapidly beating wings, it’s from the actual flight muscles. If you remove the wings on any bumblebee and it tries to fly, it will still make the same characteristic buzzing...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 30, 2018
Probably the most famous of our southern native orchids, the rare, leafless and mysterious ghost orchid of South Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas is at home in the dark, humid swamps where it regularly skips a few to up to a dozen or more years between flowering. It is...
