BIRDS ETCETERA

The insect order Orthoptera includes the crickets , grasshoppers , and katydids and allies. The species in this order are commonly referr...

Bracket fungi are a diverse group named more for their similar external morphologies (specifically, bracket- or shelf-like growth habits on...

Club and coral fungi are a diverse group named more for their similar external morphologies (specifically, a coral- or club-like shape) tha...

Not until a recent visit to the vicinity of Grand Haven did I realize that Michigan has bayous , or at least has water features in which th...

In a grassland-oak savannah in southeastern Arizona, Carl and Jane Bock found that ground-foraging, seed-eating birds were 3 times more abun...

Credit : This photo of a jelly fungus by Walter Siegmund is used here courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. Jelly fungi are a diverse group named ...

Credit : Bearded Tooth ( Hericium erinaceus ) is one of the edible tooth fungi. This photo by Lebrac is used here courtesy of permission gr...

The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge , established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 as the first refuge for waterfowl in the Un...

Author Chip Ward has written a smart essay about wolves, the role they play in healthy ecosystems, the strong emotions that they evoke in p...

In the wake of a drier-than-normal summer—with some areas experiencing a rainfall deficit of 5 or 6 inches—the Pennsylvania Department of En...

Trees constitute a particular growth form (or habit) of vascular plants . Plants USDA defines a tree as follows: Perrenial, woody plant ...

Credit : Oriental Bittersweet ( Celastrus orbiculata ), courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Vines constitute a particular growth form (or habi...

As a follow-up to my previous post about the Palila (an Endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper) and drought , I here present quantitative data on ...

Shrubs constitute a particular growth form (or habit) of vascular plants . Plants USDA defines a shrub as follows: Perennial, multi-stemm...