Category Archives: Fauna
American Bison
Names: Bison bison. Common: Buffalo, Bison, American Bison. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Chordata. Class: Mammalia. Order: Cetartiodactyla. Family: Bovidae. Genus species: Bison bison. Two types in North America: Bison bison and Bison athabascae. Description: Once upon a time there were millions … Continue reading
Cicada
From Prince William Forest Park, Occoquan, Virginia CicadaHemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadoidea I’ve experienced the cicadas before when i was younger, and once again got to see a few of them, up close and personal. As we were camping in Prince William … Continue reading
Sciuridae: Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Chipmunks, Marmots
Sciuridae : Squirrels Common names: Squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, woodchucks, flying squirrels, prairie dogs, tree squirrels, ground squirrels. Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Suborder: Sciuromorpha, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: (various), species: spp. Localitie/Region: Indigenous to the Americas, … Continue reading
BP oil spill: The ‘horribly mutated’ creatures living in the Gulf – Yahoo! News
By The Week’s Editorial Staff | The Week – 19 hrs ago Email 3 Print Fish, shrimp, and crabs are missing eyes and suffering strange deformities, according to a harrowing new report — yet the FDA insists the seafood’s safe to eat Shrimp born without eyes, clawless crabs, and fish with … Continue reading