Prior to the European colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans harvested the wood of redbud trees to construct ...

It is hard to spot a deer in the woods as they are shy and fast moving animals. Smaller mammals here include squirrels, badgers and the rare pine marten. She first locates the deciduous forest ...

Singing from the canopy of a deciduous forest, even a brightly colored male can be difficult to locate. Late in the summer and during migration, it often feeds in fruiting trees. Monotypic.

Copperheads are a very common snake species in the southeastern United States. They are responsible for nearly half of all venomous snake bites every year. Copperheads are one of the four venomous ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst ... Entire: Magnolia, Dogwood, and Water Oak. Deciduous trees, such as oaks, maples, and elms ...

How many animals are in the zoo? If it is the Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center, then the number is over 200 native and exotic animals. On Saturday, March 29, the zoo begins its weekend ...

Around the world, plants and animals are being brought into captivity ... "Our tree snails are known as the jewels of the forest," he says. "The islands were dripping in snails.