A female will dig out a nest with her flippers and lay a clutch of about 115 eggs
A female will dig out a nest with her flippers and lay a clutch of about 115 eggs
Check out these photos of freaky plants and fungi.
Those definitely aren’t peanut butter cups—they’re called bird’s nest fungi.
In its native range—from the southern United States to northern South America—the cane toad is, well, just a big, ordinary toad. It hatches from an egg laid in water, begins its life as a tadpole, and eats pesky insects. Cane toads have poison that can kill animals that try eating them. Predators in the toad’s original range—including caimans, certain snakes, eels, and fishes—find cane toads tasty. Some are immune to their venom; others avoid the most venomous parts and can tolerate the venom they do eat. Cane toads are active at night. In late March, the males begin calling their mates. Once a male attracts a female, they mate as the female lays her eggs. She lays from 4,000 to 36,000 eggs at a time in the water of a stream or pond. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs within about three days. As tadpoles, cane toads eat algae and other plants that grow in water. Cane toad tadpoles metamorphose, or change, into fully formed frogs in 12 to 60 days.
Name: Rhinella marina Type: Amphibians Diet: Omnivore Group Name: Knot, nest
Northern Mockingbird
Chicks leave the nest just 12 days after hatching. Explore more!
Reach like a giraffe! Roar like a lion! Balance like a flamingo!
The young leave the nest after about five days to join other young flamingos in small
These seabirds are known for their wild look and sound—no wonder they’re sometimes called the rock stars of the penguin world.
comes time to search for food, many penguins hunt as far as 40 miles from their nest
The female usually lays two eggs in the nest.
Scientists help these primates reclaim their forest home.
Staff provided each family with a nest to sleep in and sweet potatoes to munch on
Find out how legendary leader King Tut might have died.
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH King Tut’s body was laid to rest in a nest of three coffins placed
When fall arrives, people start pulling out their sweaters and snuggling up inside. Many animals also start preparing for winter. The shorter days signal critters from deer to birds to bears that it’s time to gather food and find mates. Check out some animals that get busy when the leaves begin to fall.
They bring their body temperature down to 41˚F, then “hibernate” the way they nest
