Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nest

The walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) is a species of freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia. In Florida, they grow to about 20 inches long and 2.5 pounds, and their distinct long bodies have long dorsal (back) and anal (underside) fins that run a good deal of their length. Most walking catfish
It’s the males who build nests in underwater vegetation, and they protect the eggs

Collecting in the field can run the gamut from spending a beautiful day walking along a pristine river to being shot at for getting too close to protected land. Randy Singer treasures his experiences working in the field in Southeast Asia as much as he values the resulting data collected. And when h
When the team wasn’t knocking over hornet nests, wrangling venomous snakes, or being

Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus This long, dark fish has lung-like organs and a high tolerance to harsh living conditions, and it can leave the water to walk/wiggle to a better location as long as it stays moist. Although it is native to Southeast Asia, it has successfully invaded other ar
Reproduction Walking catfish construct nests made of detritus or submerged vegetation

Several years ago a University of Florida librarian handed me a copy of a recently donated 1873 newspaper article taken from the New York Weekly Sun. Unsigned, the article included a wonderful account of a visit to Turtle Mound, an archaeological site in modern Volusia County, just south of New Smyr
He wrote about marauding bears raiding turtle nests on the Atlantic beach and early

Pond cypress and bald cypress are the two species of cypress trees found in the Everglades. Two species of cypress reside within the Everglades, the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and the pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens). These trees were harvested during the early to mid 1900s. The dur
Within cypress swamps, this bird feeds on small freshwater fish and nests in the

The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be gobbled up across the U.S. this holiday – but you wouldn’t want to bite into this one. Plumped with cotton, this turkey is meant to last for generations as a specimen in the museum’s o
ornithology collection, which holds more than 53,000 bird skeletons and skins, 11,000 nests

With just a few clicks of a mouse, you can purchase your very own redtail garra, a type of fish that feeds on algae. Information about the fish’s biology, however, is much less easily obtained. That’s because redtail garra, although popular in the aquarium trade since at least the early 2000s, has u
Similar structures in other fish groups are temporary; they’re used to defend nests

That sea levels are rising is hardly new news–they have been doing so since the end of the last major glaciation some 18,000 years ago. The current rate of rise, a little more than a tenth of an inch per year, is also not that unusual–6,000–8,000 years ago the seas were often rising 10 times faster.
dwelling Floridians just picked up and moved uphill, leaving their villages, burrows, nests

Call it a galactic joy ride, but on Oct. 23, 2007, NASA’s 120th shuttle mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with hundreds of thousands of miniscule stowaways stashed inside the solid rocket boosters, unbeknownst to anyone. Had they hitched their ride on the main shuttle, the gobs of my
Bees love to find little holes and make nests in trees and branches – wherever, it

Sand Perch Diplectrum formosum These small in-shore fish are territorial and loyal to the home hole or crevice that they have made or found. They are brown on top, fading to white underneath, with darker vertical bars, a mid-line stripe ending in a dark spot at the tail, and irregular blue h
Rather than building nests, they release eggs and sperm into the surrounding water