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Hace 3 días · 15 Animals Only Found In The United States. The United States of America is a country with perhaps the greatest variety of landscapes and biomes in the entire world. From the frost-covered tundra of Alaska to the arid deserts of the Southwest to the forest-covered Northeast and everything in between, it is no surprise that the variety of animals that call this country home is also highly diverse.
Hace 5 días · The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) is our nation’s most effective law to protect at-risk species from extinction, with a stellar success rate: 99% of species listed on it have avoided extinction. Passed with bipartisan support on Dec. 28, 1973, the law allows individuals and organizations to petition to have a species listed as ...
Hace 2 días · ANIMALS. We finally know how cockroaches conquered the world. A new study traces the German cockroach’s evolution throughout human history, from the Islamic empires to modern-day Europe. The ...
Hace 1 día · Eastern Grey Squirrel. Grey squirrels are a wildly successful invasive species in North America. In the mid-1800’s Eastern Gray Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin was introduced from Europe to the United States entirely for aesthetic reasons. There is a relatively rare morph of the grey squirrel that is jet black.
Hace 5 días · 30 Obscure Animals That Wander The United States. The United States is commonly associated with iconic wildlife such as bald eagles, the American bison, and grizzly bears, all that symbolize...
Hace 2 días · Among extant land animals in North America, the bison is the heaviest and the longest, and the second tallest after the moose. Spanning back millennia, Native American tribes have had cultural and spiritual connections to the American bison. It is the national mammal of the United States.
Hace 1 día · The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, brush wolf, . . desert dog… or sand wolf , is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf.
