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Encountered by the side of the road, where they like to hang out in Black ...
During a hike on a summer day in mid-afternoon, in Colorado National Monument
This is probably some kind of "century plant" but I'm not sure what kind
Lizard with a long tail bluish-green tail and yellow stripes.
Desert spoon, spoon flower, or common sotol) is a flowering plant native to ...
Whiptail lizards live on land and are active during the day. They are ...
Velvet mites are arachnids found in soil litter known for their bright red ...
This is one of the species belonging to so-call 'fatty' wingless tenebrionid ...
height ad adapted to more arid
Spotted on path close to entrance of Cruz del Monte national park.
Botanic Garden of Gran Canaria
Sotol is a flowering plant native to arid ...
It grows about 35 cm (14 in) long and has black and white plumage. The colour ...
typical Hawk (Sphinx) moth, deltoid shape at rest, very large eyes. This ...
Genetically they are closer to animals than to plants
Less than 1cm long, black ant with glistening golden abdomen and golden hairs, ...
Wild turkeys are large, dark-colored birds with unfeathered heads. Hens have ...
The stems are short to elongate with a length between 15 and 30 cm. The simple ...
This species is the largest representative of the family Charadriidae, at 35 cm ...
The lizard's coloration and the pattern of its spots are extremely variable. ...
Dorsal coloration is solid olive, brown, bluish gray to black, broken only by a ...
Delicate and brilliant red and black wren, the female is a dull brown and buff ...
Australia's largest macropod. Males are larger than females, more reddish in ...
of the Fabaceae family. These plants can be found on calcareous and
Tillandsia is the largest genus in the bromeliaceae family and is native to the ...
This is Penelope, my pet tortoise. She feeds on fruit only. She is around 24 cm ...
Lichen likes water. 2 pictures. On the left the lichen is hysrated. On the ...
are large compared to most cacti. Propagation is by seed. They thrive in hot, ...
The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty. It has distinct ridges above the ...
length. They can be encountered from July through October in fields, in dry ...
The Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) is a medium sized pierid butterfly.It is ...
An early morning drink for this Apostlebird. Medium size grey feathered birds ...
The plant was fragile with long delicate stems that seemed to be straggling ...
enough to trigger germination. The plant is able to tolerate saline