WEB SITES National Park Service: Everglades National Park http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm Learn more about visiting Everglades National Park. National Park Service: Burmese Python Species Profile http://www.nps.gov/ever/naturescience/burmesepython.htm The National Park Service provides statistics about pythons in the Everglades. Western New York Herpetological Society: Burmese Python Information Sheet http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/snakes/burmese-python.php ...
The polar bear rules the north. To the hardy native people who settled the harsh lands of the Arctic, the powerful hunter with the ghostly white coat is known as the "lonely roamer." But most of us know the huge mammal as the polar bear. ...
Scientists hoping to learn more about polar bears face an exhausting challenge: not only do they have to spend hours searching for the bears over huge territories, but once they find them, they also have to contend with some of the world's worst weather. Researchers ...
NATURE uproots the cunning secrets of how flora reproduce in The Seedy Side of Plants. They're cunning and manipulative, and will do anything to get what they want. No, it's not the cast of your favorite daytime soap. We're speaking of the ubiquitous plant life ...
Web Sites: American Bloodhound Club http://www.bloodhounds.org/ Find out more about one of the oldest, finest, and most noble breed of scent-tracking dogs. American Kennel Club (AKC) http://www.akc.org/ Check out all the dog breeds officially recognized by the AKC, as well as information on how to ...
Each spring, the skies above the rugged, volcanic shores of Iceland's Lake Myvatn echo with the sound of whispering wings. Like ponderous ghostly kites, great white swans dip and glide to splashy landings in the crisp waters. Wildebeeste migrate in search of food and water. ...
Divers find unseen world harboring strange ecology in NATURE's Springs Eternal: Florida's Fountain of Youth. According to legend, Spanish explorers believed that a fountain of eternal youth bubbled up to the surface somewhere in the place we know today as Florida. In a poetic way, ...
Early explorers hacking their way across Florida's bushy landscape sometimes returned with amazing stories of mermaids basking in sparkling waters -- or hideous monsters patrolling the seas. As NATURE's Springs Eternal reveals, however, these tall tales were inspired by one of the most remarkable inhabitants ...
"It's the most awesome thing I've ever seen." That is how K. Michael Garman, a cave diver and researcher featured on NATURE's Springs Eternal, describes the Dragon's Lair, an unusual cavern he is studying in Crystal Beach Spring on Florida's west coast. As Springs Eternal ...
