Holly is one of the best and brightest detectives on the Massachusetts State Police Force. She is an expert in her ability to assemble clues while tracking missing persons or hunting down criminals. How did she get to be so good at her job? That's ...
For decades after people first tried to keep gorillas in captivity, any gorilla's path from the forest to the zoo was soaked in blood. As NATURE's Snowflake: The White Gorilla shows, the animals had to be captured in the wild when they were young -- ...
Web Sites Tsunami: The Great Waves http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm Learn more about what causes tsunamis, how fast they travel, how frequently they occur, and more. Tsunami Research Program http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/ Find out about the efforts to improve tsunami warnings in Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Asia Quake ...
The fall of 2003 brought sad days to the zoo in Barcelona, Spain. After nearly 40 years, Snowflake the white gorilla -- who was the zoo's most famous resident -- was nearing death. Crowds gathered to pay a last, respectful visit to the elderly, ivory-maned ...
For nearly 40 years an albino gorilla named Snowflake was adored by people around the world. In 1967, local villagers in Africa's Equitorial Guinea captured a remarkable baby gorilla. This young male was unlike any gorilla the villagers had seen before; instead of the thick ...
Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Type: Insect Family: Apidae Habitat: Hollow trees in forest habitats, and beekeeper hives Location: Native to Africa and Europe, but spread by humans to temperate and tropical climates worldwide Diet: Herbivore Average lifespan in the wild: Workers, 15 - 38 days in ...
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Type: Mammal Family: Canidae Habitat: Open tundra, forests, prairies Location: Some areas of the continental U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia Diet: Carnivore Average lifespan in the wild: 10 - 18 years Size: Shoulder height: 26 - 36 inches (.6 ...
Cape Griffon Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) Type: Bird Family: Accipitridae Habitat: Nests on the ledges of high cliff faces Location: Endemic to southern Africa, but found mainly in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Botswana Diet: Carnivore (carrion eater) Average lifespan in the wild: Estimated between 50 ...
Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata): a small semiaquatic mole. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Eulipotyphla Family: | Talpidae Genus: | Condylura Species: | C. cristata Size and Weight: They measure 6-8 inches and their is tail 2.6-3.4 inches. On average, ...
