by Rich Leighton | Nov 12, 2020 | Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
While bees are the current darlings of the invertebrate world, drone flies deserve a lot of credit as well. Not only do these cousins to mosquitoes, houseflies and horseflies live in almost complete obscurity in the public eye, these bee-mimicking insects play an...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 8, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Violet-Green Swallow! Welcome to the next installment of a new series of nature photos that will be short & sweet, and all about the native and naturalized wildlife that is all around us with just one or two interesting nature facts that you might not know about....
by Rich Leighton | Feb 3, 2019 | Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Landscape, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Estuaries are the bridges to land and sea, and it’s here where life is most abundant. Twice a day these shallow water experience a change in salinity due to changing tides, and this attracts about 20 times the amount of biological mass than the open ocean...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 29, 2019 | Fruits & Berries, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
The huckleberry was one of the few plant species to survive on the slopes of Mount St. Helens when the volcano erupted in 1980, and still exists as a prominent mountain-slope bush today. MORE PHOTOS OF FRUITS AND BERRIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 24, 2019 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Ferns reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. Their fossil record goes back 360 million years. MORE PHOTOS OF FERNS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 19, 2019 | Arachnids, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Out of roughly 80 species of scorpions native to North America, 45 of them live in the American Southwest. MORE PHOTOS OF INVERTEBRATES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so...
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