Polar bears are found throughout the ice-covered waters In areas where Arctic sea ice melts completely each summer, polar bears are forced to spend several months on land, where they feed primarily on stored fat until the sea freezes.
Native to Mexico, Central and South America, this mostly frugivorous mammal is not an endangered species, though it is seldom seen by people because of its strict nocturnal habits.
Raccoons are mainly found in Europe and North America, and are now found all over the world. Raccoons like to live in woods near rivers, lakes, or ponds. They are carnivores, but tend to be omnivores. Their diet in spring and early summer is mainly insect
This subspecies is similar in size to the North American red fox subspecies, but has a longer tail, broad hind limbs, and is a member with large black hairs on its fur.
A rare visitor to the main river valleys along the mainland in southeastern Alaska. A small number of foxes are likely to live year-round further north, particularly in the Haines area, where they were once considered "fairly common."
It is one of the subspecies of Vulpes lagopus, with a body length of 50-60 cm, a tail length of 20-25 cm, and a weight of 2.5-4 kg. The face is narrow, the mouth is pointed, the ears are round, the tail hair is fluffy, and the tip is white. In winter, the
The subspecies was first described from Savanilla de Pirris, a city on the Pacific coast, near Rio Grande de Pirris, department of San José, Costa Rica; at an altitude of about 500 feet in 1931.
Insectivore, the common name applied to any of 450 or so species of mammals—comprising hedgehogs, golden moles, “true” moles, “true” shrews, the moonrat, gymnures, solenodons, and tenrecs—that subsist primarily on insects, other arthropods, an
The culpeo's diet consists largely of rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards, and to a lesser extent, plant material and carrion. They may prey on Andean flamingos and baby vicuña. The culpeo occasionally attacks sheep and is, therefore, often hunted or poi
The red fox originated from smaller-sized ancestors from Eurasia during the Middle Villafranchian period, and colonised North America shortly after the Wisconsin glaciation. Among the true foxes, the red fox represents a more progressive form in the direc
They are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in the spiritual lives of native Channel Islanders. They have been likely semi-domesticated as pets, used as pelts, or for other functions,
Gray Fox is widely distributed and is a common animal. Legal hunting is the main cause of mortality, and although hunting itself does not pose a threat, it may have an impact on the population if there is a concurrent disease outbreak.
Epicyon ("more than a dog") is a large, extinct, canid genus of the subfamily Borophaginae ("bone-crushing dogs"), native to North America. Epicyon existed for about 15 million years from the Hemingfordian age of the Early Miocene, to the Hemphillian of t
Aelurodon are a part of a clade of canids loosely known as "bone-crushing" or "hyena-like" dogs, that apparently descended from the earlier genera Protomarctus and Tomarctus.
Tomarctus is a canid genus of the extinct subfamily Borophaginae which inhabited most of North America during the late Early Miocene to the Early Barstovian age of the Middle Miocene (23—16 million years ago).
Urocyon is a genus of Canidae which includes the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the island fox (Urocyon littoralis). These two fox species are found in the Western Hemisphere.
It has a somewhat shrubby habit of growth with stem-clasping, lance-shaped leaves from 50 to 200 mm long arranged alternately on either side of the stems. The small, blue flowers occur on branched stems up from the ends of the branches. The flowers have c
Hemerocallis dumortieri is distributed in China and Jilin; it is also distributed in North Korea, Russia, and Japan. Hemerocallis dumortieri is a light-loving plant, extremely cold-tolerant, relatively tolerant of drought and poor soil, and likes cool and
Native to Asia and Europe. There are wild species in China's mountains. It has been cultivated in China since ancient times. The earliest record can be found in the "Book of Songs Wei Feng Bo Xi" written 2,500 years ago. It says, "How can I get the weed?
Corynotheca licrota, otherwise known as the antler zig-zag lily, club-fruit lily, or sand lily, is a perennial herbaceous member of the family Asphodelaceae and is found in arid inland areas of Australia.
Hemerocallis are herbaceous clump-forming perennials growing from rhizomes, some produce spreading stolons. They have a fibrous or fibrous-tuberous root system with contractile roots.
They are characterized by their long, strap-like leaves and delicate flowers, which are typically blue or purple in colour. Dianella species are commonly grown as ornamental plants in gardens and native landscapes, some have traditional medicinal uses as
1964 from a specimen found in Mountain Zebra Park overlooking Cradock in the Eastern Cape Province, but was not identified again until forty years later.
This is a popular, waterwise garden plant, especially when planted en masse as a ground cover, or in rock gardens. It is also cultivated for its medicinal properties.
Aloe aculeata is a solitary rosette-forming succulent that can grow up to 70cm high in ideal conditions. In its natural habitat, it survives severe drought-like conditions.
This is a clumping succulent and it continues with our theme of trying to promote plants that use less water but are still very beautiful in our landscape.
A shrub to 5 metres tall found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, usually on the coastal lowlands. From near Bilpin, New South Wales further north to Queensland. C. stricta has become naturalised in Victoria.
C. indivisa typically grows as a small, single-trunk understory tree with large, glossy, lance-shaped leaves. The stem typically has few, if any, branches. It is distinctive from other related Cordyline species due to its broad, blue-green leaves and its
Safed musali is used as an aphrodisiac and galactogogue as well as for its nutritive, health promoting properties and immunoenhancing, hepatoprotective and antioxidants activities. The tubers are also used in fever, leucorrhoea and also as an aphrodisiac.
This member of the Anthericaceae family was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1878. In 1936, Milne-Redhead mowed it to the Anthericum genera, but it wasn't supported. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
The drug consists of cylindrical fleshy tubers from 1 to 2 inches in length, and from 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter, tapering at either extremity, pale yellowish-gray in color, translucent, soft and flexible. A central ligneous cord runs longitudinally thro