Thrips are minute insects whose chief distinguishing features are four wings fringed with hair-like cilia and sucking mouthparts. The order name, Thysanoptera, means fringe-winged. Thrips are best known as pests of plant crops. They use a single mandible to punch a hole…
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Bengal tigers are the most common sub-species of tiger to be found in the wild, and are most commonly found living in regions of India and Bangladesh in Asia. Magnificently striking creatures, Bengal tigers are quite adaptive animals, and are…
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In the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, live the members of a little known order of insects, the Embioptera or web-spinners. It is a small order with only about 300 species in 13 families described, but because they are…
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Ultimately the purpose of sexual activity is certainly reproduction. Survival of the individual is pointless from an evolutionary point of view if offspring are not produced. All living things die. Without reproduction, the species will join the majority of species…
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Almost 40% of the world’s mammals belong to the order Rodentia. These are not just rats and mice though. The order is divided into three suborders, the mouse-like rodents (Myomorpha), the squirrel-like rodents (Sciuromorpha) and the cavie-like rodents (Caviomorpha). The…
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All tapeworms belong to the phylum platyhelminthes in the class cestoda. The class cestoda consists of about 5000 species. All are endoparasitic tapeworms. Most of them need at least 2 hosts. The definitive hosts of the adult tapeworms are usually…
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The mating habits of the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) vary somewhat depending on habitat. Found in the USA from the Everglades of Florida to Southern parts of Canada, and from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coasts of Washington and Oregon…
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Understanding pig behavior is like understanding the behavior of any animal. It means understanding the animal’s physiology, psychology, and how it evolved. All these factors combine to create behaviors. All animals require food, water, living space, and companionship (this may…
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Many things can kill the living plants and/or animals that reside on land or within the many bodies of water on our Earth. Such was the case for nearly all of the prehistoric animals and plants that were alive as…
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Many people tend to overlook insects due to the fact that at first glance they can often appear to be nothing more than a nuisance to be squashed underfoot. However in reality, insects are essential for the survival of all…
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