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Why Live Oaks Grow Along The Southern Coast
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (577+ words) Live oaks (Quercus virginiana) range in a narrow, nearly unbroken band from the coastal plain of southeastern Virginia down through Florida, along the entire Gulf Coast, and into central Texas. They rarely appear more than a hundred miles or so…...
The Largest Animal That Has Ever Lived
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (757+ words) The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived, with a range that spans from Monterey Bay krill blooms to the Antarctic ice edge. The largest animal known to have ever lived on Earth does not walk on…...
The US Lakes Where Bull Sharks Have Been Caught
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (430+ words) Sabine Lake also has a documented sportfishing catch. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department records list a 59-inch, 39-pound bull shark caught by Harold Bean IV on July 27, 2005. The agency classifies the method as rod and reel. That fish provides a…...
The US Rivers Where Bull Sharks Swim Upstream
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (1163+ words) WorldAtlas Imagine going for a swim in the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri, more than a thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico, when a steel-gray dorsal fin breaches the water's surface nearby. A shark sounds impossible, but maybe…...
The Biggest Waves Ever Recorded Off The US Coast
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (492+ words) include Alaska's Lituya Bay megatsunami, a record wave off Cape Mendocino, and the big surf of Cortes Bank. Waves are a natural occurrence in the ocean, and they fluctuate from small to large, but some can become tsunamis caused by…...
The Fastest River In The United States
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (310+ words) The Stikine begins in British Columbia and crosses the Coast Mountains before reaching Southeast Alaska near Wrangell. Tributaries, heavy precipitation, snowmelt, and glacial melt build a huge flow by the lower river. USGS records from the gauge near Wrangell regularly…...
The Rivers Where Sturgeon Still Spawn
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (1341+ words) Research on the Hudson has assembled an unusually complete picture of the Atlantic sturgeon life cycle. NOAA has documented eggs, larvae, young-of-year fish, juveniles, and adults throughout different reaches of the river. Known spawning activity occurs in spring and early…...
The Important Features Of The Mediterranean Climate
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (531+ words) The Mediterranean type of climate prevails in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea as well as in some other parts of the world. The Mediterranean type of climate prevails in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea as well as in…...
What Is The Largest Mammal?
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (721+ words) The blue whale, the largest animal ever, spans 110 feet, weighs 199 tonnes, inhabits oceans globally, and feeds on krill. The blue whale, the largest animal ever to exist, can reach up to 34 meters (110 feet) in length and weigh up to 430,000 pounds…...
Why the Blue Whale Might Not Be the Largest Animal in History
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (1035+ words) Around 100 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, the breakaway continents slowly drifted toward their eventual permanent locations. South America was still attached to Africa, with Australia and Antarctica drifting southward. Humans did not exist, but if they had,…...