3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (993+ words) World Atlas Everyone can name the 50 states. Almost nobody can name the scattering of specks the United States also owns across the Pacific and the Caribbean, which is fair, because most of them are guano-stained coral rocks with no people,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (848+ words) Connecticut has seen an alarmingly elevated amount of tick activity in recent years. The state hosts a number of woodland systems and coastal-edge habitats where species like deer ticks and American dog ticks dominate. Shade-covered forest floors in spots such…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1028+ words) World Atlas A single national park in the southern Appalachians may hold as many as 100, 000 species, more salamander varieties than almost anywhere on Earth, alongside black bears, elk, and 1, 650 kinds of flowering plant. The Great Smoky Mountains are the most…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (599+ words) Florida's reputation for swamps, forests, and year-round warmth extends to a resident less celebrated than its alligators: the tick. The flooded wildernesses of Everglades National Park, the vast woodlands of Ocala National Forest, and the open grasslands of Kissimmee Prairie…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (429+ words) Data basis: This entry is based on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimate of lakes greater than 5 acres. Data basis: This entry is based on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources statewide lake count. Data basis: This entry…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (497+ words) The Yakima River travels about 214 miles, the longest river contained entirely within Washington. Its lower corridor doubles as prime snake country. Side channels, rocky embankments, and shrub-steppe support strong numbers of the common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) and the western…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (637+ words) World Atlas Western and northern Michigan's ample wooded recreation areas support some of the state's most established blacklegged tick populations. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services surveillance reports show blacklegged ticks expanding across much of the Peninsulas, particularly…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (454+ words) This semi-aquatic snake prefers the free-flowing water and surrounding bogs, swamps, meadows, wetlands, and other wet environments that are bountiful in this branch of the Union River. This snake is considered of Special Concern in Maine as its preferred marshy…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (919+ words) World Atlas Dozens of species of sharks inhabit the waters surrounding the United States, distributed across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. While some species remain in the same region year-round, others migrate seasonally…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (281+ words) Pennsylvania's varied landscapes host some of the highest tick activity in the United States. The state reported 16, 671 Lyme disease cases in 2023, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Three tick species live in its forests and suburbs, with the blacklegged…...