Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Japanese gardens, native wildflowers, camellias, roses, tropical houses, Alabama woodlands, herbs, and a major horticultural library occupy 67 acres beside the zoo.
Alabama, United States: places and wildlife — page 4
Browse the published Explore collection for Alabama, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Aldridge Gardens
Thirty acres preserve the home of Snowflake hydrangea, native azaleas, a lake trail, bonsai terrace, bird habitat, and an extensive group of Frank Fleming sculptures.
Birmingham Zoo
African elephants, primates, predators, reptiles, birds, Alabama species, children’s areas, and conservation programs fill a hilly campus beside the botanical gardens.
Montgomery Zoo
Animal habitats, Waters of the World, keeper talks, and the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum combine living behavior with preserved comparative collections.
Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
Big cats, primates, reptiles, birds, domestic animals, encounters, and shaded paths occupy a newer inland campus designed after repeated hurricane threats.
Red Hills Salamander
A long, dark, mostly subterranean salamander survives only in cool forested ravines across six south Alabama counties.
Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
This large basking turtle is centered in the lower Mobile–Tensaw system, where freshwater marsh, submerged vegetation, and nesting ground meet tidal influence.
Alabama Sturgeon
A small shovel-nosed sturgeon persists at vanishingly low numbers in the Alabama River system and is not an ethical sighting target.
Spring Pygmy Sunfish
This tiny sunfish survives in clear vegetated springs of the Tennessee Valley, where groundwater quantity and aquatic plants matter more than open water.
Black Warrior Waterdog
This permanently gilled waterdog lives beneath rock and ledges in streams of the Black Warrior River basin, surfacing a biodiversity story hidden below turbid water.
Flattened Musk Turtle
This small aquatic turtle is restricted to the upper Black Warrior drainage, where clean rocky streams and crevices offer feeding and refuge.
Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant
Tall yellow-green pitchers with reddish veins trap insects in sunny seepage bogs where groundwater keeps acidic soil wet but not deeply flooded.
Cahaba Lily
Broad white flowers rise from rocky shoals in fast, sunlit water, with Alabama’s Cahaba River supporting the best-known and largest accessible display.
Carolina Wren
A warm-brown wren with a white eyebrow lives close to cover across South Carolina and serves as the state bird.
Carolina Wolf Spider
North America’s largest wolf spider patrols open ground after dark and is South Carolina’s official state spider.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
This large striped butterfly, South Carolina’s state butterfly, moves between tree canopies, flowers, puddles, and host plants.
Carolina Mantid
South Carolina’s state insect is a gray, green, or brown ambush predator of gardens, old fields, and woodland edges.
Diamondback terrapin
Pale spotted skin, a patterned shell, and a life between salt and fresh water distinguish Maryland’s official state reptile.
Baltimore oriole
Maryland’s orange-and-black state bird whistles from leafy edges and suspends a woven pouch nest near a branch tip.
Atlantic blue crab
Paddle-shaped rear legs, blue claws, and a life tied to brackish Chesapeake water distinguish Maryland’s state crustacean.
Black-eyed Susan
Rough-haired stems and golden rays around a raised brown center make Maryland’s state flower a familiar open-ground wildflower.
White oak
Maryland’s state tree supports insects and wildlife; rounded leaf lobes and pale bark reward a slower look in mature woodland.
Common Snapping Turtle
A rugged freshwater turtle is easiest to notice when it leaves the water to nest, not while it lies hidden below.
Sugar Maple
Recognize New York's state tree by more than its color: bark, paired buds, and leaf shape tell the whole story.