Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
A small olive-gray sparrow nests just above the ground in seasonally flooded marl prairie where water timing determines reproductive success.
Florida, United States: places and wildlife — page 4
Browse the published Explore collection for Florida, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Florida Panther
Long-tailed tawny cats move through pinelands, swamps, ranches, and road crossings, requiring enormous connected territories rather than one protected park.
Key Deer
House-dog-sized white-tailed deer swim between islands and browse pineland, hammock, and wetland habitat around Big Pine and neighboring keys.
Florida Bonneted Bat
Enormous ears curve over the head of a rare free-tailed bat that roosts in tree cavities and buildings across a fragmented subtropical landscape.
Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit
Smaller and darker than mainland marsh rabbits, this Lower Keys endemic feeds along saltmarsh, buttonwood, and freshwater vegetation near dense escape cover.
Key Largo Woodrat
This large native rat builds bulky stick nests in limestone crevices beneath the tropical hardwood canopy of northern Key Largo.
Miami Blue Butterfly
Brilliant blue males and darker females use coastal host plants in one of America’s smallest and most storm-exposed butterfly ranges.
Schaus’ Swallowtail
Chocolate-brown wings crossed by yellow bands move through tropical hammock where torchwood and wild lime feed caterpillars.
Florida Torreya
Flat sharp needles and plumlike seeds identify a devastated evergreen surviving on steep cool bluffs above the Apalachicola River.
Florida Yew
Dark evergreen needles and red arils mark a slow-growing understory tree found only on shaded bluffs beside the Apalachicola River.
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.
Striped bass
Seven or eight continuous dark stripes mark a silvery predator that uses tidal rivers as nurseries and the coast as a highway.
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.
Nine-spotted Lady Beetle
New York's state insect once seemed ordinary; finding its precise pattern now demands care and a little luck.