The banyan is actually a variety of a fig plant that germinates in the branches of trees. It sends down…
The lemur (Latin, lemures, ghosts) get their name from the fact that their movements are noiseless,…
The kalong bat can have a wingspan up to five feet. Its head is like that of the fox, and it lives primarily…
The jaguar can spend a great deal of time in trees, but are known to also hunt fish. They range from…
The kinkajou lives in S. America and spends most of its life in trees. It hunts at night for insects…
The magnolia, in the southern part of the US, is characterized by its splendid blossoms, which give…
They are among the most prized of trees for park and street planting, and nearly all of them become…
The pine marten lives most of its life in trees, but does hunt on the ground. It feeds primarily on…
Nightingale, a small creeping bird seen running up and down the trunks of trees, getting its name from…
Oaks are easily recognized by their characteristic leaves and especially by their peculiar fruit, the…
Olive has been cultivated from the earliest times chiefly for its oil, which is obtained from the fruit…
Orange. All the species of the genus are natives of tropical and subtropical Asia, but are now extensively…
This type of lizard uses their wings like a parachute when they throw themselves upon their prey from…
This type of lizard lives on trees, clinging to the branches by their feet and prehensile tails. They…
It is not only to seek for food that Woodpeckers make holes in trees, but also to establish their nests,…
Like Woodpeckers, they can hang upon trees, and sustain themselves in a vertical position for a long…
Like Woodpeckers, they can hang upon trees, and sustain themselves in a vertical position for a long…
The Creepers are small climbing birds which live and build their nests in the holes they bore in the…
The Creepers are small climbing birds which live and build their nests in the holes they bore in the…
The Creepers are small climbing birds which live and build their nests in the holes they bore in the…
The nutcracker has a straight bill for penetrating under the bark of trees in search of insects, (Figuier,…
The leopard has the power of climbing trees. This is what neither the lion nor the tiger is able to…
The jaguar can spend a great deal of time in trees, but are known to also hunt fish. They range from…
Tall-necked mammal found only in Africa. They travel in herds and browse from the trees with their long…
Tall-necked mammal found only in Africa. They travel in herds and browse from the trees with their long…
Roots which never reach the ground are produced by certain plants whose seeds, lodged upon the boughs…
Mill, with a man standing and a man on horseback in the foreground.
This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.
This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.
Walnut, a genus comprising seven or eight species of beautiful trees of the Juglandaceae order.
The scale bugs, or bark lice, are very injurious to trees: some of them are among the worst pests of…
The Hickory tree-borer is among many beetles whose larvae bore into trees, where they do great damage.…
The Hickory tree-borer is among many beetles whose larvae bore into trees, where they do great damage.…
The Hickory tree-borer is among many beetles whose larvae bore into trees, where they do great damage.
The shrikes are hawklike in appearance and in habits, having a hooked beak and sharp claws. They impale…
Lizards are good climbers and fast runners, and usually live in trees. Some can change their skin color…
There are many types of nuts that grow on trees. They are hard to protect the growing embryo encased…