> A gila monster is a reptile. Suppose you found some hard-shelled eggs lying on the ground. And suppose that some little scaly skinned creatures hatched out of them. What kind of animal would...
Grunts, croaks, snores, and roars
The ocean is a noisy place! It's full of grunts, croaks, squeaks, snores, clicks, and roars. Many of these sounds are made by fish. Some fish are named after the sounds they make. One kind of fish...
Which is the strangest fish?
> Mudskippers > Archerfish There are thousands of kinds of fishes. If you tried to choose the strangest fish in the world, you'd have a hard time. The mudskipper has a head like a frog and a...
Fish food
Nearly everything that lives in the water is food for a hungry fish. In the ocean, most fish eat only other fish. Ocean cod, hake, tarpon, and tuna dine on smaller herrings, sardines, and...
Finny fathers
In the world of fish, it is often the father that does most of the baby-sitting. A father smallmouth black bass starts to take care of his babies even before they're hatched. He makes a wide,...
Champion egg layers
Some fish don't lay eggs. Some fish lay a few eggs. Some fish lay thousands of eggs, and some fish lay millions of eggs. A mother herring may lay more than forty thousand eggs at a time. The eggs...
This fish
This is a looking page. What does the picture tell you about the fish? This fish has shiny scales. Scales are like small, thin pieces of fingernail that cover a fish's body. This fish has big,...
It’s a Fish
A sea horse is a fish. Sometimes it's hard to tell what's a fish and what isn't. A sea horse doesn't look like a fish, but it is. And a dolphin looks like a fish, but it isn't! How can you tell...
The life of a Canada goose
In early spring a pair of Canada geese pick each other as mates. The female, at left, will soon lay eggs. The female makes a nest of grass and feathers. She nestles on her eggs, warming them. ...
Homes for baby birds
Nests are the homes that birds make for their babies. The mother birds lay their eggs in the nests. After the baby birds hatch, they are cared for in the nests until they grow up. Then all the birds...
