What a grasshopper looks like, every child knows, starting from kindergarten. But this stereotype is very misleading. There are more than 6 thousand species of grasshoppers and they look completely different. Some are…

Ants belong to the family of insects that live in large groups. They have several castes: winged females and males, wingless workers. Their dwellings are called anthills. They build them in the soil,…

At the moment, zoos are the only way to get acquainted with the animal world. This is a real treasure trove of natural wonders. Only here a person can see a predator, feed…

Residents of cities, most likely, do not remember the existence of frogs, they have more important things to do, and children even imagine these amphibians only as fairy-tale characters. But the lucky ones…

It is hard to imagine an evening in the countryside without a glass of warm fresh milk and a loaf of fresh bread with sour cream. More recently, each village yard had at…

Word “tiger” comes from Greek tiger, and it is from Persian, and was translated as fast and sharp. This name did not appear by chance. During the hunt, he sneaks up to the…

As a rule, cockroaches cause dislike among many, and as soon as someone notices them in their kitchen, they immediately begin to spray all kinds of chemicals. And we are talking about simple…

Turtles belong to the order of reptiles. There are at least 328 species. All of them are divided into marine and terrestrial, the latter can be land and freshwater. The variety of turtle…

Butterflies are special creatures. Bright, light, they fly from flower to flower, bewitching. Since ancient times, people have watched butterflies, composed poems about their beauty, created signs and legends. Thanks to the wide…

Crocodiles appeared more than 83 million years ago. This squad, belonging to the class of reptiles, has at least 15 species of real crocodiles, 8 species of alligators. Most of them grow up…