The Question: I work at a home office in a housing development situated in hilly northern New Jersey. It’s near a group of small ponds – which I think are natural ones – surrounded by a perimeter of patchy...
Read MoreThe Question: I saw a TV show where they mentioned that an octopus grabbed its prey and injected some sort of venom – is that true? Submitted by: Rick, New York, USA The Short Answer: The genus Hapalochlaena, the...
Read MoreThe Question: For years I have noticed an oily substance on a stretch of Lake Huron shoreline that leads into a wetland/marsh area. The oily substance has the rainbow pattern that you see when there is a film of oil on water. Is...
Read MoreThe Question: Our backyard in Ohio, like everyone else’s, is currently dry as dust with no standing water. Yet we are infested with mosquitoes! They are black, with a white pattern on the wings (or at least that’s...
Read MoreThe Question: I live in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. We have a few natural ponds here and I found this eel-like species. I’ve seen people here keep it in aquariums. But the people here don’t know it’s scientific...
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