Bird Sology

Lightning bugs are famous for the tiny flashes they produce on warm summer nights, but their diet is much less familiar. Most people notice the glowing adults flying over lawns, gardens, fields, and wooded edges without realizing that these insects spend most of their lives in a very different form. Before becoming the familiar flashing adults, fireflies spend months or even ...

Emperor Penguins live in one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet the hardest part of their daily survival is not always the cold. Finding enough food beneath Antarctic sea ice can be just as challenging. These remarkable birds spend much of their lives surrounded by frozen ocean, diving into dark water to hunt fish, squid, krill, and other marine animals.

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Dung beetles have one of the strangest diets in the insect world. While many beetles spend their lives chewing leaves, eating wood, or hunting other insects, dung beetles are closely associated with animal waste. Their name comes directly from this unusual food source, but there is much more to their diet than simply eating fresh dung.

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The duck-billed platypus has one of the strangest appearances in the animal world, but its diet is surprisingly practical. This unusual Australian mammal spends long periods underwater searching through gravel, mud, stones, and submerged vegetation for small aquatic animals. Instead of relying on teeth to catch and tear food, it uses its sensitive bill to locate prey and coll...

Dubia roaches are often kept as feeder insects for reptiles, amphibians, birds, and other insect eating pets, but they are surprisingly easy to feed once you understand what they need. These roaches are not picky in the way many pets can be. They will eat a wide range of fruits, vegetables, grains, and other plant based foods, especially when those foods provide moisture and ...