This group of beetles has a world-wide distribution and is ancient; fossil records date back about 125 million years. Of some 2,600 species currently known, about 100 occur in the North America. They are related to ground...
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This rather large 11-inch long thrasher is a year-round resident in New Mexico, except for the...
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This medium-sized bird of prairies and meadowlands has a brown mottled back but a bright yellow...
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