Turkey Vulture Facts

Turkey vultures are one of the amazing birds that are found in America and are known for some really interesting habits and characteristics. Find out some important turkey vulture facts with this article. Turkey Vulture Classification and Description Turkey vulture or Cathartes aura, is one of the most common vultures found in America. Vultures are […]

Amphibians as Pets: What Frogs, Newts and Salamanders Actually Ask of You

An amphibian drinks and breathes through its skin, which means the water you pour into its enclosure and the air around it go straight into the animal. That single fact decides almost everything about keeping amphibians as pets: no basking lamp will rescue a dry tank, tap water needs treating before it touches the animal, […]

Aquarium Setup and Care: The Weeks Between Filling the Tank and Adding Fish

A freshwater tank is ready for fish roughly four to six weeks after you fill it, not the afternoon you carry it home. In that gap, the water has to grow a bacterial colony big enough to handle the waste the fish will produce, and there is no shortcut that reliably compresses it into a […]

The Invertebrate Aisle at the Fish Store, Sorted by What Actually Survives

A cherry shrimp costs about the same as a cup of coffee and can live a year and a half in a stable, cycled tank with no copper in it. Put that same shrimp in with an angelfish and it lives until the angelfish notices it. That gap, between the animal’s actual requirements and the […]