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Zion National Park is located near Springdale, Utah in the southwestern United States. The park holds 146,597 acres of protect land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes like the Parowan Fremont and Basketmaker Anasazi tribes. The Mormons were the first people of European ancestry to inhabit the area and in 1863, Isaac Behunin, the man who is credited with naming the area, moved...
Yosemite National Park is located in eastern California in the United States in the central area of Sierra Nevada, extending to the western slopes of the range. The park holds 761,268 acres of protected land. The area became very popular after Thomas Ayres, the artist who was responsible for much of the publicity of the area, and an entrepreneur named James Mason Hutchings visited in 1855....
Canyonlands National Park is located in southern Utah in the United Sates. It occurs near the city of Moab and is divided into four distinct areas. These areas are comprised of the Green River and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries, the Needles, the Island in the Sky, and the Maze. The park holds 337,598 acres of protected land and was established in 1964. The four areas of Canyonland...
Death Valley National Park is located in Nevada and California in the United States. Many tribes of nomadic Native Americans originally inhabited the area, like the Timbisha tribe that was present around 1,000 AD. It was discovered by American and European settlers who were searching for a shortcut to the gold mines in California. The valley was given its name by this group, despite the fact...
Anadara granosa, known also as Tegillarca granosa, is a species of ark clam known as the blood cockle because of the red haemoglobin liquid within. It’s found throughout the Indo-Pacific region from the eastern coast of South Africa towards the north and eastwards to Southeast Asia, Polynesia, Australia, and up towards northern Japan. It resides mostly in the intertidal zone at one to two...
Arca Noae, also known as the Noah’s Ark shell, is a species of bivalve mollusk within the family of Arcidae. It’s found in the Mediterranean Sea along with the Adriatic Sea from low tide mark to a depth of about 200 feet. The shell of this species grows to about 4 inches in length. It’s shortened at the anterior end and elongated at the posterior end. It is normally striped in brown...
Pododesmus patelliformis, also known as ribbed saddle-oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusk within the family Anomiidae. It can be found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. This oyster has a thin asymmetric shell up to 4 centimeters in length which is white, occasionally with brown markings. The outline is roughly circular and the beaks are central but set further back from the margin. The...
The Atlantic thorny oyster, Spondylus americanus, is a species of bivalve mollusk within the family Limidae. It can be seen along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil. This oyster can grow to 3.9 inches in diameter. The valves of its shell are roughly circular and the upper valve is decorated with many spiny protuberances up to 2 inches long. When...
The Fragile File Clam, Limaria fragilis, is a species of bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Limidae. It’s found in shallow waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and is able to swim. This clam has a pair of hinged, thin, asymmetric white valves and a red mantle with a fringe of long and tapering pink and grey banded tentacles at its edge. Also around the margin of the mantle is a row...
Bathymodiolus thermophilus is a species of large, deepwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Mytilidae. The species was discovered at abyssal depths when submersible vehicles began exploring the deep ocean. It occurs on the sea bed, frequently in large numbers, close to hydrothermal vents where hot, sulphur-rich water wells up through the floor of the Pacific Ocean....
