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red-banded leafhopper

red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

ripped torn flag, pirate, skull

Are There Laws on the High Seas?

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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Also Known As	Cicadellidae • Jassidae

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red-banded leafhopper

red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

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Topics

grape leafhopper Agrosoma Agalliana ensigera beet leafhopper rose leafhopper six-spotted leafhopper apple leafhopper potato leafhopper aster yellows Auchenorrhyncha treehopper froghopper

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

Lion (panthera leo)

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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