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Destruction Island (also known historically as Green Island [1] and Isla de Dolores/Island of Sorrows [2]) is a 30-acre (12 ha) island located approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) off the Washington coast. Home to seabirds, shorebirds, and marine mammals, it is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge .
Destruction Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse on Destruction Island, a rocky island that is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge [2] lying about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast of Jefferson County, Washington, in the northwest of the United States.
The Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), also known as the Christmas Island musk-shrew is an extremely rare or possibly extinct shrew from Christmas Island.It was variously placed as subspecies of the Asian gray shrew (Crocidura attenuata) or the Southeast Asian shrew (Crocidura fuliginosa), [2] but morphological differences and the large distance between the species indicate that it ...
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies.Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae (red-toothed shrews).
One satellite image shows flooded streets in St. Armands Key, a barrier island near Sarasota. Flooded streets in St. Armands Key after Hurricane Milton, in Sarasota, Florida. / Credit: Maxar ...
Below, Bored Panda has compiled a selection of photos and videos capturing the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast. #1 Two Forgotten Dogs Get Rescued From Their Kennels Who ...
One species, the possibly extinct Christmas Island shrew (C. trichura), also inhabited Christmas Island. They likely originated in Africa or Asia Minor during the Miocene , spread to Europe by the early Pliocene , and spread to eastern Asia and the Mediterranean by the Pleistocene .
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday night, packing 120 mph winds as a Category 3 storm and bringing a new wave of destruction to an area already reeling from the ravages ...