Rainforest Fruits! Yummy!

At least 80% of the developed world’s diet originated in the tropical rainforest. Its bountiful gifts to the world include fruits like avocados, coconuts, figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas, pineapples, mangos and tomatoes; vegetables including corn, potatoes, rice, winter squash and yams; spices like black pepper, cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, sugar cane, tumeric, [...]

Hawaiian monk Seals

Did you know: The Hawaiian monk seal is found on small, uninhabited islands and atolls of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its skin appears gray with silver-gray underparts. Adults can grow up to seven feet in length and can weigh as much as 600 lb. Females are larger than males. The seals prefer to mate in [...]