Ponds support a wide range of wildlife - from creatures that permanently live underwater or spend the first ... It feeds on decaying animal and plant matter. The water scorpion (Nepa cinerea) waits ...

Green animals also live there - bugs ... the leaves are adapted to channel away excess water using drip tips or to float. A collection of plants could be made available for the children to ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and ... Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time.

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the ... which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing ...