Sentences with phrase «rock crevices»

In 15 years he has led 170 expeditions and documented more than 500 previously unknown species of creatures, including Microgale nasoloi, a tiny hedgehog - like tenrec that feeds on insects and scurries about the forest floor; Heteroscorpion magnus, a giant scorpion that hides in rock crevices in the northeastern part of the island; and Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi, a tiny, sparrowlike warbler that lives high in the forest canopy.

It had been 74 years since a Xantus» murrelet nest was found in the lava rock crevices, perched high near the plateau surface of Anacapa Island.

There, the common lizards laid white, leathery eggs the size of aspirin capsules in rock crevices.

He had already really dug around in the rock crevice earlier and only came up with the lighter.

In German, hund means dog; the Dachshund is a «badger dog» that, like the terriers, chased its quarry to ground in dens or rock crevices.

Animals found in rock crevices and submerged pools usually require more moisture to prevent them from drying out.

The Cassin's auklet usually nest in dense colonies in rock crevices and in burrows they dig in rocky compacted soil or they may excavate burrows for nesting in soft soils under vegetation, stumps, or fallen logs on seaward slopes of coastal sites.

spend most of their life hidden in the rock crevices and burrows on the bottom of the sea.

They spend most of their life hidden in the rock crevices and burrows on the bottom of the sea.

It uses that X-rayed body to «sit and wait» for prey, hiding in a rock crevice or among the coral.

Bats are nocturnal and usually spend the daylight hours roosting in caves, rock crevices, trees, or manmade structures such as houses and / or bridges.