Europe

Red-Eared Slider

Sliders spend lots of time basking in the sun. As cold-blooded animals, they need the sun to heat up.

Eastern Chipmunk

The name chipmunk is derived from an Ojibwe word that means “one who descends the trees headfirst.”

Eurasian Lynx

Eurasian lynxes can survive extreme weather up to elevations of 18,000 feet

Eastern Glass Lizard

When the glass lizard loses its tail it can grow another one. But the new tail lacks the markings of the old one and is usually shorter.

Honey Buzzard

Honey buzzards are medium-sized raptors that earned their names by raiding the nests of bees and wasps.

Asp

It was the symbol of royalty in Egypt, and its bite was used for the execution of favored criminals in Greco-Roman times.

Sable Ferret

Ferrets were used during the Revolutionary War to keep down the rat population.

Eastern Rat snake

Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction.