Beyond the horse paddock, a troop of capybaras, pig-size aquatic rodents, emerged from the tree line and settled serenely into a wallow. |
The weed impedes water's natural flow and can destroy native communities of aquatic plants and animals. |
The water shrew of Eurasia weakens its aquatic prey with a similar saliva poison. |
In the spring children catch butterflies, and in the summer they play with aquatic whirhgig beetles, true water beetles, and snails. |
In a half an hour, I quit this place, slip into the ocean, and hassle the local aquatic life with my snorkel and my submersible camera. |
Moreover, he says, the preserved skin of the webbed feet shows the same microscopic structure seen in aquatic birds today. |