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Nicrophorus americanus, also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. [3] It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member ...
The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Foraker, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrass prairie in the world. . Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the preserve contains 39,650 acres (160 km 2) owned by the Conservancy and another 6,000 acres (24 km 2) leased in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched ...
website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Central: Firefighting: Preservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment Oklahoma State Penitentiary Museum: McAlester: Pittsburg: Kiamichi Country: Prison: Artifacts and history of Oklahoma's prison system [77]
#87 Oklahoma City to Tulsa: While the drive won't be the highlight, the destinations are. This route blends urban attractions with historical sites. This route blends urban attractions with ...
Oklahoma: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1992 [47] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 1996 [47] Oregon: Oregon swallowtail: Papilio oregonius: 1979 [48] Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania firefly: Photuris pennsylvanica: 1974 [49] Rhode Island: American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus: 2015 [50] South ...
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman Frank Phillips.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
In 1987, the Oklahoma Legislature and governor approved a law (70 OK Stat §70-3309.1) that designated the Stovall Museum as the official Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In the early 1990s, a group of concerned citizens in Norman, Oklahoma , began to lobby for a new museum facility to better care for the state’s collection of natural and ...