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The Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) is a rare and endangered cave-dwelling troglobite amphibian native to San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, specifically the San Marcos Pool of the Edwards Aquifer. This species resembles the olm, another stygofaunal salamander from Europe. Unlike the olm, this amphibian's body is not as elongated, and ...
This a public gem mine located in the Piedmont of North Carolina in Alexander County, specifically in the town of Hiddenite. [2] At the mine, more than 63 different types of gems and minerals can be found including emeralds, amethyst, sapphire, aquamarine, topaz, garnet, as well as the stone Hiddenite, which is a stone only found in this local ...
Colorado City (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ r eɪ d ə / kahl-uh-RAH-dō) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States. [6] Its population was 3,991 at the 2020 census . History
Crystal City is a city in and the county seat of Zavala County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 6,354 as of the 2020 census . [ 6 ] It was settled as a farming and ranching community and was a major railroad stop being 110 miles (180 km) from San Antonio .
Farrah Leni Fawcett was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the younger of two daughters. [3] Her mother, Pauline Alice Fawcett (née Evans; 1914–2005), was a homemaker and her father, James William Fawcett (1917–2010), was an oil field contractor. [4] She was of Irish, French, English and Choctaw Native American ancestry.
Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. [5] Its population was 17,394 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center.
The elevation of its city center is 2,579 feet (786 m) above sea level. Two major highways serve the city, passing through the city center: US-95 (north-south) and ID-8 (east-west). The Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport, four miles (6 km) west, provides limited commercial air service. The local newspaper is the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
Juvenile red foxes are known as kits. Males are called tods or dogs, females are called vixens, and young are known as cubs or kits. [14] Although the Arctic fox has a small native population in northern Scandinavia, and while the corsac fox's range extends into European Russia, the red fox is the only fox native to Western Europe, and so is simply called "the fox" in colloquial British English.