See "Focus Illustrated, September 2021, for spider photo mentioned above.
Reptiles & Amphibians
Back cover, June 2021
Garter snake. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
No Fish Tale
Spring was on the calendar and in the air. Bright sunshine, warm temperatures, and clear blue skies beckoned winter-weary children of all ages outdoors to enjoy God’s beautiful creation. River...
Covers, June 2021
Baltimore Oriole, Female. Photo © Alva Steury Jr. Garter snake. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
You Can Draw a Bullfrog Submissions
Go to January 2021 for Bullfrog Lesson
Crocodiles
A crocodile basks in the sun on the banks of the Nile River. He has just eaten, so he will probably not need to hunt again for a long time. He sleeps, undisturbed. He looks like his name—crocodile....
You Can Draw a Bullfrog Lesson
Go to January 2021 to download
Alligator Eating a Juvenile Alligator
Great Blue Heron photos © Danny Gilliam. Background adult alligator photo © Allen Shank.
The Secretive Caecilian
Nestled in a moist dirt burrow in the forested hills of Kenya, Africa, a 3-inch-long (75-mm), pale, serpentine creature uncoils as it awakens. It wriggles around in search of something to satisfy...
Fascinating Frogs
Abundance of young tadpole in pond water. Photo © Hanbr/iStockPhoto.com “What is that?” questioned one of my students. In an instant, more students were crowded around my desk, staring at a shallow...
Exploring Nature, Spring
Photo © Kevin Shank Skunk cabbage is in bloom late winter and early spring.Woodcocks begin doing their courtship displays.Mid-to-late March grizzlies come out of hibernation.400,000-600,000 Sandhill...
Wondernose: What Animal Pretends to be Poisonous, yet is Actually Harmless to People?
For a description of our mystery animal, we’ll start with its nose. It resembles the snout of a barnyard pig, because it’s slightly turned up at the end. The resemblance is so strong that “hognose”...