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Cammi Morgan
Author for A-Z Animals

Cammi Morgan is a writer at A-Z Animals where her primary focus is on mycology, marine animals, forest and river ecology, and dogs. Cammi has been volunteering in animal rescue for over 10 years, and has been studying mycology and field-researching mushrooms for the past 3 years.

A resident of Southeast Appalachia, Cammi loves her off-grid life where she shares 20 acres with her landmates, foster dogs, and all the plants, fungi, and critters of the forest.

Discover 7 Animals That Glide
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Across the animal kingdom, species exist that have evolved the ability to soar through the air without achieving true self-powered flight. These animals glide. Most of these critters are arboreal,… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 11 months ago

3 Types of Purple Mushrooms
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While purple mushrooms aren't particularly common, they are an absolute delight to come across on strolls through the forest. Typically, these colorful, whimsical mushrooms are the most vivid and striking when young,… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 11 months ago

5 Types of Truffle Mushrooms
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Truffles are the spore-bearing fruiting bodies of subterranean ascomycete fungi across dozens of genera and multiple families within the order Pezizales. Whether truffles are a considered a mushroom depends on… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 12 months ago

8 Types of Coral Mushrooms
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As their common name suggests, coral mushrooms produce fruiting bodies shaped like branching or stalked marine corals. Together with club fungi, these unique and delightful mushrooms belong to the non-taxonomical… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 12 months ago

6 Types of Gilled Mushrooms
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Of the roughly 13,500 identified species of macroscopic, mushroom-forming fungi, about 8,500 are gilled. These mushrooms exist within multiple orders of Agaricomycetes. Gilled mushrooms produce thin, slit-like spore-dispersing tissues underneath… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 12 months ago

How to Find Oyster Mushrooms
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Oyster mushrooms are a widely foraged and cultivated genus of mushrooms. If you're interested in mushroom hunting, familiarizing yourself with oysters can provide an opportunity for widespread and almost year-round… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

Discover 7 Animals That Eat Plankton
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Plankton are tiny or microscopic organisms in marine environments that drift with the currents. Phytoplankton are tiny photosynthetic organisms, such as green algae, while zooplankton are tiny animals, such as… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

Discover 5 Animals That Eat Moss
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Flowering plants that lack vascular tissues in the phylum Bryophyta and moss inhabit every continent on Earth and represent about 12,000 species. They grow in a rich diversity of environments,… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

Discover 6 Animals That Eat Coral

While some are solitary, the majority of coral species are colonial organisms comprised of hundreds to thousands of tiny, individual, soft-bodied animals called polyps. Reef-building polyps contain microscopic, photosynthetic algae… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

5 Types of Blue Mushrooms
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Blue-colored mushrooms are a bit of a rare occurrence. This is likely due to mushrooms' lack of widespread use for this color. While some fungi use animals to spread their… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Crows Communicate?
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Highly intelligent and social birds, crows integrate various communication methods within their social groups to relay important messages, socially bond, and express emotions. This guide will delve into how crows… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Fish Communicate?
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Over 35,000 species of fish inhabit Earth's oceans and freshwater. Among them, an incredible diversity of intra and interspecific communication exists. This range of communication methods includes body language, acoustic… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Ants Communicate?
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Over 8,800 species of ants exist under the Formicidae family, and all of them are eusocial with complex social systems. Communication in ant colonies is essential for group defense, foraging, reproduction, identification,… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Whales Communicate?
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Whales are highly social creatures that live and travel in tightly-knit pods. Whales have evolved various intraspecific communication methods to thrive and maintain a cohesive social group. These incredible marine… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Bees Communicate?
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About 9% of the currently documented 20,000 species of bees are eusocial. They live in complex social groups that depend on intraspecific communication to survive. These social species of bees… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Deer Communicate With Each Other?
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Graceful, swift, social, and vigilant, deer rely on their agile and fast movements, attention to their environment, and effective intraspecific communication to survive. Deer primarily use vocalizations, body language, and chemical… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

Types of Black Mushrooms
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The world of mushrooms features an incredible array of diversity in morphological characteristics. The fascinating fruiting bodies of fungi come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colors. They have… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Wolves Communicate?
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Researchers have studied wolf communication for many decades. However, some of these studies, especially prior to the 2000s, come from observations of captive wolves in man-made packs. Conflicts between wolves… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

9 Animals That Have Blue Tongues
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Genetically, blue tongues are a rarity in the animal world. However, some animals sport entirely or spotted blue tongues for self-defense, sun protection, increased heat absorption, and yet-to-be-understood reasons. In… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago

How Do Turtles Communicate?
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In the past decade, scientists have discovered that turtles have a much wider range of communication abilities than previously thought. Far from a silent, solitary reptile, many species of turtles… Read More

By Cammi Morgan 1 year ago