When most of us think of bog bodies, we think of northwestern Europe—Ireland, say, or Denmark. But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved ...

but were produced always in bogs and marshes.” The Sphagnaceæ or Peat-Mosses of Europe and North America. By R. Braithwaite (London: David Bogue, 1880.) ...

The Windover archaeological site is among the most significant bog body sites in North America. When scientists ... were preserved so well because of the peat at the bog. Peat is made of layers ...

But no roads or trails lead into this massive park made up of rough subarctic forest, tundra, muskeg, and part of North America’s largest expanse of peat bog, which shelters one of the largest ...

Weight varies from 21-33 g (0.7-1.2 oz). The southern bog lemming is resident of a large part of eastern North America, and its range extends from southeastern Manitoba to southwestern Kansas, east to ...

Cranberry bogs are wetland environments characterized by thick sphagnum moss, acidic waters, and spongy peat. During the ... size of a penny—thrive in North America's wetlands.