1. If you shine a light into the eyes of a raccoon, skunk or an opossum, they shine orange or yellow. This is called “eyeshine” and many other animals have it. The eyes of a deer show up as white or silver. The eyes of a cat can shine silver or green. Even the eyes of a spider or moth will shine.

2. When looking for earthworms, try covering the end of your flashlight with red plastic wrap. This helps you sneak up on them before they pull back into their burrows. Why? Because to an earthworm, red light is invisible!

3. About 160,000 different species of moths have been discovered around the world. (About 11,000 kinds live in the United States.)

4. Bats catch insects by giving off high-pitched sounds and listening for the sound to bounce back to their ears as an echo. By making many small squeaks, one after another, the bats can zero in on their prey. This way of finding food is called echolocation.