With rich hardwood forests, Appalachian coniferous forests, and coastal salt and freshwater marshes, Virginia is a nature-rich state. Black Bears and White-tailed Deer are standouts in the hardwood forests that cover nearly half of Virginia and host the state tree, Flowering Dogwood. In swampy forests, luminous Prothonotary Warblers nest in cavities. Virginia is particularly renowned for its astounding diversity of salamanders, which occupy various...