Alabama is home to 62 indigenous mammal species.

The peak tornado season varies across Alabama, with a primary season in the spring and a secondary season in November and December.

Yes, occasionally, thunderstorms in Alabama are severe, with frequent lightning and large hail, particularly in the central and northern parts of the state.

Invertebrates in Alabama include 97 crayfish species and 383 mollusk species.

Baldwin and Mobile counties became part of Spanish West Florida in 1783, part of the independent Republic of West Florida in 1810, and finally part of the Mississippi Territory in 1812.

Alabama has 93 reptile species.

Alabama has areas administered by the National Park Service, including:Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Alexander City Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne Russell Cave National Monument in Bridgeport Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site ...Read more

Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its economic center.

In 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital. Alabama rejoined the Union in 1868.

The new voter registration laws, particularly the cumulative poll tax, also disenfranchised poor white voters. By 1941, whites constituted a slight majority of those disenfranchised by these laws, with 600,000 whites and 520,000 African Americans losing the ability to vote.