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Presidio Modelo: Cuba’s Most Notorious Former Penitentiary
Presidio Modelo is a house of incarceration where the inmates are to be kept under constant surveillance by their goalers. Panopticon is a type...
The Evolution of Butterflies
The Evolution of Butterflies - The story of butterfly evolution is incomplete; butterflies are inherently so delicate that their remains are very rarely preserved...
What is Drought?
Drought is the prolonged absence of rain in a location that usually receives a significant amount of rainfall. If a desert typically receives only...
Banded Pitta: A Kaleidoscope of Nature’s Brilliance”
This is one of three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due to their vocal and visual differences, the...
Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)
The Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) replaces the Grey Butcherbird on the Cape York Peninsula and in southeastern New Guinea. Like the Gray, it lives...
Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
The banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) was probably more widespread when rainforests covered more of northern Australia than they do now. Compared to other...