Tauheed Ahmad Nawaz

The cashew nuts actually is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae that generates a seed that is harvested as the cashew nut. Its English...

Call/Voice/Sound/Song House sparrow call consists of various chirping calls. Typical are a strong ‘cheee-ep’, a looser ‘chissick’ and a monotonous ‘chip’. The male gives a...

In the Telescope Mystery, did the Geto Dacians learn about mirrors formed from a reflective liquid over 2000 years ago? The ancients practiced alchemy, such as vaporizing mercury to obtain gold. However, mercury was also used in reflecting telescopes. Similarly, the Geto Dacian...

Identification CETTI’S WARBLER (Cettia cetti) is a fairly large but very skulking warbler of dense waterside undergrowth with a broad, rounded tail and often slightly...

Identification Dusky Naumann's Thrush is an Asian vagrant (breeds in Siberia central from eastwards). The bird recalls Redwing in structure but is substantially larger with...

The richly colored Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufa) is the only member of its family Climacteridae. Southwestern Australia is home to this beautiful bird. This...