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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...
Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
The beautiful Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) lives in Eucalypt woodlands alongside very noisy and Silver-crowned Friarbirds around much of eastern and northern Australia. The...