Africa

The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

In the right terms, "Sialia" is the Latinized, neuter plural version of the Greek word sialis, a noun meaning a "kind of bird." The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) was...

Night Parrot – The Most Famous Extinct Bird of Australia

Habitats: One of the most famous 'extinct' birds in Australia is the night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). In spite...

Gray Whales Along the Oregon Coast

On the West Coast of North America, gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) are the most commonly seen large whales...

Australian boobook (Ninox boobook)

Australian boobook (Ninox boobook) or mopoke is the smallest and most abundant of the owls in Australia. It...

The Stunning Rose-crowned Fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Habitat: There is a little dove called the rose-crowned fruit dove that is often overlooked. Despite its bright...

Victoria Falls – One of Seven Wonders of the World

Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya, is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. CNN has been...

The Great Sphinx in Egypt

The Sphinx in Egypt has enchanted humankind for centuries. One of the things you will find fascinating about the Sphinx is when you read...

The Ancient Skyscrapers of Egypt

The Ancient Skyscrapers of Egypt - Far out on the Giza Plateau, in the desert on the outskirts of what is modern-day Cairo. The...

Famous Iron-ore Train Mauritania: The Snake of the Desert

Iron-ore Train Mauritania seems like a snake wandering in the desert. It is one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world and...

The Wonderful Kopjes of Serengeti

Kopjes of Serengeti is about 30 Square Kilometers of the vast plain of grassland, woods, and swamps stretching from North-Western Tanzania into South-Western Kenya....

Namibia’s Skeleton Coast – Where Beauty Meets Mystery

Whale bones litter the Skeleton Coast, part of the Namib Desert, and dozens of ships are broken on its shores. The thick fog along...

Nabiyotum Crater – Geological Marvel of Lake Turkana

There is a Nabiyotum Crater, a geological marvel of that Lake Turkana. It's a caldera, the remnants of a collapsed volcano. You can find...

Lake Natron – Soda and Salt Lake in Tanzania

Lake Natron is a salt and soda lake in the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border in Gregory Rift. The...

The Alien Beauty of Socotra Island

Socotra Island is an isolated area, situated around 250 miles off the coast of Yemen. It is a small archipelago of four islands in...

Dabous Giraffes: The Largest Animal Rock Petroglyphs in Niger

The "Dabous Giraffes" are the world's largest animal rock petroglyphs, situated a short distance from the Trans-Saharan Highway and roughly 110 km north of...