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Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)

The widespread clearing of rainforest and illegal hunting have resulted in a decline in the Brown Cuckoo-Dove. Yet this tree-living bird, which is shot more than any other coastal...

Quiabentia (Britton & Rose 1923)

Within the genus Quiabentia, there are two species: one found in Brazil and the other in Bolivia, Paraguay,...

Ruddy Kingfisher: A Perfect Photogenic Bird

When you’re a beginner, you get excited about seeing beautiful birds of any kind. However, when you’ve been...

The Amazing Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus)

Identification: Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus) is olive-green above with bronze tones and faint buff flecks. Their wings are green,...

The Facts of Golden Pheasant

The stunning golden pheasant is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and belongs to the family...

The Valley of the Planets—Libya’s 8th Wonder of the World

Valley of the Planets—Libya The Earth is full of surprises and secrets we couldn't possibly cover in a lifetime. One that I'd never heard of...

Passenger Pigeon: Existed in Colossal Numbers That No Longer With Us

Passenger Pigeon—No Longer with Us Once the most numerous bird on the planet, the graceful passenger pigeon was a very fast flyer. When did it become...

Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker had a close relative that lived in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Slightly bigger than the ivory-bill, this was the...

African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)

The African Cuckoo (Afrikaanse Koekoek) is an intra-African migrant. In the Transvaal, and presumably throughout its range, the numbers vary from year to year....

Saudi Arabia Highway 10: World’s Longest Straight Road

Saudi Arabia's Highway 10 holds the amazing distinction of being the longest straight road in the world.   Everyone loves curving and twisting roads, but...

Pink Dolphin: The Mythical Looking Creature

Have you ever see a Pink Dolphin? Probably your answer will be “NO”. But here, you can see Pink Dolphin is a mythical-looking creature...

James Scott intentionally created a 14,000-acre flood to prevent his wife from returning home so he could continue having parties.

In 1993, a man named James Scott purposefully broke a levee, causing a large flood of the Mississippi River, to prevent his wife from...

A Rare 2,000 Years Old Collection of Coins Discovered in Mohenjo Daro

A Rare 2,000-Year-Old Collection of Coins Discovered in Mohenjo Daro. Just imagine having a rare piece of coins in your hands—something that has endured...

Orazio Vecchi 1551-1605

Orazio Vecchi (vek'-ke) was born in Modena (Italia). He obtained his musical instruction from the monk, Salvatore Essenga, well known for his compositions; a...

The Ancient Ceremonial Bowl at Sarmizegetusa Regia

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...