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Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima)

Habitats: The Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima) is the only member of its family that walks and feeds on the ground. Due to its long legs, it is able to run...

Portulaca Gandiflora – The Rock Garden Plant

Portulaca Gandiflora is often thought of as rock garden plants because they do so well in that setting....

Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)

There is an endemic species of the Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi) in coastal Queensland, Australia, which belongs to...

The Ancient Yew Forest of Kingley Vale

The Ancient Yew Forest of Kingley Vale is tucked between Stoke Down and Bow Hill, adjacent to the...

Garden Visiting Green Finches

The Green Finches is the largest of a trio of British finches with partly green plumage (the others...

The History of Chromatography

The History of Chromatography is very interesting to know. But the word might also be a play on the botanist’s own surname, which means ‘color’...

Obelisk’s – Symbols of Conquest and Mysterious Power

An Obelisk's Perilous Voyage Egypt's stones, originally raised in homage to the sun, have been coveted since Roman times as symbols of conquest and...

Johannes Havelius – First Man Who Map the Moon

Johannes Havelius published the first detailed map of the surface of the Moon in 1647. He was born on January 28, 1611, in Danzig...

Bohdan Winiarski – Former Polish Politician and Jurist

On April 5, 1961, Bohdan Winiarski was elected president of the International Court of Justice by his fourteen fellow judges. Bohdan Winiarski of Poland...

The First Ever Airmail Must Get Through?

The success of the airplane led quickly to the introduction of airmail. The United States was in the vanguard, and on February 17, 1911,...

The World Takes Wing – The Adventure of Flight

The World Takes Wing – The Adventure of Flight? The first intrepid aviators who lifted off in heavier-than-air machines were all too aware of...

Gerhard Domagk – Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine and Physiology

The award to the German doctor Gerhard Domagk for the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was announced in 1939. That is for his...

RUFF – The Brown Dog Riots of 1907

How are you feeling about “Ruff” The Brown Dog Riots of 1907? Sometimes experimenting with animals generates some strong feelings. And results in the...

Mowrer Edgar Ansel – Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

Mowrer Edgar Ansel is regarded as the dean of American foreign correspondents. Mowrer was an author, journalist, and lecturer. He was an outspoken proponent...

ARGY-BARGY – Argentine’s Falklands War of 1982

It is very interesting to know the history of the Falklands War of 1982. Why did the Falklands war start? In 1983 a government...