Birds

The Black Garden Ant

The Black Garden Ant lifts a paving slab or turns over a large stone in the garden, and the chances are that you will find a colony of black...

The Fascinating Silver-eared Mesia

The silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) was once placed in the large Old World babbler family Timaliidae. This family...

Photographer Silhouetted Selfies in Spectacular Landscapes

The photographer prepares his camera on its tripod. He sets the timer and quickly runs into the shot...

Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)

The Erect-crested Penguin belongs (Eudyptes sclateri) to a super species that includes the Fiordland and Snares Penguins. Most...

Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)

Throughout the open eucalypt woodlands of Australia, Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans) is widely distributed. The Jacky winter is...

A Hummingbird Confronting a Pit Viper

Of 338 known species, approximately 50 types of these birds live or breed in the tropical lowlands and cloud forests of Costa Rica, where...