Essential Components of Ecosystem Management
Sustainability
Ecosystem Management entails managing in such a way as to ensure that opportunities and resources for future generations are not diminished. Sustainability should not...
The Broad-billed Prion
The Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata) is one of the largest and most northward-ranging of the Southern Hemisphere prions. Its broad head, proportioned to hold...
Black-winged Stilt Facts
Black-winged Stilt Facts
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is spindly legs that not only give the bird its apt name but also control its feeding. It...
The Bumblebees – A Social Insects with a Single Queen
The bumblebees are social insects with a single queen. Most people do not realize that there were no honey bees in America when European...
King of Saxony – The Bird-of-Paradise
The King of Saxony, or Alberti, has been described in the 1894 bulletin of the British Ornithologist’s Club by Adolf Bernard Meyer of the...
Myotonic Goat – The Fainting Goats in Tennessee
Sometimes animal behavior surprises you. The myotonic goat, which faints, temporarily seizes when feeling panic. This goat is also known as a wooden-leg goat,...
Yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
The Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, through the lowlands of both coasts and into the highlands to an...
Panum Crater – A Rhyolitic Lava Dome in California
Do you enjoy geological formations and natural wonders? Panum Crater in California is a volcanic formation that will captivate you. Located in the Mono-Inyo...
House Wren Nesting Behavior, Song, and Diet
House Wren is a compact, small songbird with a flat head and long curved beak belonging to the wren family. The most widely distributed...
Hide and Seek Beach – A Miracles of Nature
This world is full of so many places to discover, that even a lifetime of traveling will not be sufficient for it. An Indian...