Nature

Dubai Desert – A Haven of Adventure, Culture and Solitude

The Dubai desert offers something incredible to everyone – adventure by the gallon, a wonderful study in culture, and, for those who seek it, blissful solitude. The desert doesn’t...

Magpie-lark – The Unsung Heroes of Urban Birding

Behavior and Habitats In Australia, the Magpie-lark-or Peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca) can be found anywhere. The species thrives in Tasmania...

Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926

Description: George Engelmann named the barrel-cactus variation Ferocactus cylindraceus in 1853. This unusual cactus poses a threat to...

Yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)

The Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, through the lowlands of both coasts...

Domino Cuckoo Bee “Thyreus lugubris”

DESCRIPTION: A black Domino Cuckoo Bee with a distinctive spotted pattern of white hairs on the head, thorax, abdomen,...

Tarragon – A Hardy Perennial Shrub

Tarragon is a hardy perennial that becomes a woody shrub, normally about three tall. Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus), is a species of perennial herb in...

The Gorgeous Wilson Bird of Paradise

The Wilson Bird of Paradise (cicinnurus respublica) is a species of passerine bird belonging to the Paradisaeidae family. The bird lives on the hills...

The White-throated magpie-jay

One of the largest and most conspicuous songbirds in Guanacaste is the White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa). This social and vocal bird is normally seen...

Litoptern: Strange Extinct Mammal of Prehistoric South America

Scientific Name: Macrauchenia patachonia Scientific Classification: Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Litopterna Family: Macraucheniidae When did it become extinct? This species of litoptern disappeared approximately 10,000...

The Amazing Northern Flying Squirrel

Northern Flying Squirrel The Northern Flying Squirrel, “Glaucomys sabrinus yukonensis” is a gliding “volplaning” mammal that is unable to take true flight like birds and bats....

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola is near-endemic in southern Africa and occurs in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, and sparsely in Swaziland. However,...

Crested Francolin Bird

Description The Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena) distribution extends over most of the savannas of eastern Africa south of the Sahara. In southern Africa, it occurs...

Flying Fish – How to Fly Fish?

Flying Fish Yes, you heard correctly, a fish can fly? But the question is how to fly fish? People flying in airplanes invariably think of...

Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus)

Family: The beautiful Purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) belongs to the Australasian wren family (Maluridae). Other Names: Also known as Lilac-crowned Wren, Purple-crowned Wren, or Crowned...

Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)

Family: The Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) belongs to the family Procellariidae. Behavior and Habitats: The Tahiti Petrel is a tropical gadfly petrel that has only...