Nature

James Holman – A British Blind Traveler

Travel and exploration history have been enriched by the contributions of James Holman. A mysterious illness caused James Holman to lose his eyesight in his early twenties after being...

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

The red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is an active, inquisitive, and sociable bird of the palaeotropics. They live in...

The Unbelievable Blooms of Amorphophallus

A pair of beautiful plants Amorphophallus with blooms as erratic as their odor is pungent. It is likely...

Artichokes Plant – A friend of the Liver

If you ask any Frenchman about Artichokes Plant, he will tell you, that Artichokes are the friend of...

The Ladder-backed woodpecker

The size of the ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is about 17–18 cm in length. The diet of ladder-backed...

King Clone – The Oldest Living Thing on Earth

It is believed that King Clone is the oldest creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert, dating as far back as 11,700 years. Frank...

Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana)

Family: Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana) is replacing the Grey Fantail in the mangroves of northwestern Australia. It belongs to the family Rhipiduridae. Call & Song:...

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Family: The Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) belongs to the family Rhipiduridae Behavior & Habitats: A Grey Fantail forages through the open mid-strata of forests and...

Nudibranch: Beautiful Jelly Bodied Sea Creature

The bottom-dwelling, jelly-bodied Nudibranch might look like an unlikely canvas for Mother Nature to express her wildest indulgences of color and form. But these...

Stemonitis Axifera – A Species of Slime Mold

Stemonitis axifera is a species of slime mold, and its fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinguishing tall reddish-brown sporangia, supported on...

Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)

Family: Gang-gang Cockatoo inhabits eucalypt forests and heavily wooded areas of southeastern Australia. The cockatoo belongs to the family Cacatuidae. A single species of...

Blue-Footed Booby – Pride Due to Marvelous Feet

Blue-Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) takes great pride in their marvelous feet. During mating rituals, male birds normally show off their feet to prospective mates with a...

Hawk Sounds to Scare Birds

Hawk sounds to scare birds and squirrels are a powerful and effective way to keep birds away from your garden. Using hawk sounds can...

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

The pink robin (Petroica rodinogaster) is a small, brightly colored passerine native to Southeastern Australia. A cool temperate forest in far southeast Australia is...

The Facts of Amazon River Dolphins

The Amazon is classified as a “whitewater” river, i.e., it is turbid, yellowish-brown, and very limited in transparency because of the large load of...