Magical White-gaped Honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor)
Habitat: The white-gaped honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) is noisy and aggressive like other honeyeaters. The white-gaped occupies streamside thickets and shrubberies throughout the tropical eucalypt...
Yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)
Habitat: The vibrant, richly toned yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) replaces the white-gaped honeyeater in streamside thickets and woodlands of coastal eastern Queensland. Where they...
Singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)
Habitat: The singing honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) is rarely seen near urban centers on the East Coast. The singing honeyeater is arguably Australia's most widespread...
Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei)
The Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei) could have been a lost species as well. However, the Black Grasswren was only recently rediscovered because of its...
Varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor)
Habitat: The varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor) is a bird that is different from the mangrove honeyeater. Both can intergrade as one species, showing how unreliable...
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)
Features: The chaga (Inonotus obliquus) also known as the birch mushroom, is famous in North America and Canada for its beauty alone. The mushroom...
Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) – Methods of Pursuit
The Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the lordliest of all true deer. Among all the beasts of the chase, there is none more stately or...
Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
This horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) was formerly a crustacean and is the sole survivor of an extinct group of arthropods intermediate between trilobites and...
Magnificent Teratorn: The Enormous Extinct Bird
When did it become extinct?
The only known remains of the magnificent Teratorn are from around 6 million years ago. But unluckily we don’t have...
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Identification: The Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a transatlantic vagrant. As the name hints, it is a very yellow bird with vibrant bright yellow...