Nature

The Exocoetidae and Other Flying Fishes

How do the members of Exocoetidae and other flying fishes compare to other flyers? Researchers traditionally group flying fish with all the other vertebrate gliders: “flying” frogs with their expanded...

Eastern Box Turtle (box turtles)

Order Testudines, Family Emydidae The Eastern Box Turtle is the most terrestrial of the Emydid turtles, having close-fitting shells...

Oriental magpie robin song

Vocalizations: The Oriental Magpie Robin song is the most melodious note you will probably hear. In the non-breeding...

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...

Top 13 Most Beautiful Waterfalls Across the Globe

Waterfalls are gems of Mother Nature. Their natural beauty really takes your breath away. The human being likes...

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...

The White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Description The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is a tree kingfisher and a familiar and common resident, breeding bird of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and...

The Great Banyan Tree of India

The Great Banyan Tree also called (Ficus Benghalensis) belonging to the family Moraceae, is a more than 250 years old tree, which date of...

Hoopoe: A Distinctive Crown Feathers Bird

Hoopoes is a medium-sized colorful bird, almost 25 to 32 cm long, with a 44 to 48 cm wingspan. The bird weighs is approximately...