Nature

Sealand – The Smallest Country in the World

Is Sealand the smallest country in the world? Sealand is a small principality located on an abandoned military platform in the North Sea. The history of Sealand is fascinating,...

Why Drunken Trees Behave in Mysterious Way

What are Drunken Trees? Drunken trees are a stand of trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment. This most...

Black Walnut – “Juglans Nigra”

Black Walnut, “Juglans nigra”, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to North...

Slender-billed thornbill: The Elegance of Nature’s Gem

Slender-billed thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei) habitats are treeless expanses of shrub fields, whether samphire and blue-bush around salt lakes...

Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) announces their arrival to breeding in spring by giving a mournful descending whistle....

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

A Sooty oystercatcher belongs to the oystercatcher family. It is an endemic-wading bird found along Australia's coastline. As its name suggests, the Sooty Oystercatcher...

The Vibrant Colors of Masked Crimson Tanager

Family & Name: The Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) is a species of bird belonging to the family Thraupidae. Moreover, the bird name is derived...

Yellow Cardinal – One in a Million Bird

Did you see Yellow Cardinal ever? Jeremy Black, an Alabama wedding and wildlife photographer, spent almost five hours in a friend’s backyard with the...

The Facts of Andean Parakeet

IDENTIFICATION - Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius) is a 17.5 cm (7 in) stocky darker than the mountain parakeet, all-green parakeet with bluish-green under-wings seen...

Giant Ape: Extinct Around 200,000 Years Ago

A giant ape (Gigantopithecus blacki) shown alongside the silhouette of a modern human to give an idea of size. They may have been even...

Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)

A Masked woodswallow belongs to the family Artamidae. This is one of two Australian woodswallow species that flock in large numbers. In autumn, the...

Why the Green Oriole Should Be on Every Bird Lover’s Radar

In northern Australia, the Green oriole and Australasian yellow oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) carry bubbling calls during the hottest hours on the hottest day of...

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Habitat: One aboriginal name for the Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) was 'panpanpalala', an alliterative imitation of its song. This the male gives with a...

Regent Bowerbird: Nature’s Masterpiece of Color and Beauty

Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) lives in the mid-eastern coastal rainforests. They hide in tangles of ferns and lawyer vines on the forest floor, building...

Eurasian Wryneck ‘Jynx torquilla’

IDENTIFICATION Eurasian Wryneck is 16–17 cm in length and 25–27 cm with wingspan. This small, aberrant woodpecker is a most inquisitive bird, looking and behaving...