Nature

Northern Goshawk – The Apex Predator of the Avian World

Northern Goshawk “Accipiter gentilis” is about 48–62 cm in length with a wingspan of 95–125 cm. It is much the largest Accipiter but marked size difference between sexes: females...

How to Grow Pears: A Complete Guide to Growing Juicy Pears

How to Grow Pears? If you're a pear lover or gardener, you must be curious about how to grow...

Rafflesia – One of Largest Flower in the World

Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains about 28 species including 4 partly characterized species...

Elusive and Endangered Oncilla Cat: The Tiny Wildcat Fighting for Survival

Oncilla cat (Leopardus tigrinus) is similar to margays, but they are smaller and more delicately built, with larger ears...

The Allium – Most Graceful Ornamental Flower

The Allium - If you have ever seen chives blooming you may have been surprised to find that...

Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)

The Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is usually seen in pairs or small parties feeding among the outermost branches of forest trees, especially eucalypts...

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

History There is nothing more serene than the singing of a blackbird (Turdus merula) when it breeds. In the late 1850s and 1860s, the Blackbird...

Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)

Description: The Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) or Waxbill is Australia's most familiar finch. The species is widespread along the eastern seaboard and has now been...

Grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus)

Grey-cheeked thrush is a medium size bird 15 to 17 cm in length, a member of a migrant group with veery and Bicknell’s Thrush....

Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi)

Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) inhabits cliffs, gorges, boulder-strewn ridges, and crevices. John Thomas Tunney discovered the bird on the Arnhem Land escarpment in 1902....

Birch (Betula alba)

Birch (Betula alba) is a graceful native tree that will refresh your life and fill it with excitement and passion. The bark of a...

Black-necked Stork and Its Regal Presence in Wetlands

Family: The black-necked stork is a long-necked wading bird in the stork family. Habitats: There are some storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) that are sociable, but the Black-necked Stork,...

The Cruciferae (Brassicaceae)

Most of the urban flowers illustrated here have obvious similarities. The flowers of honesty, wallflower, and shepherd's-purse are, like the cuckoo flower. There are...

The Facts About Australian brushturkey

Here're below some interesting facts about Australian brushturkey. Description - The Australian brushturkey is loosely social. The males build and defend incubation mounds. Roosts communally in trees....

Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus)

Habitats: 'BOOM-AND-BUST' controls the rarely seen Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus).  During the day, they rest quietly in groups among the leafy branches of trees, sometimes...