Passenger Pigeon—No Longer with Us
Once the most numerous bird on the planet, the graceful passenger pigeon was a very fast flyer.
When did it become extinct? The last known passenger...
The size of the Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus) is approximately 22–24 cm in length. This woodpecker, though not brightly colored, is an eye-catching and...
The Himalayan bluetail, Himalayan red-flanked bush-robin, or orange-flanked bush robin (Tarsiger rufilatus) is a small passerine bird. It was previously classified as a member...
The red-footed booby is a stunning seabird due to its colorful appearance and fascinating behavior.
Behavior: The red-footed booby (Sula sula) can be white, brown,...
The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel.
It is a fascinating dark gray bird found in fast-flowing, boulder-strewn streams in Costa Rica's mountains and...
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) is a small passerine bird found on treeless grass plains and saltbush shrub steppes inland.
This bird is also known as...
The Red and Yellow Barbet, also named “Trachyphonus erythrocephalus” belongs to the African barbet family. This bird can be found in eastern Africa, in...
The most common varieties are hybrids of Cosmos bipinnatus, a half-hardy annual with daisy-like flowers sometimes as large as four inches across, and beautiful...
Pachysandra Terminalis
Few ground covers make such a thick, dense evergreen bed as Pachysandra Terminalis. It doesn’t do its job overnight, but wait, for as...