Nature

Passenger Pigeon: Existed in Colossal Numbers That No Longer With Us

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...

Camera Strapped to Soaring Eagle Provides Captivating View

If you ever doubted what it might be like to elegantly glide through the air like an eagle....

Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus)

Length & Height: Musk Ox length is about 6 feet and the height at the shoulder, is 3...

Yellow Wattlebird – The World’s Largest Honeyeater

The largest of all honeyeaters is the Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa), named for the pendulous orange-yellow wattles that...

Aquatic Warble “Acrocephalus paludicola”

Aquatic Warbler is medium size bird about 12.5 cm in length. It is skulking waterside warbler. Recalls Sedge...

Azure Kingfisher: Nature’s Living Jewel in Magnificent Detail

The Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) can be found alone or sometimes in dispersed pairs. From its perch on a low branch, rarely higher than...

Grey Francolin Sound

Grey Francolin Sound Grey Francolin Sound is loud and high-pitched. It is normally found in open cultivated lands, scrub forests, and wild bush vegetation. In...

Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)

The size of Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) is about 18–19cm in length. The woodpecker food and foraging is usually a solitary forager that probes...

Snapdragon – Perennials Grown Half Hardy Annuals

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum Majus) are perennials grown as half-hardy annuals. Flowers grow on spikes of varying heights, from six inches to four feet. Rocket varieties...

The Ladder-backed woodpecker

The size of the ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is about 17–18 cm in length. The diet of ladder-backed woodpeckers consists of foraging insects and...

The Record Breaking Snowfall Buried America

The East Coast of the United States was getting ready to dig its way out of record-breaking snowfall after a historic storm Jonas dumps...

The Evolution of Butterflies

The Evolution of Butterflies - The story of butterfly evolution is incomplete; butterflies are inherently so delicate that their remains are very rarely preserved...

What is Drought?

Drought is the prolonged absence of rain in a location that usually receives a significant amount of rainfall. If a desert typically receives only...

Banded Pitta: A Kaleidoscope of Nature’s Brilliance”

This is one of three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due to their vocal and visual differences, the...

Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)

The Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) replaces the Grey Butcherbird on the Cape York Peninsula and in southeastern New Guinea. Like the Gray, it lives...