White-throated Grasswren – Dazzling Colorful Bird in Wilderness
The white-throated grasswren (Amytornis woodwardi) also known as Yirlinkirrkirr (Bininj Kunwok, cultural significance to the Nawarddeken people) in the local language, belongs to the...
Coriander or Coriandrum Sativum! A Hardy Annual Herb
Coriander, or Coriandrum sativum, is a hardy annual herb. This has upper leaves that look like dill and lower ones that look like parsley,...
Wood Thrush Call – Most Heart Touching Song in North American birds
Wood Thrush Call has been observed to have one of the most heart-touching songs among North American birds. The great American naturalist Henry David...
16 Facts of Eurasian Wryneck
Facts of Eurasian Wryneck
The Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is approximately 16 to 17 cm in length and has a wingspan of between 25...
Myrtle Plant – Ancient Greek Scared Plant
Myrtle Plant is the sacred plant of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and the Roman goddess Venus, and Hermes fashioned his magical sandals from myrtle...
Jack Fruit – Most Important Underutilized Fruit
Description
Jack fruit is well believed to have originated in the mountainous region of the Western Ghats of the Indian peninsula. It is supposed to...
Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)
At least 80 other species of birds play unwitting host to the egg and young of the Pallid Cuckoo. The most commonly parasitized are...
The Wilderness of Bisti Badlands New Mexico
The Bisti Badlands of New Mexico, is also called Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. This is a massive rolling landscape of phantasmagoric formations of earth and stone....
Rufous Songlark (Cinclorhamphus mathewsi)
The rufous songlark belongs to the family Locustellidae, which includes grass warblers and grassbirds. In August–September, rich but grinding metallic reels signal the arrival...
Varied Lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor)
The varied Lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor), though nowhere abundant, ranges nomadically across the northern Australian woodlands in search of nectar flows from blossoming trees. There...