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...
Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
The banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) was probably more widespread when rainforests covered more of northern Australia than they do now. Compared to other...
Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
The beautiful Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) lives in Eucalypt woodlands alongside very noisy and Silver-crowned Friarbirds around much of eastern and northern Australia. The...
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
Behavior: In both light and dark color phases, the little eagle is a rather sedentary bird, with each pair spending much of the day...