North America

Thick-billed Grasswren: Embracing the Majesty Whispers of the Wild

Habitat: The thick-billed grasswren (Amytornis modestus) is the only grasswren to inhabit the shrub steppes of saltbush and bluebush Chenopodiaceae in inland Australia. Yet despite the ubiquity of its...

Controlling Erosion: 7 Effective Tips

Controlling Erosion Erosion can also be caused by natural events such as storms and floods. During periods of heavy...

Paradise Riflebird “Ptiloris paradiseus”

Common / Scientific Name Paradise Riflebird “Ptiloris paradiseus” Description Paradise Riflebird is a medium size bird of the family Paradisaeidae. Earlier,...

Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)

Family: The Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta, previously Diomedea cauta) belongs to the family Diomedeidae in the genus Thalassarche. Habitat: Winter...

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Habitat: In autumn and winter, Satin Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) leave their breeding quarters on the edges of rainforest and...

The Mysterious Crooked Bush of Saskatchewan

The Crooked Bush of Saskatchewan, Crooked Trees, or Twisted Trees, and the Crooked Trees of Alticane are a grove of deformed trembling aspen trees...

Torngat Mountains National Park Canada

The breathtaking wilderness of Torngait means “place of spirits." The Torngat Mountains National Park has been home to the Inuit and their predecessors for...

Hoh Rainforest – World’s Most Spectacular Temperate Rainforests

Hoh Rainforest is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the United States. This area does not have sweeping vistas of peaks or the...

The Boardman Tree Farm, Orgeon

The Boardman Tree Farm is situated in Morrow, county Oregon, along Interstate 84, about 5 miles west of the I-82 junction. The Boardman Tree...

Bloody Mountain: A Prominent Peak in Eastern California

Bloody Mountain is a prominent peak in eastern California, located in the Sierra Nevada, just one mile south east of Mammoth Lakes (Mono County)...

Lava Butte – A Cinder Cone That Volcanoes Can Cause

There is a 500 feet tall Cinder Cone Lave Butte in central Oregon between the towns of Bend Oregon and Sunriver Oregon. Lava Butte...

Strawberry Crater: An Amazing Reddish Cone Resemble a Giant Strawberry

Strawberry Crater is a cinder cone volcano, more than 1,000 feet high, in the San Francisco volcanic field. It is about 20 miles north...

Paint Mines Interpretive Park Calhan Colorado

El Paso County is high into the Rockies, so you can see some of Colorado’s most gorgeous sites for any hiker. There is a...

Adak National Forest – The Smallest Forest in America

Adak National Forest – The Smallest Forest in America. If you see it from some distance, you will sense it is a big bush....

Skylight Cave – The Incredible Natural Wonder in Oregon

There is a lava tube known as Skylight Cave in Deschutes County, Oregon. Because of its unique skylight feature, this is one of the...