The much-maligned marine iguanas of the Galápagos Islands are so famously homely, and can be described as "hideous-looking" and "most disgusting, clumsy lizards." In fact, the iguanas are not...
Family: The belted kingfisher (Cerylealcyon, formerly Megaceryle alcyon) is a member of the family Alcedinidae in the order Coraciiformes.
Behavior: The...
Black-tailed treecreepers (Climacteris melanurus) are endemic to north and northwestern Australia. It belongs to the family Climacteridae. Black-tailed...
Liquefaction and Levees - Potential Double Disaster in the United States Midwest. Liquefaction is a process during which sudden shaking of certain types of...
Icecaps and Glaciers are fascinating natural phenomena. They are also critical for life on Earth. That’s why it’s important to learn more about them....
The Electrocardiograph 1902
Ever since Luigi Galvani’s pioneering studies in the late 1700s century. Scientists knew that muscle contraction generated weak electrical impulses. The Scottish...
The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line or ”Fall Zone”, is a 1,400 kilometers escarpment where the “Piedmont” and “Atlantic coastal” plain meet in the eastern...
Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Polyethylene Balls - The Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles noticed high levels of bromated in 2007,...