South America

Saqqara Bird – Ancient Egyptian Flying Machine

The Saqqara Bird is a small wooden replica of an actual ancient Egyptian flying machine. The Saqqara Bird was excavated in 1898 from a tomb of Pa-di-lmen in Sappho...

Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)

Family: The Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) is a well-named harmonica in the world. It belongs to the family...

Best Wildlife Photography Destinations Around the World

Best Wildlife Photography Destinations Nature photography not only sets standards and creates benchmarks, but it also inspires others to...

Eurasian Wryneck ‘Jynx torquilla’

IDENTIFICATION Eurasian Wryneck is 16–17 cm in length and 25–27 cm with wingspan. This small, aberrant woodpecker is a...

Cashew Nuts – Strange Paradise Superfood

The cashew nuts actually is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae that generates a seed that is harvested...

Tupungato – One of Highest Mountain in South America

Tupungato is an Andean lava dome dating back to Pleistocene times, and the highest point in the South Americas. About 80 kilometers east of...

Amazon’s Boiling River – Shanay-Timpishka

Can a boiling river exist? There is a boiling river, that kills everything that falls into it! The Peruvian Amazon is home to a...

Licancabur – A Highly Symmetrical Stratovolcano

Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. But actually, it is situated just southwest...

4,000-Year-Old Termite Mounds Found in Brazil

4,000-Year-Old Termite Mounds Found in Brazil - Termites are tiny insects about the size of an ant. They live in colonies that may contain...

Ausangate Mountain, Peru

Ausangate Mountain has an elevation of 6,384 meters, situated around 100 kilometers southeast of Cusco in the Cusco Region, Ocongate District. Ausangate or Auzangate is...

The Unspoiled Beauty of Caracol Falls

Caracol Falls or Cascata do Caracol is considered one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Brazil at 131 m tall waterfall by far is...

Laja Falls or Salto del Laja Waterfall

The Laja Falls or in Spanish it is called Salto del Laja actually is a waterfall located in the Laja River in southcentral Chile....

Yungas Road – The Road of Death in Bolivia

Yungas Road - The Road of Death in Bolivia.  The North Yungas Road also known as Grove's Road, Death Road, or Road of fate...

Salar de Uyuni – The Nature Best Piece on Planet Earth

Salar de Uyuni - The South American salt flats in Bolivia is a natural wonder that is not only awe-inspiring but also seems to...

Walking Palm Tree: Myth or Reality? Discover the Truth!

Walking Palm Tree has allegedly developed a rather unique ability unbecoming of a plant: “the ability to walk.”. The palm tree is “Socratea exorrhiza”,...