Why It’s Easier to Succeed with Avocado Than You Might Think
Avocado (Persea americana) has been referred to as the most nutritious of all fruits. It has gained worldwide recognition and significant volume in international...
The Exocoetidae and Other Flying Fishes
How do the members of Exocoetidae and other flying fishes compare to other flyers? Researchers traditionally group flying fish with all the other vertebrate...
Thick Fleshy Leaves Creeping Sedums Plants
Sedums are also called stonecrop are succulents that have thick, fleshy leaves filled with water. There is an enormous number of them, most of...
A Penguin Swims 8,000 km Every Year to See his Friend...
A Penguin Swims 8,000 km Every Year to See his Friend Who Saved His Life - Some stories seem out of the world and...
Harvesting Drying and Storage of Herbs
Harvesting Drying and Storage of Herbs
The oils which give herbs their delightful aromas and flavors are volatile, i. e they’ll readily escape from leaves,...
Coffee Tree – Combination of Foliage and Flowering Plants
Although it doesn’t produce coffee beans when grown as a house plant, the Coffee Tree, with its glossy green leaves. It is an ideal...
Common Babbler – A Dingy Brown Bird Continually Jerk the Tail
The common Babbler is a dingy brown bird belonging to the member of the Leiothrichidae family of Argya genus. Its upper plumage is darker...
The Spotted Color Pattern Knabstrupper
Well, we are sure, you haven’t seen this type of horse in your life before. So, we’d like to tell you, that this is...
Purple Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird
Many bird lovers are interested to know about the difference between Purple Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird. Both are tiny and colorful birds. In this...
World’s Most Beautiful Bird Resplendent Quetzal
The Resplendent Quetzal is considered the world's most beautiful bird. It is mostly found in vibrantly colored living in the mountainous, tropical forests of...
Camomile (Anthemis nobilis)
Camomile (Anthemis nobilis) is a perennial herb in the Daisy family. It has an erect stem with a flattened head of many small yellow...
Greater Roadrunner: Cool and Quirky Facts
Family: Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is a member of the cuckoo family Cuculidae
Behavior: Unlike the other species of North American cuckoo, the Greater Roadrunner...
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...
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Family: The bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius, previously known as Burhinus magnirostris) belongs to the family Burhinidae.
Habitat: During the day, they roost on broken ground that...
Barberry (Berberis)-Popular Garden Specimens
The Barberry that grows wild in my neighborhood, “Berberis Vulgaris” is one of the first plants to leaf out in the woods and fields....
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Habitat and Behavior
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons) likes to stay in brushy scrub, semi-open areas with scattered bushes and weedy patches, woodland edge with brushy...
Oriental Cuckoo – Nature’s Master of Disguise
Similar to the European Cuckoo, the Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) migrates from its breeding grounds each autumn to non-breeding winters in southeastern Asia, Indonesia,...
Eastern Phoebe – Small Passerine Bird
The Eastern Phoebe also called Sayornis phoebe is a tiny passerine bird. This tyrant flycatcher breeds in eastern North America, though its usual range...
The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Description
The spotted sandpiper is a member of the family, Scolopacidae. It includes numerous species of shorebirds, e.g., sandpipers, tattlers, knots, godwits, curlews, yellowlegs, willets,...
Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus)
Family: The Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus) belongs to the Picidae family.
Movement: The Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker is found throughout the year in its suitable range.
Vocals: A...
Peregrine Falcon Call
CALL/VOICE/SOUNDS
Peregrine Falcon call is usually silent except near the nest, where the most frequent call is a loud, harsh, scolding ‘ka-yak, ka-yak, ka-yak...’, becoming...
The Versatile Little Ringed Plovers
The Little Ringed Plovers plumage pattern serves two contrasting purposes: during nesting it is camouflage, and yet in the display, it is vivid and...
Tabebuia and Handroanthus
Genus and Family: The genus Tabebuia is native to the Amazon rainforest and other tropical parts of Mexico and Central and South America. It...
Brown Goshawk – The Stealthy Hunter of the Skies
Habitat: Like most Goshawks, the Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) is a skulking predator that hunts by stealth. As it silently and secretly moves from...
Pygmy Marmoset – The Smallest Monkey in the World
The Pygmy Marmoset is a petite monkey that is native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. About just 100 grams,...