Do you all know that the urban robins sing at night? Yes, this is true the iconic urban Robins sing at night not because they want to but because they are forced to. Persistent noise made by people in towns and cities has turned the robin into a...
Archive - April 2007
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One the predator the other a prey, yet in the tiny island of Seahorse Key on the central Gulf Coast swarming with numerous poisonous cottonmouth snakes, birds survive copiously.
About 600 vipers slither around the 165-acre (67-hectare) island,...
The tiny island of Seahorse Key on the central Gulf Coast is renowned among researchers for its teeming numbers of poisonous cottonmouth snakes.
The Cottonmouth snake(Agkistrodon piscivorus) is related to the copperhead but more dangerous. Venom is...
Can you hear the chiffchaff chirping in the garden? If you do then you know that the English spring is here. Lots of Chiffchaffs means a really warm spring.
The tiny olive-green warbler migrates all the way to Africa every winter and is...
The Common Chiffchaff or simply Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. It is the first passerine to return in the spring, and one of the last to leave in...
The name Galapagos itself is a calling card that beckons you and thousands of tourists to its spectacular landscape and endemic species. After all, who would not want to visit such unique islands with no natural predators?
Galapagos, bartolome...
I thought salt was useful only to make food more appetizing for human consumption, but the Stockholm wildlife park have invited Moose and reindeer to a bizarre taste jury panel that will help decide which type of salt should be used to de-ice the...
You might not be aware that billions of gallons of cruise ship waste adversely affect coastal waters. To prevent the same, the Alaskan state program plans to put in place inspection rangers on cruise vessels to check the ships' waste disposal methods...
The olive ridley sea turtle has an olive colored heart shaped shell, the Lepidochelys olivacea is one of the smallest species of sea turtle. It nests at several sites in the western Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The single...
The Sevenways Cave is shown, located in the Peak District National Park
I have always fantasized about a cave being my home but for the ancients the cave was more than a home. They were the sites of their ritual activities as well as sites for...
If you love to observe primates in there natural surroundings then this trip is definitely for you! World Primate Safaris specializes in trips to observe the world's great apes and monkeys in their natural habitats. The trek is to be led by renowned...
Greenland institute of Natural Resources and Danish Polar Centre are running the project to understand the migration of the walruses. To determine the effect of hunting, oil exploration and climate change on the animals, they will be tracked for two...
When eco tours become eco hazards, the very purpose of ecotourism is defeated. As tour boats cut rules to get better views of wildlife they endanger not only the endangered species but also the passengers they carry. Such a tour boat operator has...
Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus)
In the first project of its kind, the RSPB(Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), BirdLife International and Burung Indonesia have won the right to maintain and develop 400 square...
Do you want to go bird watching in Scotland? Then it would be a good idea to go with Islay Birding, which has been named as Britain's first ever five-star wildlife attraction. Not only that it functions in sustainable harmony with nature and...
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