Tag: ecology

5 Ways to Help Save the Mountain Gorillas

5 Ways to Help Save the Mountain Gorillas

Recent census of mountain Gorillas has announced that there are only a mere 786 remaining individuals left on Earth, with nearly half living in the forests of Central Africa. These striking large apes take home on the green, volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo – all areas which have received [...]

August 9, 2011 | 5 Comments More
The Inspiring Highlights of Arizona

The Inspiring Highlights of Arizona

Arizona is a place full of inspiration – an incredible state packed with beautiful diversity that has all evolved with the hot and harsh climate.  Arizona brings excitement, and delivers pricked cacti which pave the miles of dry cracked land that has become backed by the sun. Teeming with natural wonders, lands painted in bands [...]

June 21, 2011 | 8 Comments More
The Rarest Big Cat in the World

The Rarest Big Cat in the World

Ten times more endangered than the Amur Tiger, these beautiful Cats have been cornered by human pressures into one remaining area – the forests of southwest Primorsky Kraj. Most leopards stalk and chase the grounds of Africa with their large stocky tails and daggered claws – where populations are moderately stable and warm environments deliver [...]

June 10, 2011 | 9 Comments More
Perplexing Intelligence of the Chimpanzee

Perplexing Intelligence of the Chimpanzee

Intelligence – it is hard to avoid believing that those animals most similar to us in appearance and behaviour are those species that constitute some of the highest intelligence. But when delving into the behaviour of chimpanzees, this case is most certainly true as we have began to unravel and discover the impressive intellect of [...]

April 11, 2011 | 7 Comments More
Travelling Around the World By the Largest Solar Yacht

Travelling Around the World By the Largest Solar Yacht

Technology is not only vibrating amongst medical, digital, space, mechanics and electronics but is now washing through the water and expanding to aid our planet. A remarkable breakthrough using solar panels, welcomes the world’s Largest Solar Yacht – propelled solely by sun. A mission has begun aboard the Turanor PlanetSolar – passionately attempting to be [...]

March 13, 2011 | 7 Comments More
The Inspiring Vibrancy of Leaves

The Inspiring Vibrancy of Leaves

The lives of Leaves are truly inspirational. They flourish in many colours from crisp yellows, warming reds to vibrant greens. They are widespread- making sure they are present around every corner of the world, and no matter what country you are in, the variations in shapes, patterns, colours and what surrounds them is a never [...]

February 27, 2011 | 9 Comments More
5 Extraordinary Animals with Eyes in the Back of their Heads.

5 Extraordinary Animals with Eyes in the Back of their Heads.

The animal kingdom dances, paints and misleads others with various forms of colorfully frightening eyespots. These lurk at the back of animal’s heads, tails, and backs and are washed in deceit – an intelligent evolutionary adaptation and one of the most creative forms of defense! Often tricking, shocking and scaring the most ferocious predators, those [...]

December 7, 2010 | 2 Comments More
3 Most Dedicated Parents in the Animal Kingdom

3 Most Dedicated Parents in the Animal Kingdom

The tide line where land and sea meet possesses an ancestral pull for many species. Some still answer it, arriving to provide dedication to breeding – but many at their peril. Image Credit In order to ensure that genetic inheritance is passed on to future populations and place guarantee on the survival of species , [...]

November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments More
Exotic Dances and Displays of Birds

Exotic Dances and Displays of Birds

Sexual union can be a highly complicated process. Across most animal species, elaborate preparations and often very sophisticated behavioral patterns are necessary before the actual stage of copulation. Image Source Finding a strong, compatible mate to reproduce with are one of the key essentials to species survival. Females are often very fussy in regards to [...]

November 15, 2010 | 3 Comments More