Author: Ashwini R

The Angora rabbit is a variety of domestic rabbit bred for its long, soft wool. The Angora is one of the oldest types of domestic rabbit. The rabbits were popular pets with French royalty...

Sloth Sloths are medium sized mammals and these are natives to the jungles of Central and South America and are known for being slow-moving, hence named “sloths”. Sloths make a good habitat for other...

Continental Divide Trail The Continental Divide Trail is a United States National Scenic Trail running 5,000 km between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and...

The peregrine falcon also known as the peregrine and historically as the duck hawk in North America. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts and a black head and...

The Cheetah is a inhabiting most of Africa and parts of Iran. The Cheetah can run faster than any other land animal as fast as 112 to 120 km/h. It has the ability to...

Ribbon Worm Nemertea is a phylum of invertebrate animals also known as “ribbon worms” or “proboscis worms”. It is also called as Nemertini, Nemertinea and Rhynchocoela. It is one of the longest known animals with...

The Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about 48,000 km in total length except for a rainforest break of approximately 100 km, called the Darien Gap. The road links...

Italy Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world. It has rich collections of art, culture and literature from many different periods. The country has had a broad cultural influence...

Methuselah tree Methuselah is a 4,846-year-old tree. The Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in California. For many years it was known the world’s oldest living...

Tianmen Mountain is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie in China. A cablecar was constructed by the French company Poma from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen...

Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the Eastern United States and to China, Korea and Japan. Some species are...

The Crooked Forest is a grove of oddly-shaped pine trees located outside Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania, Poland. This grove of approximately 400 pines was planted around 1930, when its location was still within the...

Rainbow Eucalyptus is a tall and most beautiful tree and its bark look like rainbow. It is also known as Mindanao gum and rainbow gum. It is the only Eucalyptus species found naturally in...

Rafflesia Arnoldii is a member of the genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth. It has a very strong and horrible smell of decaying flesh that why it...

The inland taipan also commonly known as the western taipan, the small-scaled snake or the fierce snake. It is found in regions of central east Australia. The inland taipan is the most venomous snake...

This channel is a controversial artificial watercourse of southeastern Brazil that operates as a huge transfer system for fish. The length of channel is 10 km. The Canal de la Piracema is considered the...

Amorphophallus Titanum Amorphophallus titanum is a flowering plant. It is also known as the Titan Arum. It is the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The titan arum’s inflorescence is not as large as...

Aloe vera Aloe vera is a stemless or very short-stemmed succulent plant growing to 60–100 cm tall. The leaves are thick and fleshy, green to grey-green. The species has been widely cultivated throughout the...

Emerald Tree Boa The emerald tree boa is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Adults tree boa grow to about 6 feet in length. They have highly developed front...

Addax The addax also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope. These are lives in the Sahara desert. The addax has a long and twisted horns  typically 55 to 80 cm in...