Victoria amazonica Facts The descriptive term of Victoria amazonica represents the scientific name of a beautiful and truly impressive flowering plant. For the moment, though, this truly marvelous work of Nature unfortunately has no generally accepted common name. The physically amazing flora further forms a member of the magnificent Nymphaeaceae Family, in scientific classification. Not only […]
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The Wave
The Wave Facts The short and simple, but descriptive, term of The Wave serves as the name of a particularly beautiful and remarkable geological formation. It also now represents one of the sites most frequently visited by tourists in its part of the continent. It’s also presently managed and maintained by the Bureau of Land […]
Golden Tabby Tiger
Golden Tabby Tiger Facts Though not technically a species in its own right, the beautiful Golden Tabby Tiger currently lists as the third rarest creature on earth. With almost absolute certainty, no survivors exist in the wild and only 30 in captivity. This animal does not technically qualify as a separate species. Instead, it represents […]
Eye of the Sahara
Source: https://bit.ly/2sUoNKk Image: NASA/JPL/NIMA Public Domain Image Eye of the Sahara Facts This mind-blowing creation of geological processes most often goes by the attention-grabbing name of the Eye of the Sahara. That’s not the only moniker applied to it, though. That’s because it’s also called the Guelb er Richât and the Richat Structure. Regardless of […]
Whale Shark
Whale Shark Facts Although its bears the scientific name of Rhincodon typus, we know this magnificent animal as The Whale Shark. That common name fits the incredible species perfectly, since it represents the largest known variety of fish in the world. Therefore, the common name refers partly to its great size, since the creature bears […]