Menzies’ Wallflower Facts Most notably, the term Menzies’ Wallflower serves as the common name for an extremely rare variety of flora. This lovely small plant currently appears to have an incredibly small range. In point of act, it appears to be endemic to only four known small individual locations in the world. However, botanists currently […]
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Bobbit Worm
Bobbit Worm Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Bobbit Worm now serves as the colloquially- based common name for a truly incredible animal with a complex scientific name. That name is the Eunice aphroditois. In point of fact, its name derives from a rather notorious event that occurred in the United States, in North America, […]
Death Valley
Death Valley Facts The term Death Valley serves as the name of a severe desert valley. In addition, this marvel of Nature is located in an entirely surprising part of the world. That holds true because it formed in what’s now Eastern California, in the United States. Its unique geology helps to make it one […]
Regal Moth
Regal Moth Facts Notably, term of Regal Moth represents only one of the common names associated with this stunning Lepidoptera. That’s because it also goes by the alternate term of the royal walnut moth. Both names describe it well, just in different ways. The scientific name for it, however, remains that of the hard to […]
Barnacle
The Barnacle represents a type of arthropod in the subphylum Crustacea, and lists as a relative of both lobsters and crabs. We know of 1,220 extant varieties of Barnacle which inhabit virtually all warm water oceans. They live entirely as marine creatures and live predominantly in tidal and waters that stay rather shallow. They go through […]
Sahara
Sahara Facts The term Sahara refers to a truly phenomenal region. That’s because it qualifies as the largest and best known hot desert on earth. Only the Arctic and Antarctic measure larger in overall area. These, however, classify as cold deserts, thus do not compare. It partly owes its remarkableness to where it formed. That’s […]
Spinner Shark
Spinner Shark Facts The Spinner Shark names a medium-sized species of requiem shark that has become quite popular with spectators for its acrobatics. Its common name comes from its unique feeding strategy since the species typically feed on schools of small fish. When it attacks its prey, the Spinner Shark swims vertically through the school […]