The Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness forms an extraordinary marvel of geology, in an area of Badlands. Its name derives from the original Native American name: the original Navajo term literally translates as “among the adobe formations.” The United States Bureau of Land Management manages the majority of the region. Three additional small portions remain private Navajo […]
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Bois Dentelle
Bois Dentelle Facts The somewhat poetic term of Bois Dentelle serves as the generally accepted term for an exceedingly beautiful variety of tree. Quite unfortunately, this marvel of Nature also qualifies as one of the rarest known species of tree in the entire world. Also bearing the truly cumbersome scientific name of the Elaeocarpus Bojeri, […]
Andean Mountain Cat
Andean Mountain Cat Facts The Andean Mountain Cat, Leopardus jacobita, is a small species of wildcat. This beautiful animal is also one of only two species of wild felines for which no subspecies have been classically described. The beautiful small cat remains, unfortunately, an extremely rare creature. Estimates place the number of living individuals to be no more than 2,500. […]
Plume Moth
Plume Moth Facts Plume Moth serves as the collective name for any of the approximately 1,000 Lepidoptera species within a uniquely evolved Family. Its common name derives from the extremely deep cleft divisions in its wings. We also think the white ones look like little ghosts but that’s material for another story. Typically, these insects […]
Asian Palm Civet
Asian Palm Civet Facts The Asian Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, or toddy cat, constitutes a small-sized member of the Viverridae family which means that it actually has a distant relationship to felines. This interesting animal luckily rather displays great adaptability to different habitats. For this reason, the IUCN lists it as a species of Least […]
Limnonectes larvaepartus
Limnonectes larvaepartus Facts The recently discovered species known as the Limnonectes larvaepartus truly represents a highly unique species of frog. This newly recognized and quite remarkable animal species does not yet possess a common name, unfortunately. The amazing creature received its first scientific recognition in 1994, though under a different, temporary designation. Its first formal […]
Moeraki Boulders
Source: https://bit.ly/2u8rRmR Public Domain Image Moeraki Boulders Facts Perhaps most notably, the truly astounding Moeraki Boulders comprise an extraordinarily unusual geological feature. That holds true due to a fascinating occurrence. It’s also an extremely rare combination of factors, setting it clearly apart. Its story begins seemingly simply enough, deceptively. That’s because the feature consists of […]
Leaping Lesbian Lizard
Leaping Lesbian Lizard Facts Somewhat uniquely, the Leaping Lesbian Lizard serves as the popular name for a particular New Mexico Whiptail Lizard. What sets it apart, however, is the fact that it was produced through the inter-breeding of two distinct native species of lizard. Amazingly, this astonishing lizard resulted from the mixing of the Little […]
Fire Ant
Fire Ant Facts Firstly, Fire Ant serves as the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, all of which sting. Furthermore, these tiny but surprisingly powerful and dangerous invertebrates often attack small animals and can kill them. Most notably, other species of ant just bite and then spray acid on the […]
Hourglass Dolphin
Hourglass Dolphin Facts Firstly, the remarkable Hourglass Dolphin remains an extremely rarely encountered variety of cetacean. In fact, only 6 complete specimens of the impressive animal, living or dead, have ever been studied. As a result of this rather astonishing fact, scientists have very little reliable physical data about this particular species of cetacean. Reasonable […]