Viscacha Facts The Viscacha represents one of the four extant species in two genera. Though it also bears a resemblance to rabbits, these animals have a closer relationship to the chinchilla. This rather amazing small creature inhabits a particularly restricted, and surprising, habitat range, where few other creatures live. Ancient Indigenous Peoples also once hunted the animal […]
Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina is the tallest mountain in the country of Brazil. The peak measures roughly 9,823 ft (2,994 m) above sea level. The mountain also sits within the Serra da Neblina section of the Guiana Highlands which straddles the border between Venezuela and Brazil. The peak of the mountain remains shrouded in clouds the […]
Wolfsbane
Wolfsbane Facts Wolfsbane serves as one of the common names given to a genus of more than 250 different plants. Also, almost every known variety of Wolfsbane ranks as extremely poisonous. It remains most commonly seen in mountainous regions. This genus also most typically grows in soil that stays rather highly retentive of moisture […]
Giant Gippsland Earthworm
Giant Gippsland Earthworm Facts The Giant Gippsland Earthworm ranks as the largest known species of earthworm on earth. Yet it must be remembered that it constitutes only one of the roughly 1,000 known species of earthworm native to its region. In its native range, it also goes by the common name of karmai. This derives […]
Gocta Cataracts
Gocta Cataracts Facts The stunning Gocta Cataracts forms an incredible waterfall in an extremely remote section of the world, in Peru. It also ranks as the fifth highest waterfall that men know of. Though indigenous peoples knew about this place for centuries, it was completely secret to the rest of the world until 2005. The magnificent […]
Driver Ant
Driver Ant Facts Driver Ant serves as the name of a rather extensive genus of army ants. The majority of the species of this genus reside in either eastern or central Africa. In smaller numbers, it also occurs throughout a range extending to tropical portions of Asia. Unlike the majority of ants, it does not […]
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Tiger Leaping Gorge Facts Tiger Leaping Gorge (now there you have a name that literally jumps out at you) formed in the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Area, in southwestern China, in Asia. This geological marvel comprises a rather deep canyon situated on the Jinsha River, which itself also forms a principal tributary of the […]
Shoshone Falls
Shoshone Falls ranks as a beautiful waterfall situated on the Snake River, in southern Idaho, United States. This wonder of geology also forms an excellent example of a block style waterfall. Due to its volume, it often gets referred to as the Niagara of the West. Uniquely, the shape of the waterfall also changes depending upon […]
