Vicuña: The World's Most Expensive Wool Comes From a Llama
Anonymous
May 11, 2022
Deep within the Andes of Peru gallops an animal that’s treasured across the world. It belongs to the family of Llamas but is called a Vicuña...
Showing posts with the label Natural Wonders
A Thunderstorm Called Hector
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2022
Nearly every afternoon, from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. It happens so regularl...
1875: When Locusts Ruled Over America
Anonymous
May 9, 2022
A species disappears from our planet about every 30 minutes. From climate crises to man’s carelessness, there are endless factors that drive...
The Fish That Swims Upside Down
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2022
Fishes are great swimmers, and this ability comes not from practice but from anatomy. Fishes have a slender body which they flex back and fo...
Uncombable Hair Syndrome
Anonymous
Apr 27, 2022
In a world of 7.87 billion people, there are only about a 100 cases of Uncombable Hair Syndrome (UHS). It is commonly visible in children of...
Mike The Headless Chicken
Anonymous
Apr 25, 2022
Once upon a time in 1945 there was a couple who owned a farm in Colorado. Lloyd Olsen would spend afternoons chopping off chicken heads, whi...
Murchison Falls: Uganda's Most Powerful Waterfalls
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2022
Murchison Falls, also referred to as Kabalega Falls, is located on the Nile River between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda. The waterfal...
Reverse Waterfalls: When Water Flies Up
Anonymous
Apr 16, 2022
Every monsoon, the Indian subcontinent turns into a land of natural marvel. Cascading waterfalls, dense greenscapes and the smell of earth t...
Antarctic Oases
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2022
Antarctica is one of the most inhospitable places in this earth, with all-year-round freezing temperatures, violent katabatic winds and ice ...
Ambergris: The Highly Sought-After ‘Whale Vomit’
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2022
The sea washes up all kinds of strange stuff , from carcasses of whales and squids to fossils and ancient shipwrecks. But nothing is as prec...
