Flying Blue Zone

27/04/2023

This nocturnal moth is found in North America and is a large green coloured insect with distinctive yellow stripes on the wings. It feeds only in the larval stage and the adults do not eat anything and die within seven days. Their only purpose is to mate.

10/04/2023

Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, right, and Lecce's Joan Gonzalez vie for the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Lecce and Napoli at the Via del Mare Stadium in Lecce, Italy.

31/03/2023

France's Benjamin Pavard, right, is congratulated by teammate Adrien Rabiot after scoring his side's opening goal during the Euro group B qualifying soccer match between Ireland and France at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.

23/03/2023

The house sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm and a mass of 24–39.5 g. Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings.

15/03/2023

Their feet are small, and, with a few exceptions, the tail is short or medium-length. Most species have vivid plumage in bold patterns, and many are crested. These vocal, colourful birds are renowned for their dramatic hunting techniques. Typically, the bird sits still, watching for movement from a favourite perch.

03/03/2023

The saffron finch is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin.

17/01/2023

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

07/01/2023

Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa.

02/01/2023

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured.

26/12/2022

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa and Oceania, but also can be seen in Europe.

15/12/2022

Many species of birds are economically important as food for human consumption and raw material in manufacturing, with domesticated and undomesticated birds being important sources of eggs, meat, and feathers. Songbirds, parrots, and other species are popular as pets. Guano (bird excrement) is harvested for use as a fertiliser. Birds figure throughout human culture

24/11/2022

Many species of the second major avialan lineage to diversify, the Euornithes (meaning "true birds", because they include the ancestors of modern birds), were semi-aquatic and specialised in eating fish and other small aquatic organisms

07/11/2022

A number of other species called ducks are not considered to be 'true ducks', and are typically placed in other subfamilies or tribes. The whistling ducks are assigned either to a tribe (Dendrocygnini) in the subfamily Anatinae or the subfamily Anserinae,[15] or to their own subfamily (Dendrocygninae) or family (Dendrocyganidae)

31/10/2022

Penguins have an average sense of hearing for birds;[51] this is used by parents and chicks to locate one another in crowded colonies.[52] Their eyes are adapted for underwater vision and are their primary means of locating prey and avoiding predators; in air it has been suggested that they are nearsighted, although research has not supported this hypothesis

12/10/2022

Birds have a unique digestive system that allows them to eat when they can—usually on the fly—and digest later. They use their beaks to grab and swallow food. Even the way a bird reproduces is related to flight. Instead of carrying the extra weight of developing young inside their bodies, they lay eggs and incubate them in a nest.

01/10/2022

Despite being currently one of the most widely used, the crown-group definition of Aves has been criticised by some researchers. Lee and Spencer (1997) argued that, contrary to what Gauthier defended, this definition would not increase the stability of the clade and the exact content of Aves will always be uncertain because any defined clade (either crown or not) will have few synapomorphies distinguishing it from its closest relatives.

30/09/2022

Atlantic populations include the so-called bridled, or ringed, murre, a mutation that shows, in breeding season, a ring around the eye and a thin, white stripe behind the eye.

22/09/2022

The snow goose is a species of goose native to North America. Both white and dark morphs exist, the latter often known as blue goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage

10/09/2022

There's no better way to experience Patagonia's rugged natural beauty than in Torres del Paine National Park. The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is home to its namesake granite towers as well as sparkling lagoons and otherworldly glaciers — the park's Perito Moreno Glacier is part of the third-largest ice cap in the world.

06/08/2022

Tigers
Tigers can live in a variety of habitats. Mostly they need to hide, to be near a water source, and have enough prey to eat. Tigers are solitary and they all control large amounts of territory, the size of which depends on the availability of various food for tigers and prey.[6] According to Tigers-World, a male tiger may live and hunt in an area of 60 to 100 square kilometers (23 to 39 square miles). A female tiger may have 20 square kilometers (8 square miles).[7] According to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a single tiger can live in a territory as small as 21 square kilometers (8 square miles) to as large as 995 square kilometers (385 square miles).[8] Bengal tigers in particular live in many types of forests. These include the wet, evergreen of Assam and eastern Bengal; the swampy mangrove forest of the Ganges Delta; the deciduous forest of Nepal, and the thorn forests of the Western Ghats

06/07/2022

Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.[1] Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies,[a] crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described.[4]

04/06/2022

Recovery Mariska Bauer after cerebral infarction 'needs a lot of time'

Mariska Bauer doesn't know if she will ever get back to her old self after suffering a stroke earlier this year. Frans Bauer's wife is still working hard on her recovery, but that "needs a lot of time", she told Shownieuws on Friday.

16/04/2022

San Diego Zoo, USA.
Renowned across the country and even around the world, San Diego’s zoo, is home to over 12,000 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies. Among them are red pandas; African elephants; and bonobo apes. Check out immersive experiences such as a behind-the-scenes peek at zoo life with the “Inside Look” program, and hop on the Skyfari aerial tram to get a birds-eye view of all the zoo’s habitats and plan your next move.

03/12/2021

‘Portable Oasis’ Extracts Water from Dry Desert Air.
An ultraporous compound can extract water molecules from dry desert air, store them as tiny “icicles” and then release them as clean drinking water. A new study has shown this novel humidity sponge’s developers how it works in detail, taking it a step closer to practical applications

09/10/2021

A Florida zoo announced the birth of a southern white rhino, the eighth to be born in Tampa as part of a plan to help the species.

01/10/2021

Do you know?
Zebra stripes act as a natural bug repellant.

12/08/2021

Bonn’s Cherry Blossom Avenue, Germany
This avenue became famous after photographers started posting pictures of blooming trees.

01/07/2021

Varna Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a picturesque country located on the Balkan Peninsula. Because of its location at the confluence of three ecological regions, it allows visitors to enjoy the best of all seasons and types of geographical terrain when sightseeing.

12/10/2020

New BMW iX3

Unlike a lot of BMW’s i-branded models, the BMW iX3 will be very similar in style to the normal X3 SUV. As with its i3 and upcoming i4 siblings, however, it’ll be an all-electric model with no combustion engines. It’s coming in 2021 and will have an electric range of around 285 miles.

02/10/2020