Category: Wild Life & Nature
What are Fossils?
Fossils are the remains of plants or animals that got preserved over millions of years. Occasionally, an animal or a plant that died millions of years ago fell into soft mud or sand making an impression. The mud or sand over years hardened into rock preserving the impression of the body. Fossils are very important […]
The Lazy Sleepers
All of us like to cuddle the pillow and sleep for long hours specially on the weekends, but are all of us lazy sleepers? Oh! No we are nowhere close to armadillos and sloths when it comes to sleeping. They take long beauty sleep which lasts for 15-20 hours in a day. Did you know […]
The Red Eyed Beauty
Who is this beauty that I am talking about? Am I talking about some girl with beautifully painted red eyes? No. Am I talking about a cousin of Red Riding Hood? No. The red eyed beauty I am talking about is a FROG !! What! Did you just say that’s a funny joke. Haven’t you […]
How All Babies are Different?
Have you ever seen a new born bear’s cub? It is so tiny that it can fit in the palm of your hand. In one year it would be as powerful as mama bear. It would be able to hunt on its own and defend itself. It would be all grown up in one year. Consider a kangaroo‘s […]
A Big Cluster of Islands
Many a times islands are formed close to each other in large clusters. This group of islands is called an archipelago. It is pronounced as ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh. Tricky huh! say it a few times, and you will get it :) Did you know that even the smallest archipelago has about thousand islands!! So what possibly creates […]
What Is RainWater Harvesting?
Can you guess what we are talking about? If I ask you what is the true wealth that humans need to protect, you might say lots of money in the bank or diamonds. But have you ever thought that our true wealth is the source of our existence. Without it, we cannot survive. Hmm! Now […]
Saving The Big Bad Wolf – II
I just had an incredible experience at the Lakota wolf preserve, owned by Jim and his partners Dan & Pam Bacon. Saving the wolves has been their passion for over 18 years now. I could not imagine what made them take up a wolf’s cause. So, I look up Jim’s contact details and call him. “What was the […]
Saving The Big Bad Wolf – I
“Want to see wolves in the wild?” my friend excitedly asked me one February morning. Wolves, in the wild! That was not my idea of fun at all, especially when it was minus 10 degrees outside. After much persuasion, I reluctantly agreed. We soon head towards Lakota Wolf preserve in Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey. I wonder why anyone […]
Migratory Birds
If you have ever shifted from one place to another you know how difficult and tricky that is. Who wants to leave the comfort of their home? Can you imagine doing so every year? Well, some birds do migrate away from their homes, every year. Such birds are called migratory birds. So what makes them leave their […]
Mysterious Magical Tree
This tree is called ‘The tree of life’ This tree is called ‘Bottle tree’ This tree is called ‘Monkey bread tree’ This tree is called ‘Upside down tree’ I am talking about The Baobab tree. This tree is found in dry areas of Madagascar (Africa) and in Australia. In fact, this tree is the National […]
A Tree On A Tray
“Your granddad gave you WHAT?” “A tree!” giggled Carrie. She knew Mary would be taken aback. Who gifts a tree? So she pulled Mary inside her room to show it. There, it sat – a pine tree – beside her computer, no bigger than the monitor! It had tiny needles and even miniature cones! It looked like a fairyland […]
Birds of Paradise
Look at this gorgeous bird. This bird is not called ‘Bird of paradise’ just like that. The Europeans that discovered it in the sixteenth century had never seen anything more beautiful in the wild. Therefore, they believed that this bird straight flew to Earth from the Garden of God. Thus, the name – ‘Bird of […]
