Category: Wild Life & Nature

If birds had a swimming Olympics then ducks would participate as they are excellent swimmers. Ducks belong to Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. However, ducks are much smaller than and different from them. While the duck is busy poking its beak at the bottom of the pond for food, you will see its tail and the big…

Jenny was extremely excited. The snow was melting, and the ice was thinning. It was that time of the year, when her dad took the kids to collect the sweet maple syrup from the maple tree. But this time it was more special. She was now seven and old enough to join them on this trip. She…

The itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again…. Scary as they may be some spiders are not itsy bitsy all the time. There is a species of spider that would make you freeze in fear. If you guessed Goliath Bird-eater, you would be right! These huge, hairy spiders are the largest spiders by mass,…

Did you know that apes can … what, ask for a banana? No, apes cannot say “Please pass the banana”! Though wouldn’t it be cool and funny if they did? But what they can do is grasp a banana as we do, by bending the thumb to touch their fingers. Have you seen any other animal do that? What’s…

Can you find the owl in the above picture? You can if you look very closely. The owl’s body is so similar to the trunk of the tree that it almost blends in the tree. A predator that is using vision to hunt will almost miss the owl. This method that allows animals, people or objects…

Three hearts…Eight arms…Bulging eyes…Hidden beak…Blue blood…Knack to change the way they look anytime promptly, anywhere…. What is it? Monster or an Alien? It’s an OCTOPUS!! Octopus is one of the most outrageous creatures of the sea. Don’t judge it just by its looks because it is also a highly intelligent invertebrate. Experiments prove that they…

Okay! so no prizes for guessing that this bird loves wood. It keeps pecking on the wood. It has unusually short legs and four clawed feet (two toes in front and two in behind). Its short legs and sharp claws help it to cling on the wood. Woodpeckers are best known for their habit of drilling holes…

This fish goes up the waterfalls, oceans and rivers in giant leaps. No matter how tough it is, this fish goes on and on. It wriggles and twists but neither the strong waterfall nor the heavy currents of the ocean are able to stop it. The name of this fish is Salmon. And do you…

But still this beetle is called a Ladybug !!  Isn’t that weird? Do you know how ladybug got its name? It is a riveting story. This beetle is native of Europe. Once when pests began eating the crops of farmers in Europe, they prayed to Mother Mary. After a few days, they saw these colorful spotted…

A lot of people think that snails are slow moving, dull or lazy creatures, where as some think that they are very wise as they are carrying their homes on their backs. Well, these little wanderers are very interesting creatures. To begin with the snails are not as brainless as they are made out to be. They…

Who is the one with one horn on the nose?  Do you know?  Not know, I suppose. He can very well swim. But doesn’t want to stay trim. So often he’d like to wallow. And find waters that are shallow. Endangered! Is what the story goes.  Lets save him, help him ease his woes. No prizes for guessing…

Hmm! What is this flower that we are talking about? Daisy:).  A Daisy is made up of two types of flowers – disk florets and petal-like white ray florets. The disk is made up of many tiny flowers squeezed together. The name “daisy” is thought to have come from the old English “daes eage”, meaning “day’s eye”,…