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Rwenzori Mountains National Parks 2007-11-12 04:36:29 Rwenzori Mountains National
Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Rwenzori Mountains between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It includes approximately 1 000 square kilometres of land. Within that land are numerous waterfalls, lakes, glaciers, and the third highest mountain in Africa - Mount Stanley.
Mount Stanley
Everlasting flower
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Sources : Rwenzori.com, Wikipedia, UNESCO Read more:Parks
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Tassili n'Ajjer National Park 2008-04-04 06:17:38 The Tassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria, North Africa. The highest point is Adrar Afao, 2158 m. The nearest town is Djanet, about 10 km southwest of the range.
Much of the range, including the cypresses and archaeological sites, is protected in a National
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Coccinellidae 2008-04-30 12:41:58 Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds, ladybugs or lady beetles. The family name comes from its type genus, Coccinella.
Coccinellids are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm, and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers,...
Changing version 2008-05-30 05:18:26 I'm changing the version
of this blog, wich is under Dotclear 1 to Dotclear 2.
This may be cause some errors during the changing time. Please, be patient, as I do as quick as possible ;-)
Thanks to you all !
Graeme
Editor... Read more:Changing
Aldabra 2008-06-01 15:05:00 Aldabra is a raised coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, virtually untouched by humans. It belongs to the Seychelles.
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Sources : Wikipedia, photos by WWF/ Jeanne Mortimer and David Olson
Coccinellidae 2008-04-30 05:41:58 Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds, ladybugs or lady beetles. The family name comes from its type genus, Coccinella.
Coccinellids are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm, and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, head and antennae. A very large number of species are mostly or entirely black, gra
Tassili n'Ajjer National Park 2008-04-03 23:17:38 The Tassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria, North Africa. The highest point is Adrar Afao, 2158 m. The nearest town is Djanet, about 10 km southwest of the range.
Much of the range, including the cypresses and archaeological sites, is protected in a National
park, Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, named the Tassili n'Ajjer National Park. It's one o
Rwenzori Mountains National Parks 2007-11-11 21:36:29 Rwenzori Mountains National
Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Rwenzori Mountains between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It includes approximately 1 000 square kilometres of land. Within that land are numerous waterfalls, lakes, glaciers, and the third highest mountain in Africa - Mount Stanley.
Mount Stanley
Everlasting flower
Agrandir Read more:Parks
, National Parks
Sunflower 2007-11-02 03:18:33
The sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteraceae, with a large flowering head. The stem of the flower can grow as high as 3 metres tall, with the flower head reaching up to 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds. The term "sunflower" is also used to refer to all plants of the genus Helianthus, many of which are perennial plants.
And here is perhaps t Read more:Sunflower
Popocatépetl 2007-10-25 04:37:49
Popocatépetl from space on January 23, 2001, with Iztaccíhuatl at right and the city of Puebla at left. View from the International Space Station.
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Popocatépetl is an active volcano located south of Mexico city. His elevation is 5 426 metres, and he is the second highest point in Mexico.
Source : Wikipedia
Nobel Peace Prize 2007-10-12 06:35:03 The 2007 NobelPeace
Prize has been attributed to both Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore today.
"For their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change" said the spokesman of the Nobel Institute.
It's a good news and I hope it could make some changes
Toucan 2007-09-16 23:15:19
Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species.
Source : Wikipedia
Jellyfish 2007-08-16 04:57:46 Jellyfish
life cycle and reproduction :
Images : Noaa Ocean Explorer, Wikipedia, Monterey Aquarium
Jellyfish are marine invertebrates of the class Scyphozoa, and can be found in every oceans in the world. The body of an adult jellyfish consists of a bell shape producing jelly and enclosing its internal structure, from which tentacles are suspended. Each tentacle is cov
Insects 2007-07-15 23:14:41 Do you like insects ? Especially when they're strange and coming from all over the world ?
The biggest insect trading company in North America is located in Canada, near the city of Quebec, in Lac-Beauport. Her name is Insect Trade, or Insectes Mondiaux in french.
They've an about half a million insects collection !
Guess how long this giant ant is ? 70 millimeters !!!
Morpho menelaus Read more:Insects
New design for Wildlife Archives 2008-06-03 16:48:00 As you can see by yourself, Wildlife Archives
has now a new design
. I hope it will satisfy everyone
I really like those pinguins, don't you ?
image : Alexander Hafemann
Penguins 2008-06-04 14:28:00 Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere. The number of penguin species is debated. Depending on which authority is followed, penguin biodiversity varies between 17 and 20 living species, all in the subfamily Spheniscinae.
The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin : adults average about 1.1 m tall and weigh 35 kg or more. Read more:Penguins
Giraffe 2008-06-06 14:13:00 The giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 metres tall and weigh up to 1 700 kilograms. The record-sized bull, shot in Kenya in 1934, was 5.87 m tall and weighed approximately 2 000 kg. Females are generally slightly shorter, and weigh less than the males do.
The giraffe is related to deer Read more:Giraffe
No title 2008-06-12 16:44:00 I really know that this isn't the good season for writing about snow. Anyway, don't forget that in few weeks, winter is coming in southern hemisphere
Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds.
Here is a 1902 image of snowflakes by Wilson Bentley :
Sources and images&nbs
Kangaroo 2008-06-27 23:57:00 A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, the antilopine kangaroo, and the eastern and western grey kangaroo of the macropus genus. The family also includes many smaller species which include the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the
Koala 2008-07-14 16:17:00 The Koala is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia.
The Koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula.
Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during t
Leptotyphlops carlae 2008-08-04 10:26:00 Leptotyphlops carlae is a blind species of threadsnake discovered in 2006 on the island of Barbados by S. Blair Hedges.
The average length of Leptotyphlops carlae adults is about 10 cm, wich make them the smallest snakes in the world. They are said to be "as thin as spaghetti".
Sources and image : Wikipedia
Coconut Crab 2008-08-21 10:13:00 The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod in the world. It is a highly apomorphic hermit crab and is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents. It is the only species of the genus Birgus (Birgus latro).
Coconut crabs distribution map :
Source and images : Wikipedia
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