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These wave-fearing shorebirds can give you an insight into some interesting knowledge. The Green Sandpiper, with the scientific name Tringa ochropus, comes from the large family of medium-sized birds, Scolopacidae along with other waders of the Old World. These birds are quite popular in their range regions and have been given the conservation status of Least Concern.The distribution of this species is seen across subarctic Russia and Europe, northern Mongolia, parts of China, tropical Africa, Kazakhstan, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and other regions of Asia....

The Guidraco is one of the most popular dinosaurs - and not because of the research done on it! This is because it has featured in a number of media - such as movies, TV shows, and most popularly - ‘Jurassic Park.’ This is one of the most prominently seen dinosaur birds in the series and has featured in a lot of other media too. The Guidraco is the standard bird dinosaur - with long wings made of thin skin, small claws, and a lightly feathered tail to help them maneuver across the prehistoric skies....

The family Hippopotamidae incorporates large semi-aquatic mammals which are primarily naked skinned. The family has mainly two species of hippopotamus only, the common hippopotamus of sub-Saharan Africa and the other is pygmy hippopotamus of Liberia. The common hippopotamus is also tagged as river hippopotamus or just hippo. Apart from their size, other aspects distinguish the common hippos from the pygmy hippos. The hippos are identified for their bulky body and unusual stumpy feet....

The kodkod, Leopardus guigna, is a new world cat species and the smallest feline animal in the Americas, which belongs to the genus Leopardus. It is comparatively similar in appearance to Geoffroy’s cat which is named after the French zoologist Etienne Geoffroy Saint Hillaire. In Argentina, both cats share the same distribution area. The genus Leopardus has subgenus Oncifelis guign, which consists of two subspecies. Also, known as the Chilean cat, the kodkod lives in a limited range, amongst the wilderness of South America, particularly in the central and southern parts of Chile....

If you like your fish with a splash of color, you will definitely fall in love with the lyretail hogfish! This fish can be prominently recognized in any tank or ocean, thanks to their very distinctive coloring! They come note in two, but in three very different colors! They are called the hogfish or the pigfish because of their very distinctive mouths, which are similar to that of hogs or pigs, which is how they earned their name....

The marbled lungfish, also called leopard lungfish belongs to the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) species. It is endemic to Eastern and Central Africa, as well as the Nile region. During the dry season, it lives only in river reaches and deltas on Lake Tanganyika. Lake Victoria and Lake Baringo support their habitat in pelagic zones and shallow littoral swamps. The exact number of population estimates is not unknown, but it seems stable....

The New Zealand quail is an extinct species of bird that was endemic to the country of New Zealand. It is a herbivorous bird that fed on seeds, grass, grains, and nuts. The species was temperate and terrestrial and favored a grassland habitat, more specifically, the lowland tussock grassland. It was also found in open fernlands. The New Zealand quail possibly lived in social groups and for around 2-3 years. It was probably a monogamous bird that laid 10-12 whitish-yellow eggs in a breeding season....

The nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris), also known as the greater spotted dogfish, bull huss, or large-spotted dogfish, is a catshark species in the Scyliorhinidae family. It is an oviparous species. After reproduction, the egg takes up to nine months to hatch commonly. It may be found at a depth ranging from 147-1300 ft (44.8-396.2 m) in the northern Atlantic Ocean amid rocks or algae. The most common depth is between 66 ft (20....

The natives of the Ituri Rainforest of Congo, Okapis (scientific name Okapia johnstoni) are giraffe-like mammals not found in other parts of the world. With stripes of black and white, okapis also look like zebras. They are also called Forest Giraffes.Surprisingly these mammals were unheard of till the start of the 20th century when Sir Henry Morgan Stanley first found them. They have shorter necks and legs than the giraffe and also are a rare species....

A partridge is a very popular game bird (hunted for food or practicing someone’s shooting) and a ground-dwelling species. They have a vast diversity, with over 40 species from 14 genera. They are found across Europe, Asia, Africa, and recently a small population was introduced in North America. Partridges are a very popular and common bird in many regions of Europe. Their habitat includes lowlands, grasslands, and agricultural areas. They share a close resemblance with pheasants and quail birds....

There are ample examples of birds and animals going extinct in the wild due to hunting pressure and habitat loss. Add to that list the pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea), a Critically Endangered waterfowl with limited evidence of its present existence.The pink-head duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large-sized diving duck that used to be locally distributed in the Gangetic plains of India and the wetlands and swamps of Myanmar and Bangladesh. Always considered a rare species, the pink-headed duck was last seen in the wild in 1949, as later reports of pink-headed duck sightings were just false alarms, often arising from confusing these birds with the red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)....

Unlike many other snake species, python snakes are non-venomous snakes found in Asia, Africa, and Australia. They are classified as Old World snakes since they are not native to North or South America. Pythons are part of the Pythonidae family. According to the Reptile Database, the Pythonidae family contains 41 species of pythons and, despite the fact that both pythons and boas are big constrictors, they belong to different families of snakes....

Rebbachisaurus is a member of the Diplodocoidea superfamily, along with members such as Nigersaurus, Limaysaurus, Demandasaurus, and Rayososaurus. This dinosaur from the early to late cretaceous Africa is characterized by its long, graceful neck and tall and ridged back. The evidence of such features is provided by fossils in the Aoufous formation and Continental intercalaire formation. This species of the classes Diplodocoid, Dinosauria, Sauropoda, and family Rebbachisauridae is dated back to around 95 - 99 million years ago....

A staghorn coral is a very ancient coral that is responsible for building the extensive reef system throughout many oceans of the world, particularly the Floridan and the Caribbean reefs. The staghorn coral species like the elkhorn corals grow in the shape of the antlers of a deer. These stony corals have highly branched tentacles with their sizes ranging from a few inches to multiple feet and with the base strongly anchored to the ocean floor for life....

The Tylocephale, also known as Tylocephale gilmorei is known to have inhabited present-day Asia and Tylocephale fossil remains have been found in the Khulsan region of the Barun Goyot Formation in Mongolia. The name means ‘swollen head’. This dinosaur was known to live in woodlands. The Tylocephale lived in the Late Cretaceous period and lived from 83.6 million years ago to 72.1 million years ago. Reproduction of dinosaurs used to take place sexually where the females used to lay eggs after the male had deposited sperm inside their bodies....

White-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a North American scoter species of sea duck among the three natives of North America. The scoter white-winged is the largest of the three scoters found over there. They are seabirds.The biggest threat of the scoter white-winged is the change in climate as that affects and reshapes the ducks’ range. For example, their range map is lost by 64% in the summer season, and the range map is gained only by 14%....

Heather Locklear Birthday Highlights Birth Name Heather Deen Locklear Place Of Birth Los Angeles, USA Age 62 years old Birth Date September 24 1961 Heather Locklear Facts Child Star? no Occupation Actress Education & Qualifications University of California, Los Angeles Net Worth $20,000,000 Children Ava Locklear Parents Diane Locklear, Bill Locklear Siblings Laurie Locklear, Colleen Locklear, Mark Locklear About Heather Locklear Heather Deen Locklear was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 25, 1961....

Jackie Kennedy Birthday Highlights Birth Name Jaqueline Lee Bouvier Place Of Birth Southampton, New York , USA Age 94 years old Birth Date July 27 1929 Jackie Kennedy Facts Child Star? no Occupation First Lady of United States of America, Writer, American socialite Education & Qualifications Vassar Collge George Washington University Net Worth $50,000,000 Current Partner John F Kennedy, Aristotle Onaissis Children Arabella Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F Kennedy Jr....

Jason Connery Birthday Highlights Birth Name Jason Joseph Connery Place Of Birth Rome, Italy Age 60 years old Birth Date January 11 1963 Jason Connery Facts Child Star? no Occupation Actor, Director Education & Qualifications Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Net Worth $2,000,000 Current Partner Fiona Ufton Children Dashiell Quinn Connery Parents Sean Connery, Diane Cilento Siblings Giovanna Margaret Volpe About Jason Connery On January 11, 1963, Jason Connery was born in Rome, Italy....

Joe Strummer Birthday Highlights Birth Name John Graham Mellor Place Of Birth Ankara , Turkey Age 71 years old Birth Date August 21 1952 Joe Strummer Facts Child Star? no Occupation Singer Education & Qualifications Central School of Art and Design Net Worth $4,000,000 Current Partner Lucinda Tait Children Jazz Mellor, Lola Mellor Parents John Graham Mellor, Anna Mackenzie Siblings David Mellor About Joe Strummer John Graham Mellor, best known as Joe Strummer, was a British musician, singer, and songwriter, who lived from August 21, 1952, to December 22, 2002....