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Flagstaff is a city in northern Arizona and has some very amazing adventure ideas along with natural wilderness to get lost in.This mountainous city, on the Colorado Plateau, has a lot to offer and has some great geography and history associated with it. This city has a very strong reputation among tourists due to its being a crucial distributor hub, as for Nestle Purina PetCare, and housing Northern Arizona University, the U....

In 2013, a catastrophic E5 tornado leveled Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City. The wreckage was massive, and search and rescue (SAR) teams scoured debris around the clock for any signs of human and animal life. Molly Gibb, a professional SAR volunteer, worked with local animal control and the American Humane Rescue team to meet the animal response needs. Five days into the effort, volunteers discovered a tiny American pit bull terrier puppy buried under rubble, just barely alive....

Do you love to hear birds singing or chirping?You may not find a good companion in people around you, but these parrots are sure to please you. They are quite playful and have an incredible ability to imitate words, phrases, and sounds that make beautiful pets.Parrots can vocalize sounds, mimic words and phrases, sing, and whistle, but what about you? Do you think you can talk or mimic like parrots? Read on to learn more about the vocalizing abilities of the second most common pet species of parrot, the cockatiel!...

close up of a black and white cat looking up at camera Credit: Director / Getty On This Page Do Female Cats Get Periods? What Are Cats in Heat Like? When Do Cats Get Their Period? Do Cats Know When You're on Your Period? Cats are so fascinating. From their distinctive tail talk to how their whiskers help them navigate, they're original in so many ways. Still, we're always trying to understand just how they operate....

When you capture a great prize, whether it’s a fish, trophy, or a good-looking mate, you want to bring it home for all to see. That’s probably what Sadie was thinking when she tried to bring a gloriously large stick into her home over the summer. It all went rather predictably—but also with enough adorableness to brighten our day. Gavin Wurth posted the video Aug. 10 to TikTok. It showed him letting Sadie, who looks to be a German shepherd, into a house while she has a stick longer than she is in her mouth....

The American buff goose is a species of geese found across America. They have been known to originate from Europe and Asia and are now a native breed of domestic goose in the United States. These geese have beautiful features. They have beautiful apricot-fawn feathers covering their back with an edge of white feathers and the underside of their bodies is bright white. They have cute brown eyes and orange-colored bills....

Anglerfish belong to the order Lophiiformes. This species of fish have large mouths with sharp teeth that are slanted inwards. This deep-sea species has illicium which is luminescent and helps them to lure their prey. Due to their roundish shape and large heads, they aren’t very fast when it comes to swimming. Small invertebrates and fish are common prey for these fish.The anglerfish is a well-known fish in the sea universe....

The Celebes rainbowfish is a magnificent fish that is indigenous to Indonesia and belongs to the family Melanotaeniidae, sub-family Telmatherinidae, and genus Marosatherina. It is also commonly referred to as the Celebes sailfish and Celebes sailfin. These lovely creatures have a peaceful temperament and must be kept with peaceful species only. This fish species is very colorful, with a variety of colors on its body, including black, blue, yellow, and green....

Fun-loving, sweet, easygoing, a beautiful coat, and loves biking and hiking are few qualities of a Field Spaniel. If you or your friends are looking for dogs, a Field Spaniel is the best choice.In the 18th century, England was famous for dog shows, which gave breeders a large platform to introduce more dog breeds. Then, the standard color of Field Spaniels was a black-colored and medium-sized dog, which was difficult for the hunters to locate these dogs in the field....

Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis (giant spined lizard) is a species of the genus Gigantspinosaurus that used to live in China during the Jurassic period. It was a stegosaur, and mistakenly it was taken as a specimen of Tuojiangosaurus by Ouyang Hui at Pengtang near Jinquan in 1985 and was reported by Gao Ruiqi and colleagues in 1986. Still, Gigantspinosaurus facts expose that its name was derived in 1992 in an abstract of a lecture....

The goliath heron is a wading bird and the world’s largest bird of the Heron species (Ardea). This bird is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from Egypt to South Africa. Apart from Africa, this bird is also found in south-west and South Asia. It is quite easy to identify a goliath heron even though it shares similar plumage with a purple heron, which is smaller in size. The great-billed heron and white-billed heron are also quite large, and these three birds are together referred to as the ‘giant herons’....

The green crab sider (Misumessus oblongus) is a crab spider in the family Thomisidae in order Araneae. The family has a total of 175 genera and more than 2,100 species. The distribution range of green crab spiders is from the United States to Canada. Various habitats of this spider include woodlands, meadows, grasslands, the backyard of the house, and many more. Females of green crab spider species are twice than the males....

Ivory-billed woodpeckers were one of the largest woodpeckers in the world. Their story of presumed extinction is a poignant example of the effects our anthropocentric attitude has on the environment. Ivory-billed woodpeckers, colloquially referred to as the ‘Lord God Bird’ is a long, 20 in (1.7 ft) bird, with a remarkable 30 in (2.5 ft) wingspan. They have been classified into two main groups, one found in North America and one in Cuba, with slight differences....

A Lapland longspur, also known as a Lapland bunting and Calcarius lapponicus, is one of the most common small birds found in the Arctic tundra. It belongs to the order Passeriformes and the family Calcariidae. Their streaked body, bold black head, and chestnut nape give them a distinct and striking appearance. These birds migrate in flocks during the winter and return back to the Arctic near the onset of spring. Laplands are the most common among the longspurs species....

Are you a bird lover and want to enrich your knowledge about birds? Why not take a look at these cool and interesting facts about the least tern?The least tern (Sternula antillarum) is a small bird of the Laridae family that is mostly found in North America as well as in South America. These birds are close relatives of the yellow-billed tern that has a characteristic black tip in its yellow bill....

The orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) is one of the 1100 Pieridae family butterfly species. They are mostly found in temperate Asian and European regions and they are a common and widespread butterfly species, found mostly in gardens and hedgerows. Spotting an orange tip butterfly in your garden is a true sign of spring since they are best adapted to thrive in their habitat during this season.Males and females of the orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) species differ in their appearance....

The parasitic or cuckoo bee is a type of sweat bee that gets its name because of its parasitic nature. The females of this parasite species enter into the nest of another species and replace the resident’s eggs with their own eggs. As they leave, they cover their tracks by pushing loose soil over the opening of the nesting. The unwitting host bees and their colonies are duped easily and continue feeding the young brood....

Quelea birds are also known as dioch or red billed weavers belonging to the songbird family Ploceidae in Africa. These short tailed weaver birds hap up in huge flocks and destroy numerous crops and fields of Africa where they are originally found. Red billed queleas to have a yellow or reddish bill, eye ring, and legs, and a blotchy back. Queleas are most likely to feed on seeds of wild grasses, they still pose a threat to wheat....

There are two known species of silver perch found in the world. Each species is part of a different family and found countries apart. The silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) is native to the east coast of the United States while the silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) is native to south-eastern Australia.The silver perch from America is among the smaller members of the drum family and has an oval-shaped body with no barbels....

The Thililua, a marine reptile from the late Cretaceous period was a plesiosaur that continues to be a mystery due to the limited information discovered from their fossils. In fact, the fossil plesiosaur shows similarities to aquatic dinosaurs, but in reality, the Thililua is not in a dinosaur. The carnivore of the late cretaceous period was the very first plesiosaur to be found in Africa when paleontologists discovered the fossils of what is considered to be an adult Thililua longicollis....