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New York City’s Central Park is one of the city’s largest and most beautiful public parks.You’ve probably seen the photos of Central Park even if you’ve never visited New York City. These ’lungs of Manhattan’ are a favorite filming site and a welcome reprieve in the never-sleeping city.Central Park is today one of New York’s most famous tourist sites, a lush refuge in one of the world’s biggest cities. It’s one of the visitor’s favorite spots to visit whenever they are in the city, even though it’s straightforward to get lost!...

The Greeks took pride in their architecture and had a valid justification for doing so.We can find remnants of their constructions all throughout the Mediterranean and in galleries from one end of the world to the other. For the Ancient Greeks, design was crucial.Aside from houses and commercial districts, Greek cities had a variety of different buildings. Greek buildings were constructed in a very specific manner, and architects followed a set of rules to ensure that the buildings were all uniformly built....

The study of human anatomy is certainly fascinating.The importance of muscles in human anatomy is extreme as they help in blood circulation, movement, and posture, among many other activities. There are three kinds of muscles, namely smooth muscles, skeletal muscles, and cardiac muscles.The diversity in the world of muscles is worth noting. While the cardiac muscles are considered to be the hardest working muscles, making the heart the strongest organ, the eye muscles are said to be the most used and most active, as they are constantly adjusting and constantly moving....

The blue whale is an aquatic mammal and is a member of the order Artiodactyla and family Balaenopteridae, the largest among the baleen whales, including the humpback whale.In the past, blue whales were found in plenty near all of the Earth’s oceans. By the end of the 19th century, they had become scarce due to overhunting.In 1966, the International Whaling Commission strictly prohibited the hunting of blue whales. It has been listed that blue whales are endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature....

cat eating corn Credit: Grizanda / Shutterstock A fresh ear of corn is a hardy, readily available food source for humans that’s super easy to pair with just about anything else for a quick, satisfying meal year-round. But if you’re thinking your feline friend would appreciate a few kernels as a snack, read this before you give them a nibble. Can Cats Eat Corn Safely? Absolutely. In fact, not only can your cat eat corn, your cat probably already is eating corn....

Dogs have always been loyal, affectionate and, protective pets.The homes with dogs are generally brighter, more hyper, and happier than homes without one. Having a pup around has a positive impact on the pet parents too.Dog owners enjoy going on walks, running together in the mornings, having them tag along while you run errands or go shopping, idling on the couch together watching TV, sometimes even cuddling them to sleep, and the list goes on....

cat sitting on bench in front of piano Credit: KathiTaltos / Getty It should come as no surprise that animals—being such sensitive and adorable creatures—love music. A golden retriever singing along with windchimes? Precious! A hippo using his lips to play himself a birthday song? We can’t handle it! A horse nodding in time with a violin player? Beautiful! A Chihuahua dueting with her grandpa? OMG! The concept of musical appreciation among the four-legged set made us curious, so we’re exploring a theory....

man scratching senior golden retriever under his chin Credit: Alan Price / Eyeem / Getty It may sound far-fetched or too good to be true, but researchers are investigating whether a pill could help our dogs live longer. Staff at the University of Washington’s Dog Aging Project may be helping us get one step closer to making this dream a reality. The team is running a nationwide study involving almost 600 dogs, testing the life-extending potential of the drug rapamycin....

The Acristavus gagslarsoni was a species of a hadrosaur that inhabited the continent of North America in the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period. The discovery of two specimens of this species has been made so far, one in the Two Medicine Formation in Montana in 1999 and the other in the Wahweap Formation of Utah in 2011. Due to its unique characteristic of not having any cranial ornamentation despite being a hadrosaur, it has been given the name ’non-crested grandfather....

The Australian stumpy tail cattle dog, famously known as simply the stumpy tail, is a medium-sized dog that is bred by mixing two different breeds: Dingos and Smithfield herding dogs. These dogs are famously also known as ‘heelers’. Often confused with the Australian cattle dog, this breed is different. The Australian cattle dog (or blue heeler) has a long tail, whereas the Australian stumpy tail cattle dog has a short tail, that is just 4 in (10 cm) long....

A black wildebeest is not to be mistaken for a beast! The black wildebeest, scientifically known as Connochaetes gnou, belongs to the genus Connochaetes of the family Bovidae. The word ‘konnos’ in Greek means ‘beard’, and ‘gnou’ indicates the repetitive ‘ge-nu’ honking call. They are one of the two closely related wildebeest species. They belong to the family of antelopes such as deer and topi. These mammals are mainly endemic to the open grass habitats of southern Africa....

A booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized buzzard-like bird of prey that has similar features to hawk eagles. They are a highly migratory species that have different preferences for breeding and wintering grounds. The bird breeds in southern Europe, North Africa, and across central Asia, and in the winter, the species migrate to the east in tropical Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The eagle species fly at great heights and generally inhabit places like deep forests, countryside with some open area, and hill or mountain ledges where human habitations are relatively less....

Bothrops jararaca is a type of pit viper snake commonly seen in South American countries. It is also known as B jararaca or yarara depending on the country and language. It is a species of highly venomous snake which is the cause for majority of snakebites in Brazil. The name “jararaca” is a mix of two words, yarará and ca, from Tupi language which means “large snake”. Bothrops jararaca usually grows about 3 ft (0....

Native to the grounds of Africa, the cape file snake (Limaformosa capensis) is one of the most popular pets among reptiles. The species belongs to the non-venomous snake family. Few other names are Mehelya capensis, Simocephalus capensis, and Gonionotophis capensis. Even though this snake is competent enough to hunt down cobras or other highly venomous snakes, they are docile and submissive when are caught. They do not even bite, but they might defecate out of anxiety and fear....

Carpenter ants are named so because they chew on wood to make their nests. Their infestation can cause structural damage to the wood used in homes and furniture. Carpenter ants do not eat wood like termites, instead, they chew them to create tunnels for creating their nests in it. They are also different from termites in the way that carpenter ants produce sawdust after chewing on wood while termites produce pellets....

For any bird watcher or bird photographer spotting a chalk-browed mockingbird must be a common affair. However, how much do we really know about this winged species? Here is a fact-enriched piece about this brownish-gray bird with a majestic white-tipped tail.Chalk-browed mockingbird also known as Mimus Saturnius is a tropical bird found in the savanna regions of Brazil, and parts of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname and Argentina. This feathered species belongs to the Mimidae family, Aves class, and Animalia kingdom....

If you want to read about one of the most interesting categories of birds, then you must read about the chicken hawk. Chicken hawk is the common moniker given to three types of hawks that share similar characteristics. These three hawks are the sharp-shinned hawk, the red-tailed hawk, and cooper’s hawk with the red-tailed hawk being the biggest amongst the three. However, interestingly, despite being named chicken hawks, these three types of hawks have hardly ever been observed to prey on chickens....

The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a wild bird found in mixed forests and urban areas of European, Asian, and North African countries. These birds live in forests, gardens, and other green areas and are mostly dependent on worms, fruits, and grains for food. This bird is known for its bright yellowish beak and eyes, which are generally seen in adult males, whose body color is black. The females are brown and are the ones responsible for building the nest....

Dandie Dinmont Terrier is a dog breed that originated on the border between Scotland and England. It was first developed as a general breed, but later was renamed after a character from a Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘Guy Mannering’. The Dinmont Terrier is a tiny Scottish dog of the terrier family. These dogs with short legs are generally hardy breeds, and might have issues in climbing stairs because of these short legs....

The Deltadromeus agilis inhabited the Earth in the late Cretaceous period, approximately 94-99 million years ago. These theropods belong to the animal kingdom of phylum Chordata, order Saurischia, family Noasauridae, and genus Deltadromeus. This fascinating species has a close relationship with the Bahariasaurus and Allosaurus. Fossils of this dinosaur have been recovered from the Kem Kem beds which established that they were localized in Southern Africa, particularly in the Moroccan Sahara....