Beautiful birds.
In the past, a favourite pastime of the people in China was keeping jumping insects known as crickets, in cages, as pets. They enjoyed earing the musical chirping of these insects. Not only were crickets kept for their song but also for staging fights. Male crickets were pitted against each other in special bowls. The…
The forthcoming rare celestial event on January 31, in which three lunar events will come together in an unusual overlap called as ‘super blue moon’, will give scientists a special opportunity to understand the evolution of the surface of the moon. The January 31 supermoon, which is the first blue moon of 2018, marks the…
Coppersmith Barbet
Imagine meeting a snarling black beast with a gaping mouth and strong gleaming teeth in the dead of the night! You could meet such an animal on the Australian island of Tasmania, now the only home of the animal known as Tasmanian devil. It was once abundant in mainland Australia. But when the Aborigines came,…
