Avibase - La base ornithologique mondiale I am excited to announce a new important addition to Avibase, called myAvibase. This is a new section of the site that provides tools for planning your next birding trip and manage your own personal checklists. You can use maps and graphs to quickly see how many species can be found in a given region and at various times of year, for instance. People who participate in eBird can very simply import their lifelist from their eBird account with a click of a button.
News - CNET Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 28, #178 Beetles (Order: Coleoptera) - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) Possibly the most well known of Britain's beetles, the Stag beetle Lucanus cervus. The males have large 'antlers' and this gives them their common name. The smaller female does not possess large antlers. Introduction The Order Coleoptera or beetles forms the largest group of insects worldwide with about 370,000 described species. However, the situation in the British Isles is slightly different and beetle diversity comes third with about 4,100 species, being surpassed by both Diptera (flies) and Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, etc.). General features Beetles belong to the Endopterygota or insects having a complete metamorphosis, with a distinct pupal stage between the larval and sexually mature adult stages. Beetles can be found in almost every imaginable terrestrial or aquatic habitat but many more species are found in tropical countries than in places with more temperate climates. Special features A number of beetle species are dependant upon other insects for their survival. Setting
Fun India Facts for Kids - Interesting Information about India India is officially known as the Republic of India. India has the second largest population in the world, with over 1.2 billion people (1,205,073,612 as of July 2012). India is the seventh largest country by total area. India belongs to the continent of Asia, it is bordered by the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, and Pakistan. The highest mountain in India is Kanchenjunga, standing at 8,598m (28,209 ft), which it shares with Nepal. Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. En trente ans, 420 millions d'oiseaux ont disparu en Europe Une étude publiée ce lundi 3 novembre dans le journal scientifique Ecology Letters vient de révéler de nouveaux chiffres inquiétants concernant le déclin de la population des oiseaux. L'étude révèle que 420 millions d'oiseaux ont disparu en trente ans en Europe. Près de 90% de cette disparition a été enregistrée chez 36 espèces d'oiseaux communs telles que le moineau, l'étourneau, la perdrix grise et l'alouette. Richard Inger, chercheur à l'institut pour l'environnement et le développement durable à l'université d'Exeter et qui a participé à l'étude, s'alarme : "Il est très préoccupant que les espèces les plus communes disparaissent rapidement puisque ce sont précisément ces oiseaux qui sont utiles aux hommes." Un déclin néfaste Ces oiseaux permettent de lutter contre les parasites agricoles, de disséminer les graines et d'éliminer les carcasses d'animaux. Protéger les espèces et leur habitat Par ailleurs, l'étude montre que la population de certaines espèces d'oiseaux est en augmentation.
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Annuaire des oiseaux India OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of India SIZE: 1,269,338 square miles (3,287,590 square kilometers) POPULATION: 1,189,172,906 as of 2011 CAPITAL: New Delhi LANGUAGES: Hindi and 14 other official languages, as well as English CURRENCY: Indian rupee CLIMATE: From tropical to temperate PRODUCTS: Rice, wheat, cotton, tea, sugarcane, spices, textiles, chemicals The annual camel fair in Pushkar, in northwest India, is a festive affair. India is the world's largest democracy. About 5,000 rhesus monkeys roam New Delhi. The Early History of Beekeeping History of Wild Bees and Beekeeping The beekeeper is the keeper of bee collection of honey and the other products that bees product in the hive like beeswax, pollen, and royal jelly. Another product of bees is for resale to other beekeeper. The collecting honey dates back 15,000 years ago, Egyptian art shows beekeeping around 4,500 years ago. Wild bees became domesticated in artificial hive like logs, wooden boxes, pottery, and woven baskets. The Greece apiculture found smoking pots, honey extractors in Knossos; Beekeeping was a highly valued industry. In China the art of beekeeping recorded the importance of quality of wooden boxes if improved the quality of the honey. There are more than 20,000 different species of wild bees. With breeding bees some companies will achieve a selectively breeding and hybridize varieties are disease and parasite resistance, which produces good honey, swarming behavior reduction. Visit The Author:
India Country Profile HISTORY India's earliest known civilization arose about 5,000 years ago on the Indus River in what is now Pakistan. Archaeologists uncovered the remains of two huge cities with brick houses, piped water, and sewer systems. Nobody knows why, but these cities, called Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, were abandoned in 1700 B.C. The Aryan people were farmers from Central Asia who arrived in India around 1500 B.C. In the 200-year reign of the Gupta Empire, starting in the fourth century A.D., arts, crafts, and sciences flourished. Beginning in the 16th century, following a series of invasions by Muslim forces, a Mongol leader named Babur founded the Mongol Empire. In the late 1400s, Europeans arrived in India and began setting up trading companies.
Welcome to Viet Nam Creatures Website Faune et flore du Vietnam (Vietnam, mon pays natal. Terre des dragons et des légendes) La forêt vietnamienne couvre encore les 2/5 è du pays. Malgré une déforestation accentuée durant les dernières années, dûe en grande partie à l'accroissement de la population et surtout àaux défoliants déversés durant la guerre du Viêt-Nam, la forêt vietnamienne continue à abriter tant de richesses florales et animales. Quelques découvertes récentes Il s’agit des doucs à pattes grises (Pygathrix cinerea), du lapin tigré (Nesolagus temminsi.)( loài thỏ vằn ) de Trường Sơn, du galliforme (bambusicola fytchii), du boeuf gris (Bos sauveli) et de garrulaxe à long bec (jabouilleia danjoui)( loài khướu). La découverte de la grue antigone orientale en 1986 dans le delta du Mékong et celle du saola en 1994 montrent quel point les scientifiques ont commencé à porter une attention particulière sur la faune vietnamienne. Un programme dynamique de reboisement prévoyant la plantation de 500 millions d'arbres a été lancé il y a quelques années par le gouvernement vietnamien.
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