Herbal Earth – Eastern Hemisphere by NASA Subtle differences in shades of green in this animation reflect vegetation conditions worldwide. High values vegetation represent dense green functioning vegetation, and low values represent sparse green vegetation or vegetation under stress from limiting conditions, such as drought.
Month: July 2016
Gulmohar
Gulmohar is a flamboyant tree in flower and some call it the world’s most colourful tree! It adds color and beauty to the city when it blooms, just before the south-west monsoons. It can grow to around 40 feet or 12 meters tall, but its wide-spreading umbrella-like canopy can be wider than its height. […]
Greater Glider
The Greater Glider spends most of its time denning in hollowed trees! It glides between high trees and has adapted to feeding exclusively on eucalyptus tree leaves. Native to Australia, it can glide up to 100 meters or 328 feet and change direction up to 90 degrees. It is known to use a large […]
Grauer’s Gorilla
The Grauer’s Gorilla is the largest living primate! It shares 98.3 percent of its DNA with humans and is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies. Its diet includes fruits, leaves, stems and bark. It spends long hours feeding on tree and plant matter every day. Grauer’s gorillas are highly sociable, very peaceful and […]
Goats On A Tree!
Girl Child Garden
India’s first ‘Beti Garden’ or ‘Girl Child Garden’ to rejoice birth of a girl child by planting trees! Shloka Beti Garden is taking shape in Udaipur, India and would perhaps be the first of its kind in the country. Two sprawling acres of land on Tiger Hill will soon be converted to the ‘Shloka […]
General Sherman
General Sherman is a towering giant sequoia that stretches to 275 feet or 83 meters. It is as tall as a 27-story high-rise building and is 102.6 feet or 31 meters around. That makes it the largest (by volume) individual tree in the world. The general lives in the Sequoia National Park in California […]
Forest Kindergarten
Forest Kindergarten is where Mother Nature is the Teacher! Nature-minded, outdoor school programs are popping up all over the world in areas such as Germany, England, the Czech Republic, etc. A growing number of Germans are sending their children to Waldkindergärten or forest nurseries where they spend their days outside learning in Nature’s classroom. […]
Crowhurst Yew tree
The Crowhurst Yew tree is found in Surrey, England. It stands in a churchyard with a girth of 31 feet or around 9.5 meters and is estimated to be more than 1,500 years old. When the villagers hollowed out the trunk in 1820, they found a cannonball embedded there, a relic of the English […]
Common Lilac
Common Lilac is loved in much of the world for its beauty and fragrance! It belongs to the Olive family and can grow to around 7 meters or 23 feet. The attractive flowers grow in clusters. It is a favourite place for birds as the dense foliage provides good nesting and hiding habitat.