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!
In Morocco, goats climb branches as high as 30 feet or 9 meters to eat the argan tree’s berries.
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.
Climate Change puts 1.3 Billion People and $158 Trillion at risk!
Climate Change puts 1.3 Billion People and $158 Trillion at risk! The global community is badly prepared for a rapid increase in climate change-related natural disasters that by 2050 will put 1.3 billion people at risk, according to the World Bank. “Many of the largest cities are located in deltas and are highly prone […]
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Cherry Blossom Tunnel
Beautiful Cherry Blossom Tunnel along the Meguro River in Japan! Around 800 trees grow along the 3.8 km or 2.4 mile long Meguro River from Ohashi to Taikobashi Bridges. People say that “yozakura” or cherry blossom viewing at night is more beautiful than enjoying them in sunlight.
Cherimoya fruit
The Cherimoya fruit was called “the most delicious fruit known to man” by Mark Twain! Native to South America, it can grow to around 9 meters or 30 feet tall. The white flesh of the ripe fruit is sweet, juicy and very fragrant. It is most commonly eaten out of-hand or scooped with a […]