The zebra spider Salticus scenicus is a common jumping spider. Like other jumping spiders it doesn’t build a web. It uses its four pairs of large eyes to locate prey […]
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Juniperus drupacea
Juniperus drupacea the Syrian Juniper is a species of juniper native to the eastern Mediterranean region from southern Greece (Parnon Oros Peloponnese) southern Turkey western Syria and Lebanon growing on […]
Machiavellianism
Machiavellianism is according to the Oxford English Dictionary the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct deriving from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli […]
Rising Fast
Rising Fast (foaled 1949) was an outstanding New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate […]
Tiliacora triandra
Tiliacora triandra is a species of flowering plant native to mainland Southeast Asia and used particularly in the cuisines of northeast Thailand and Laos. In the Isan dialect of Lao […]
Juniperus excelsa
Juniperus excelsa commonly called the Greek Juniper is a juniper found throughout the eastern Mediterranean from northeastern Greece and southern Bulgaria across Turkey to Syria and Lebanon and the Caucasus […]
Juniperus osteosperma
Juniperus osteosperma (Utah Juniper; syn. J. utahensis) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3–6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It is native to the southwestern United States in […]
Twenty Grand
Twenty Grand (1928-1948) was an American thoroughbred race horse. Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney’s Greentree Stable Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans out of Bonus.
Araneus quadratus
The four-spot orb-weaver (Araneus quadratus) is a common orb-weaver spider found in Europe and Central Asia till Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan. Females can reach 17 mm in length especially when […]
Encephalartos transvenosus
Encephalartos transvenosus (Modjadji Cycad or Modjadji’s Cycad) is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is also sometimes called Modjadji’s […]