Picea meyeri (Meyer’s Spruce; Chinese: 白杄; pinyin: báiqiān) is a species of spruce native to Nei Mongol in the northeast to Gansu in the southwest and also inhabiting Shanxi Hebei […]
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Halocarpus bidwillii
Halocarpus bidwillii (Bog Pine or Mountain Pine; syn. Dacrydium bidwillii) is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to New Zealand and grows from Coromandel to […]
Riccia fluitans
Riccia fluitans whose common name is crystalwort is an aquatic floating plant of the liverwort genus Riccia which is popular among aquarists as a retreat for young fry and is […]
Timely Writer
Timely Writer (1979-1982) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The Boston Globe once described him as the horse with the greatest potential—and the worst luck—whose very story was a fairytale of […]
Waterfowl hunting
Waterfowl hunting (also called wildfowling or waterfowl shooting in the UK) is the practice of hunting ducks geese or other waterfowl for food and sport. In many western countries commercial […]
Pyrococcus furiosus
Pyrococcus furiosus is an extremophilic species of Archaea. It can be classified as a hyperthermophile because it thrives best under extremely high temperatures—higher than those preferred of a thermophile. It […]
Count Ricardo
Count Ricardo is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse gelding who is best known as a bargain purchase from an auction sale. He was foaled on 18 August 2001 and bred by […]
Cape of Good Hope (horse)
Cape of Good Hope (GB) (好望角 foaled 1998) is a British thoroughbred racehorse based in Hong Kong. Sired by Inchinor to dam Cape Merino the chestnut gelding was trained by […]
Henny Hughes
Henny Hughes is a thoroughbred race horse. A foal of 2003 he was a contender for the Triple Crown in 2006. He was taken off the Triple Crown trail in […]
Flashy Bull
Flashy Bull (foaled March 13 2003) by Jerry and Liz Squyres at Crowning Point Farm in Paris Kentucky is an American thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by the 1994 U.S.