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After an animated introduction about the history of extinct species (e.g. the quagga, the great auk and the dodo) it has gone to 60 countries and territories (including Turkey, Spain, Germany, Poland, Australia, Borneo, Chile, Spitzbergen, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Java, United States, and Peru) on all continents and to the most famous national parks.
Mount Bosavi is a mountain in the Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. It is the collapsed cone of an extinct volcano on the Great Papuan Plateau , part of the Kikori River basin. [ 4 ] The crater is approximately 4 km wide and 1 km deep; [ 3 ] it is home to a number of endemic species.
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. Designation of a rare species may be made by an official body, such as a national government, state, or province.
White markings are present on the face, throat and legs as well. Males have a short dark erect crest, about 10 cm (3.9 in) high, running along the middle of the back. Only males possess horns. The mountain nyala are shy and elusive towards human beings. Four to five individuals may congregate for short intervals of time to form small herds.
Further projects at the white cliffs of Dover include re-introducing 20 to 35 Chough birds to the habitat. Meanwhile work in Hastings, East Sussex, will hike the resilience of rare bee species by ...
Highlands Sanctuary, Inc. is a nonprofit organization which operates under the dba (doing business as) of The Arc of Appalachia Preserve System. The Arc of Appalachia has been in operation since 1995, working to create and steward nature preserves in the forested Appalachian counties of southern Ohio .
The Nyanga National Park in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe located at about 268 kilometres (167 mi) from Harare (connected by a black topped road) is made up of rolling green hills terrain with perennial rivers which spread through the 47,000 hectares (120,000 acres) park. The park lies between 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) and 2,593 metres (8,507 ...
Maha rath mala (Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zeylanicum) is a rare subspecies of Rhododendron arboreum found in Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. Diversity and endemism of plants in Sri Lanka are quite high. [20] There are 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera. 916 species and 18 genera are endemic to the island.