Nature 2024, November

The article will help you independently identify some widespread trees in central Russia. Among them: rough elm, black alder, pedunculate oak, heart-leaved linden, common ash and others

The European North and North-West of Russia is the land where the summer sun never sets and the polar night lasts all winter. There are many memorable places associated with the ancient world and the recent socialist past

The raccoon dog is a small mammal native to East Asia. She combines the features of several animals at once, but her appearance and lifestyle do not fully coincide with any of them. Where does the raccoon dog live? How does she look? You will find all the details about this unique animal in our article

The closer autumn, the more painfully the flies bite. Sometimes it seems that these are not tiny insects, but a real tiger has bitten your leg. Especially when you notice the quirky bully too late and give him time to prepare a full-fledged “strike”. But why do flies bite? Is it really so pleasant for them to torture innocent people? Or is there another, more significant reason?

During the evolution of vision, some animals have quite complex optical devices. These, of course, include compound eyes. They formed in insects and crustaceans, some arthropods and invertebrates. What is the difference between a compound eye and a simple one, what are its main functions? We will talk about this in our today's material

The most airy creatures on Earth - butterflies - amaze the imagination with their beauty and diversity. Especially they fascinate people with their coloring. Many with their color palette resemble a peacock's tail or a motley fan. This living being is never disgusted. Nothing compares to the graceful and easy flight of a butterfly! Spring, beauty and eternity are associated with it

Triatomine bugs, or, as they are also called, kissing bugs, are a new threat to society. Little is known about it yet, but these creatures pose a rather big he alth hazard. Every year, up to 45 thousand people die because of them

The mountain lion is found in South and Middle America, USA, Alaska and Middle Canada. This predator is also called a puma, or a cougar. A beautiful and graceful beast by nature - a great individualist

The Florida cougar, whose photo in front of you is a beautiful big cat, is also called a mountain lion, red tiger, panther or cougar. These beautiful animals take pride of place in tribal mythology, they are secretive and very smart. "Puma" in translation means "strong and powerful"

For a long time, before the moment when man became a hunter and acquired a weapon, at the top of the food chain of our planet were representatives of the cat family. Of course, these were not modern lions, jaguars, leopards and tigers, but their extinct ancestors, such as the saber-toothed tiger or the American lion. Let's get acquainted virtually with the prehistoric extinct American lion, or, as scientists call it, Panthera leo atrox

In almost any geographical area you can find such an amazing natural landscape as a peat swamp. This is a repository of colossal energy reserves, new fertile lands and a water reservoir that feeds the rivers

It is believed that the turtle is a rather slow creature. This is one of the common animals that people keep at home. Interest in turtles is growing every year

The Nubian Desert is one of the regions of the African Sahara desert. It occupies its eastern part and is located between the Nile River and the Etbay mountain range. In the northern part it is replaced by another region of the Sahara - the Arabian Desert

From the school curriculum, everyone knows that water can be in three states of aggregation - solid, liquid and gaseous. Solid water is ice. But not everyone knows that ice can be different and even have the property of fluidity. It is this type of ice, glacier, that will be discussed in this article

In the north-west of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia, there is the Great Sandy Desert, or, as it is also called, the Western Desert. The article will briefly describe the features, climate, flora and fauna of this geographical object

Among the top predators that live on the same planet with us, it is lions that command the most respect and admiration. Nobility and fidelity, courage and courage of a tireless fighter - these qualities made the image of a lion symbolic. Red, blue, white and black lions have perpetuated the coats of arms and flags of many principalities and kingdoms. What color lions can exist in nature? What determines their color? What color is a lion's mane? We will answer these questions in the article

Exotic fruits are especially popular today. Pamela and lime, bananas and avocados have long ceased to be something special for Russians. The hobby for growing these plants at home has also become popular. And the avocado, whose homeland is Mexico, is no exception. Let your homemade avocado not give fruits, but it can decorate your home. In the article we will talk about the fruits of the avocado tree, about the homeland of the plant, about how to grow it at home and in the open field

Each aquarium owner tries to make it beautiful, convenient and useful for the inhabitants. And eleocharis, or tiny succulent, is exactly the ground cover plant that will create a beautiful green lawn. And although it is quite whimsical, your efforts will pay off. In the article we will talk about how to care for this grass in an aquarium

The only freshwater cod that lives in the rivers of Russia is burbot. What it eats, how to catch it and how tasty this fish is - questions that are of interest not only to fishermen. We will talk about this strange fish, which is so similar to catfish, in this article. And at the same time, we will dispel the myth that burbot eats drowned people

Butterflies are amazing creatures that have always attracted people with their lightness and beauty. And the blue morph is no exception. Today, this winged miracle can be kept at home. About biology, about the content and about how long the blue morph lives in nature and in captivity, we will tell in this article

You will be surprised, but the weed in your garden - amaranth - is the future of agriculture. Its cultivation is a priority in many countries of the world; this is a fairly promising area of crop production. How to grow amaranth and what is its peculiarity? More on this later in the article

The highlands, which will be discussed in this article, are the driest and largest of all the Near East. It is framed on all sides by high ridges located in several rows, converging in the west and east and forming the Pamir and Armenian nodes of crowding

These winged helpers destroy a great variety of insects while feeding their chicks. This is probably why insectivorous birds are deservedly considered to be beneficial to humans. Although, for example, the same starlings cause damage to vineyards and stone trees during their autumn migrations

Animals of enormous size have always attracted the attention of humans, frightened and interested at the same time. First of all, with the phrase "giant animals" images of various inhabitants of the Jurassic period come to mind: Archeopteryx, tyrannosaurs and other long-extinct representatives of the fauna. But even today, the depths of the sea, rivers, savannahs and forests are inhabited by huge animals, beautiful and dangerous. In this article we will look at the most gigantic animals

The problems of the barbaric use of forests, irrigation of land and the disappearance of species and animal populations, to one degree or another, face every country today. That is why, back in the middle of the last century, a global environmental structure was created, operating on a non-profit basis. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources conducts special work on the planning and implementation of environmental measures

The fall of an asteroid to Earth is a global cataclysm. It has always led to changes in the climate of our planet, due to which a huge number of species of living organisms died out. According to one of the most reliable hypotheses, it was the fall of an asteroid that caused the Permian mass extinction about two hundred and fifty million years ago

These climatic phenomena make a significant contribution to the pollution of the earth's atmosphere. They are one of the many incredible natural phenomena that scientists quickly found an explanation for. These unfavorable climatic phenomena are called "dust storms". More details about it will be discussed in this article

In the article we will look at the amazing descendants of dinosaurs - lizards, find out how they reproduce, and much more

Gibbons are medium-sized monkeys. They belong to the family of primates that live in tropical forests. There is a certain wrong stereotype about these animals. As a rule, when hearing about a gibbon, an ignorant person imagines a large, not beautiful creature of the primate family

One of the world's most valuable resources is oil. A substance that has helped humanity reach technological heights never seen before in all of known history. Have we treated the riches of nature provided to us wisely? Punishment for irrationality can be cruel

Few people know about a small desert located in the Kherson region in Ukraine. After all, the first names that come to mind when asked about the deserts of the world are Sahara, Gobi or Kara-Kum. Almost everyone knows large deserts, but only guesses about small ones. Aleshkovsky sands are such a little-known piece of land

The Java tiger is one of the subspecies of a large striped predator that lived on the island of Java. He was distinguished by a relatively small body size and weight. This subspecies is considered extinct, as it was on the verge of extinction in the middle of the twentieth century. The latest data on three individuals date back to 1979. Estimated time of extinction of the subspecies - 1980

A protected place, far from the noise of big cities, allowing you to calmly relax your soul and enjoy the sea views and beautiful mountain landscapes - Laspi Bay. This is an excellent oasis on the Crimean coast with clean clear water and a unique climate

The famous Ustyurt plateau is located in Central Asia, it occupies a vast territory of almost 200 thousand square meters. m. Moreover, the borders of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and a small section of Turkmenistan pass through it. Actually the name "Ustyurt" in the Turkic version of the translation sounds like "plateau"

Until the end of the nineteenth century, the assumption that there was no life in the depths of the seas and oceans was unshakable. However, a living individual of enormous size, caught in 1879 from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, proved the complete failure of this theory and served as its speedy refutation

Gledichia vulgaris is a rather large tree. It grows up to 40-45 meters in height, while all its branches are sprinkled with thorns. Its flowering time is June. The tree is covered with yellow-green flowers that form a cluster-shaped brush. Following them, fruits appear - dark brown flat pods (legumes), whose length is up to 40 cm

Probably, many Russians have heard about such a peculiar representative of the flora as the wolf's bast plant (poisonous). This perennial shrub, whose height in the natural environment usually does not exceed one meter, can be found in the forests of the Russian Federation (Caucasus, Siberia, the European part). In garden and park areas, where the best conditions are created and nothing interferes with growth, the wolf's bark stretches up to two and a half meters

Bed bugs are insects of the Hemiptera family. Worldwide, there are at least 40 thousand species of bedbugs. They live everywhere, but people do not always notice them. But there are also creatures that can harm people, turning their lives into a nightmare

Soil waterlogging is considered to be an extremely undesirable phenomenon. And there are good reasons for this. Such terrain is often impassable. There are dangerous areas in them that are sucked in, and therefore many people die there. In addition, swamps are capable of igniting in the most unexpected way due to the special composition of the environment. And they are unsuitable for economic activity. But still, swamps are part of the ecosystem that brings its benefits

It is difficult today to surprise a person with tall towers and buildings. Huge structures can be found in any part of the earth. Another thing is what nature gives us, causing admiration and surprise. Giant trees fascinate with their uniqueness at first sight. Being near such natural wonders, you feel like a dwarf. This is another proof of the greatness and beauty of nature