Another type of volcano is the shield volcano. Unlike cinder cones, shield volcanoes can be very big in size. However, they are not as dangerous as that size might make it seem. This is because the eruption of lava out of shield volcanoes is not accompanied by pyroclastic material...
Year-round:Woodlands and savanna, particularly clustered in West Africa, southern Africa, and East Africa, especially Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia. 11 of 18 Ridgway's Hawk Marvin del Cid / Getty Images Found exclusively on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgw...
Land-use sprawl in the Himalayas has caused the conversion of natural habitat into human-modified habitats, thus degrading ecosystem health. Adaptation of birds to changing physical environment can be well understood by analyzing their habitat preferences, and foraging dynamics explored to a limited ext...
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