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The tree locust, Anacridium melanorhodon, is a large grasshopper in the family Acrididae found in parts of Africa and the Middle East. It is associated with trees and shrubs, including acacias, and can feed on foliage rather than living only among low ground vegetation. The species is of interest in...

Leucothea pulchra is a lobate ctenophore, or comb jelly, in the family Leucotheidae and a species of the genus Leucothea. It is associated with the eastern Pacific and has broad oral lobes and elongated auricles, structures used while moving through the water and collecting prey. Like other ctenopho...

Drymonema larsoni is a large scyphozoan jellyfish in the family Drymonematidae, described as a distinct species from the western Atlantic and Caribbean. It is commonly called the pink meanie because of its pink coloration and its predatory behavior toward other jellyfish, including species of Aureli...

Lake Manitoba is a large, shallow freshwater lake located in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is a remnant of the prehistoric glacial Lake Agassiz and serves as a hydrological link, connecting to Lake Winnipegosis via the Waterhen River and to Lake Winnipeg via the Fairford River. The lake featu...

Crambionella orsini is a species of rhizostome jellyfish recorded from the northern Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea. Like other members of Rhizostomeae, it has a complex oral-arm structure rather than a single simple mouth opening, and it belongs to the true jellyfish class Scyphozoa. Report...

The Garden Locust is a large, robust grasshopper species found in Africa, frequently invading agricultural lands and home gardens where it voraciously consumes various plants.

The obscure bird grasshopper is the common name for Schistocerca obscura, a large grasshopper native to parts of the eastern and southeastern United States. It is associated with woodland edges, clearings, and other areas with tall vegetation, and its mottled brown coloration helps it blend into its...

Smeringurus grandis is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae associated with desert regions of Baja California, Mexico. Williams described the species in 1970, and its recorded range extends from the vicinity of Puertecitos southward to Bahía de los Ángeles. It is relevant to readers studyi...

The Lowepro PhotoSport Pro 55L AW IV is a durable, weather-resistant backpack designed to securely carry two full-frame DSLR bodies, plus lenses and accessories, featuring adjustable dividers and a dedicated tablet sleeve.

Plexippus paykulli, commonly called the pantropical jumping spider, is a salticid spider found across many warm parts of the world. It is often encountered on buildings, walls, fences, and other human-made surfaces, where it hunts actively rather than relying on a capture web. Like other jumping spi...

The swallow-tailed moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria, is a geometrid moth found across much of Europe and in parts of western Asia. Adults are generally large and pale yellow or cream-colored, with brown markings and pointed projections on the hindwings that give the species its common name. It is primari...

The Pavilion at Star Lake is an outdoor concert amphitheater in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. It opened in 1990 as the Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater and hosted Billy Joel as its first national act. The venue is arranged with a covered pavilion offering about 7,100 reserved seats an...

The pine tree lappet moth, Dendrolimus pini, is a large moth in the family Lasiocampidae. Its caterpillars feed on pine foliage, and high populations can cause extensive defoliation in pine forests, making the species important in forest health and plant protection. It is native across parts of Euro...

Sabancı Central Mosque is a major mosque in Adana, Turkey, on the west bank of the Seyhan River beside Merkez Park. It opened in 1998 and has a large central dome, four half-domes, five additional domes, and six minarets. The building is used for Islamic worship and is a prominent landmark of Adana;...

The Burgundy Goliath Birdeater, Theraphosa stirmi, is a large tarantula from northern South America. It has a heavily built body and dark burgundy hairs, which distinguish it from some related Goliath bird-eating spiders. The species is terrestrial and spends much of its time in or near a burrow, fe...

Ommastrephes bartramii, known as the neon flying squid, is an oceanic squid in the family Ommastrephidae. It occurs across subtropical and temperate parts of the world's oceans and undertakes large-scale movements through the open sea. The species supports commercial fisheries, particularly in the N...

The giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, is a catadromous eel in the family Anguillidae. It is the most widely distributed species in the genus Anguilla, occurring from East Africa and the western Indian Ocean across the Indo-Pacific to French Polynesia. Adults spend much of their growth period in...

Ogygiocaris is an extinct genus of large asaphid trilobites from the Ordovician Period. Fossils are known from Wales and Scandinavia, and Welsh specimens can reach roughly 12 centimetres in length. Like other trilobites, it had a mineralized exoskeleton divided into a cephalon, a segmented thorax, a...

Rhododendron is a large genus of woody flowering plants in the heath family, Ericaceae, including evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees. The genus contains more than 1,000 species, with major centers of diversity in the Himalayas, China, Japan, and parts of North America. Many species produ...

The Andean Flicker is a large ground-foraging woodpecker of the high Andes, occurring in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. It is associated with open high-elevation habitats such as puna grassland, rocky slopes, and sparse mountain vegetation, rather than dense lowland forest. The species is adap...

Tikhonravov Crater is a large impact basin in the Arabia Terra region of Mars. Its floor has been heavily eroded and contains branching valley networks, channels, and other landforms interpreted as evidence that liquid water once flowed across parts of the basin. The structure is associated with the...

Stauroderus scalaris, commonly called the large mountain grasshopper, is a European grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is associated with upland and mountainous grasslands, where adults feed mainly on vegetation and contribute to the food web of open habitats. The species is recognizable by the...

The Cloak of St. Martin of Tours is a Christian relic traditionally associated with Martin of Tours, the fourth-century bishop and former Roman soldier. Christian tradition holds that Martin cut his military cloak in half and gave part of it to a beggar, an act that became the central story of his c...

The Osprey Farpoint Trek 75 is a durable, clamshell-style backpack designed for long-distance travel, featuring adjustable torso lengths and multiple access points for efficient packing and organization.

The big poplar sphinx moth, Pachysphinx occidentalis, is a large sphingid moth native to North America. It is associated with the Great Plains, where its caterpillars feed on trees in the poplar family, including cottonwood, as well as willow. Its reported wingspan can reach about 130 millimetres, m...

The great ash sphinx moth is Sphinx chersis, a North American hawk moth described by Hübner in 1823. Its larval host plants include ash, lilac, and privet, placing it among sphinx moths whose caterpillars use both native trees and cultivated ornamental shrubs. The species is relevant to naturalists...

The Fishhook Barrel Cactus, Ferocactus wislizeni, is a barrel-shaped cactus native to desert regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including Arizona and New Mexico. Its common name refers to the enlarged central spines, which curve like fishhooks, while smaller radial spines...

The four-spot orbweaver, Araneus quadratus, is a large orb-weaving spider found across much of Europe, especially in open grassland, meadows, and heathland. Its abdomen can vary substantially in color and size, but it commonly bears four dark spots that give the species its English name. Like other...

Dosidicus gigas is a species of pelagic squid in the family Ommastrephidae, commonly called the Humboldt squid, jumbo squid, or jumbo flying squid. It inhabits the eastern Pacific from the California region to southern Chile, can reach about 1.2 metres in mantle length, and is both an important pred...

3 Juno is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding on 1 September 1804. It was the third asteroid to be discovered, after Ceres and Pallas, and its name comes from Juno, the Roman goddess; the object helped establish the growing group of small Solar System bodies that...