Wildlife of Turkey - Wikipedia The wildlife of Turkey is abundant and diverse Turkey is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions and a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat About 1,500 species of vertebrates and 19,000 species of invertebrates have been recorded in the country Some of the world's staple crops
Mystery, Alaska - Wikipedia In Mystery, Alaska, "the Saturday Game", a weekly hockey game, is played on an open pond The entire town turns out every week to watch The latest edition of Sports Illustrated features an article which says that in the ability to skate, the Mystery team rivals any team in the National Hockey League (NHL)
Leon Crane - Wikipedia Leon Crane (August 5, 1919 – March 26, 2002), a native of Philadelphia, [1] was an American Army Air Corps lieutenant who was stationed at Ladd Field [a] in Alaska during World War II During a routine test flight on December 21, 1943, the B-24 Liberator Crane was copiloting experienced engine failure, causing the plane to crash into a
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - Wikipedia The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses has been viewed favorably by critics, particularly for its artwork and positive portrayal of Native American culture School Library Journal expressed that "the real strength of the book lies in the highly detailed, full-page lithographs finely printed in bright colors" and "the illustrations alone make this worth owning" [4]
Wildlife of the Philippines - Wikipedia The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot
Adak, Alaska - Wikipedia A portion of the island remains within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service The U S Navy retains part of the north end of Adak Island (Parcel 4) and does annual sweeps of the Andrew Lake Seawall for unexploded ordnance Their website lists the Institutional Controls in place for
Wildlife of Madagascar - Wikipedia The silky sifaka is one of over 100 known species and subspecies of lemur found only in Madagascar [7]Madagascar's isolation from other land masses throughout the Cenozoic Era has led to the evolution of a large proportion of endemic animal species and the absence of many taxa found on neighboring continents
Richard Proenneke - Wikipedia Richard Louis Proenneke ( ˈ p r ɛ n ə k iː ; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1968–1998) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes