من السلاحف الجميلة البرية ذات الصدفة أو الدرع الملون ، وهي من السلاحف القوية التي تتحمل الظروف ، وموطنها الأصلي في دول حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط و اليونان و إيطاليا...

من السلاحف الجميلة البرية ذات الصدفة أو الدرع الملون ، وهي من السلاحف القوية التي تتحمل الظروف ، وموطنها الأصلي في دول حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط و اليونان و إيطاليا...

Painting of Male KwaZulu-Natal Midlands dwarf chameleon (Bradypodionthamnobates),B. thamnobates (from the Greek thamnos meaning "shrub" and "bates" meaning to "crawl or climb over") inhabits the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is restricted to the Midlands between Mooi River, Bulwer,...

Painting of Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca),The natural habitat of Testudo graeca graeca includes semi-arid scrub and Mediterranean forest, to the verges of semi-desert,

Vector generated image of King snake,Kingsnakes are a type of colubrid snake that are members of the Lampropeltis genus, which also includes the milk snake along with another four species and 45 sub-species. Lampropeltis means "shiny shield" (from Greek λαμπρος, "shine" + πελτα,...

Vector generated image of Simple Form Astrolab: It is a historical astronomical instrument used by classical astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars; determining local time given local latitude and...

Painting of Barbel (Barbus barbus),DISTRIBUTION West and Central Europe excluding Italian, Greek and Iberian peninsulas. HABITAT Deep, fast-flowing upper reaches of rivers with stony or gravel bottoms (barbel zones). Common temperature is 59–71.6°F (15–22°C).FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET Feeds...

Painting of Amoeba:The amoeba is a tiny, one-celled organism. You need a microscope to see most amoebas - the largest are only about 1 mm across. Amoebas live in fresh water (like puddle and ponds), in salt water, in wet soil, and in animals (including people). There are many different types of...

3D render image of Uranus:Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus

3D render image of Saturn:Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian, meaning...

Vector generated Image of Plastic Clinometer:Easily calculate the height of any tall object using our great new clinometer. Simply aim, squeeze trigger, and view angle of inclination. Use some simple math and you have the height. This is an idea that stems from the Greeks since it’s all about...

Painting of Patella,Tibia,Fibula:The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body. It is attached to the tendon of the quadriceps...

Painting of Tibia:The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates and connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is named for the greek aulos flute, also known as a tibia.

Painting of Thyroid gland:The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. This gland is found in the neck inferior to (below) the thyroid cartilage (also known as the Adam's apple in men) and at approximately the same level as the cricoid cartilage. The thyroid controls how...

Painting of Stick Insect,The Phasmatodea (sometimes called Phasmida) are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects (in Europe and Australasia), walking sticks or stick-bugs (in the United States), phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects (generally the family...

Painting of Persimmon.A persimmon, known to the ancient Greeks as "the fruit of the gods"[1] is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family (Ebenaceae). The oriental persimmon is native to China, where it has been cultivated for...

Painting of Persimmon.A persimmon, known to the ancient Greeks as "the fruit of the gods" is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family (Ebenaceae). The oriental persimmon is native to China, where it has been cultivated for...

Vector Generated Image of Group of frogs:Frogs are a kind of small animal belonging to a group called vertebrates (animals with backbones) known as amphibians. This mean that they live part of their life in water and the other part of it on land. The word amphibian comes from two Greek words,...

Vector Generated Image of Group of frogs:Frogs are a kind of small animal belonging to a group called vertebrates (animals with backbones) known as amphibians. This mean that they live part of their life in water and the other part of it on land. The word amphibian comes from two Greek words,...

Vector generated image of Yellow shafted Flicker. The Yellow-shafted Flicker Colaptes auratus resides in eastern North America. They are yellow under the tail and underwings and have yellow shafts on their primaries. They have a grey cap, a beige face and a red bar at the nape of their neck....

Painting of Archaeopteryx ( Archaeopteryx lithographica). Archaeopteryx, sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel (original bird or first bird), is the earliest and most primitive bird known. The name is from the Ancient Greek Archaeopteryx lived in the late Jurassic Period around...

Painting of Male Sombre tit ( Parus lugubris) DISTRIBUTION P. l. lugubris: Balkans and Greece; P. l. anatoliae: Greek island of Lesbos, Asia Minor, southern Transcaucasia, Levant and northern Iraq. P. l. hyrcanus: southeast Transcaucasia and northern Iran; P. l. dubius: southwest Iran and...

Painting of Hoatzin ( Opisthocomus hoazin). It is an unusual species of tropical bird found in swamps, riverine forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient Greek: wearing long hair behind, referring to its...

Painting of Neuroglial cells:Glial cells, commonly called neuroglia or simply glia (Greek for "glue"), are non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system. In the human brain, there is...

Painting of Pyrrophyta:Approximately 2000 species of Pyrrophyta (from the Greek pyrrhos, meaning flames, and phyton, meaning plant) are known at present. Pyrrophyta have been identified in fossil deposits around the globe, from arctic to tropical seas, as well as in hypersaline waters,...