An Post issued eight stamps for its Irish Animals and Marine Life definitive series, illustrating Ireland’s biodiversity from the seabed to the mountain top. Biodiversity is an all-encompassing term used to describe the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth. The species featured on these stamps are; the Beadlet Anemone, the Squat Lobster, [...]
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Australian Bush Babies
July 13th, 2011 
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2,208 viewsAustralia post issued a set of stamps featuring some most popular native baby animals, a bilby, dingo, kangaroo, koala and sugar glider. The Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is a nocturnal marsupial with distinctive rabbit-like ears, greyish fur and a beautiful bushy black tail with a white tip. It survives on a diet of seeds, grubs, bulbs, [...]
Ireland’s National Parks
July 6th, 2011 srmodh 1,531 viewsIrish Post issued a set of six stamps commemorating Ireland’s national parks. These are Glenveagh National Park in Co Donegal; Ballycroy National Park in Co Mayo; Connemara National Park in Co Galway; the Burren National Park in Co Clare; Wicklow Mountains National Park in Co Wicklow and Killarney National Park in Co Kerry. Ireland’s exceptional [...]
Massena’s Lorikeet – Vanuatu
June 11th, 2011 srmodh 1,080 viewsListed as a sub-species of the Rainbow Lorikeet, Massena’s Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus massena is also known as the Coconut Lory and in Bislama – Nasiviru. While the Rainbow Lorikeet, through 21 different races is found throughout Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomons and parts of Australia, Massena is found only in the Bismarck Archipelago (near New [...]
Beyond the Coast New Zealand
May 29th, 2011 srmodh 1,208 viewsNew Zealand post issued a set stamps featuring varied marine animals. The beautiful artwork was inspired by the Poor Knights Islands, which lie 23 kilometres off New Zealand’s Tutukaka coast in the upper North Island. A total marine reserve and nature reserve, these 11-million-year-old islands are rich with incredible marine life. New Zealand’s 15,000 kilometres [...]
Lithuanian Zoo
May 28th, 2011 srmodh 1,144 viewsThe zoological garden is a unique school of knowledge introducing visitors to natural and cultural values. On the 1st of July 1938, the Kaunas Zoo was officially opened in the Mickevi?ius Valley under the initiative of naturalist Professor Tadas Ivanauskas. On the 4th of December 1958, the Kaunas Zoo was granted the name of a [...]
