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Dryococelus Australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect, is a species of stick insect which lives on the Lord Howe Island Group between Australia and New Zealand. It is a large, flightless stick insect that was, until recently, thought to be extinct by 1930 but it is found again in 2001. It has been called "the rarest insect in the world", as the rediscovered population consisted of 24 individuals living on the small islet of Ball’s Pyramid. It has a glossy brownish-black exoskeleton with some pale yellow markings where joints and body segments meet. Adult Lord Howe Island stick insects can measure up to 15 centimeters in length and weigh 25 grams. They are oblong in shape and have sturdy legs.  Unlike the insects they have no wings, but are able to run quickly. For so small population, the species remains critically endangered. So, the Melbourne Zoo of Australia has managed to breed over nine thousand individuals within their specially designated breeding...

  Baha California is the home of the Boojum tree. At a first sight we resembles it as a cactus more than a tree. As the inner wood of the tree is remarkably soft and they grow up to 20m high, the thin trunks of the tree can grow in sinuous shapes. It is the ancient plant of Baha California desert. So, its leaves are small and cover the trunk to protect water loss.  The flowers of the tree blooms in summer and autumn at the very top of the trunks; they occur in short racemes, and are creamy yellow with a honey scent. The absurd poem ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ by Lewis Carroll, from where the name of the Boojum tree has been taken. “But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,   In a moment (of this I am sure), I shall softly and suddenly vanish away — And the notion I cannot endure!”