Flamingos are wading birds with a very specialized diet - they filter feed, straining out tiny brine shrimps from the water with their specially evolved beaks and tongue. Did you know that it may look as if a flamingo can bend its knee...

A greave, a leggin. A pair of greaves was one of the six articles of armour which formed the complete equipment of a Greek warrior, and likewise of a Roman soldier as fixed by Servius Tullius. They were made of various metals, with a...

A greave, a leggin. A pair of greaves was one of the six articles of armour which formed the complete equipment of a Greek warrior, and likewise of a Roman soldier as fixed by Servius Tullius. They were made of various metals, with a...