San Phra Kan
The crossing point between Si Sanphet Road and Pa Thone Road of the City Island is called “Talaengkaeng”, the busiest quarter in the city centre. From the old records written by a foreign visitor during that period, the area from the city entrance to the Talaengkaeng quarter was the most popular an
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The Brahminy Kite
Known as the “Red-backed White-necked Eagle” by the locals in the Welu River estuary, these birds have a common name called “Brahminy Kites”. The Brahminy Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey. Female adults are bigger than the male adults. The length of a female when measured from its beak to the ta
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The Birth of Dinosaur Fossils
Even though dinosaurs have been extinct from the Earth for millions of years, we can still learn about their different species from the fossilised remains left in the excavation sites. When a dinosaur died, most of its remains were decayed completely. By a small chance, however, given the right lo
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Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth
Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. They increased in number and species and spread out to the entire Earth during the Mesozoic Era, the geological time frame that spanned 251 to 65 million years ago. The Mesozoic Era was subdivided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During the Tr
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