Medicinal plants and preparations derived from plants in the Caucasus and North America regions have for a long time been used for the treatment and prevention of virtually all human afflictions. Even today, countries and people of these areas continue to test and use plants as medicine. Indeed, the study and application of medicinal plants and plant extracts has formed the basis for treatment ...

I quantitatively analyzed male morphology of two closely related rhinoceros beetles species (Chalcosoma caucasus F. and Chalcosoma atlas L.) in 12 allopatric and seven sympatric locations throughout Southeast Asia. The qualitative features and the magnitude of intraspecific variation of each species were unaltered between allopatric and sympatric locations. Across allopatric locations, body siz...

The present article is dedicated to the generalization of data obtained in the framework of the preparation of Armenian portion of European Soil Database. Briefly described geography of Armenia. Great variability of soil variants represented in Armenia is recorded. It is shown that nearly all zonal soil types those are developed not only in the region of Little Caucasus and the Armenian Volcani...

The trickster figure is a common cultural feature globally. A not-so-pious Muslim cleric, with foolish deeds and clever sayings, Nasreddin (Nasreddin Hoca in Turkish, Molla Farsi, Joha Arabic) has been the most popular folk character Middle East for centuries. Nasreddin: Making of Modern Trickster (1906-1911) investigates how cartoon journal South Caucasus, Nasreddin, reproduced as medium socia...