‘Pygmy’ creature with ‘leaf’-like toes found in South Africa. It’s a new species
On a cold, windy evening, a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes emerged from its hiding place in a remote region of South Africa. Undeterred by the weather, it scampered across the rocks. Visiting ...
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African Wild Dogs Are Among The Most Endangered Carnivores On The Continent
With fewer than 7,000 left in the wild, the African Wild Dog is a highly social and efficient predator whose survival is ...
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Ronin’s rise: Tanzanian mine-detecting rat sets new world record
Ronin has sniffed out 109 land mines in Cambodia, breaking the Guinness World Record for most land mines detected by a rat - ...
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Animals that are all black or all white have reputations based on superstition − biases that have real effects
This superstition about black cats and other black animals in general has shaped people’s preferences about animals. It’s left its mark on things such as lower adoption rates for black cats and ...