Wombats are marsupials found only in Australia. They dig burrows underground, where they often spend the daylight hours. Scientists are curious about what goes on inside these burrows. And now, with the help of a cool new device called the WomBot, they can get some…
By Mary Dagg, Anne Innis Dagg Foundation Giraffe numbers have declined significantly from the impact of people. People have been hunting them for their bones, skin and meat. Here are three ways you can help: 1. Tell your family, friends and schoolmates to never buy…
Today we give a big HELLO to the Junior Giraffe Club: Junior Giraffe Club is for youth (aged 7–17) who are passionate about giraffes. The vision of the club is to create a worldwide community of giraffe youth ambassadors. Junior Giraffe Club members have been busily preparing…
Giraffes and their habitat face the same conservation challenges as many other species of African megafauna.
Scientist Anne Innis Dagg and filmmaker Alison Reid talk about giraffes and the making of a documentary film about Anne’s pioneering research.
This time on Candid Animal Cam, Romi introduces the tayra, a widespread member of the weasel family, found in Mexico and Central and South America … Read more on Mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/what-is-a-tayra-candid-animal-cam-is-in-the-americas/ Look at me, I’m a tayra! Image: Ninahale, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia…
For thousands of years animals have inspired artists and designers. (Think of cave paintings, leopard print clothes, dog portraits and more!) Among them, is illustrator and designer Craig Frazier. Craig created a typeface – a set of letters, numbers and characters – literally out of…
This video shows a giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) spotted by a conservationist kayaking the Bermejo River in Argentina’s Impenetrable National Park in May 2021. The giant river otter was thought to be locally extinct in Argentina. This species has not been seen in Argentina…
Meet the brown bear … Did you know? The scientific name of the brown bear is Ursus arctos. Brown bears belong to a group of mammals called the Carnivora, or flesh-eaters. The brown bear is the second largest carnivore, after the polar bear. Young brown…
