An amazing and unusual fish! The Gollum snakehead was first discovered in 2019 in Kerala in South India. This fish has a long, scaly body and veil-like fins. It may be a “living fossil” – this family of fish may have evolved around 109 million years…
Romi explains the habits of the crab-eating raccoon: Poster idea! Create a poster to compare the crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) with its North American cousin, the common raccoon (Procyon lotor) … something like this: Use the Candid Animal Cam video to help you answer questions…
Learn about wombats and their cube-shaped poop with Candid Animal Cam.
Thanks to National Moth Week and to Ken Childs and Juan Carlos García Morales for images.
Check out these bush dogs caught on camera trap! Get to know me: I am a bush dog (scientific name: Speothos venaticus). I am a canid – a canid is a group of dog-like mammals that includes foxes, wolves, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, and other dog-like species.…
Meet the marbled cat on this episode of Candid Animal Cam: About the marbled cat: The marbled cat has unique markings that resemble the markings of the clouded leopard. It is native to the eastern Himalayas and parts of Southeast Asia. It lives in forests,…
Imagine that you are walking through the forest as night falls. It is getting darker now and you can hear the sounds of insects. You also hear some strange noises, which you can’t identify. “What was that?”, you whisper under your breath. You decide to…
Endemic species: Plants or animals that occur (are found) only in a restricted location (an area with limited geographic boundaries). Watch this video to learn more! Examples of endemic species featured in the video: Blue-billed curassow, found only in Colombia Caquetá titi monkey, found only…
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…
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…
Our friends at Mongabay India have created this fantastic video, all about a little bird called the grey wagtail. In winter this migratory bird flies from the upper Himalayas to warmer areas, like Valparai in south India. That’s a big journey! Click below to learn more…
In this episode of Candid Animal Cam, Romi introduces us to the world’s biggest anteater … Did you know? The scientific name of the giant anteater is Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Giant anteaters are native to Central and South America and they live in forests, savannas, and…