Meet a rare little creature called the Chacoan fairy armadillo: Things to know: The Chacoan fairy armadillo is an extremely rare mammal, although its exact numbers are not known. It is very small: about 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) long. It is sometimes called a pink…
On a trip to the desert you climb to the top of a large sand dune. You take in the view around you. You see a cactus and desert wild flowers. A raven flies overhead. A small animal hops across the dune. It has a long tail…
Everybody knows that owls fly around at night and build their nests in trees, right? Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus madagascariensis) in Madagascar. Image by Rhett A. Butler. Spotted owlet rests in a tree in India’s Keoladeo National Park. Image by Manon Verchot. Have you ever heard…
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.…
On a pitch-black night a figure pops out of a hole on the prairie. He wears a black mask and runs quickly through the grass. He stops and sniffs the air. An owl dives out of nowhere, grabbing at the figure with its talons. The figure SQUEAKS in…
Learn about gray whales, a conservation success story.
An interview with Geo, a long-eared tenrec.
Meet the lesser hedgehog tenrec, a spiky creature from Madagascar.
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