What’s the story? Humans create vaccines to help defend ourselves against diseases like rabies, influenza, and coronavirus. We also use vaccines to help protect our pets and livestock – cows, sheep, goats – from disease. Could we use vaccines to help endangered wildlife, too? Scientists…
Mice, rats, hedgehogs, solenodons, moles, muskrats… Are these animals gross and frightening, cute and cuddly, or just plain cool? Today, we want to talk about the little mammals. The ones that most people don’t know much about. Let’s change that. Let’s all get excited about…
By David Brown “People look at you blankly when you mention botos,” says wildlife biologist Dr Tony Martin. Dolphins are famous animals. They swim through the oceans of the world, frolicking among the waves and eating fish. The dolphins of the oceans have some much…
Scientists in Ecuador have discovered not one, not two, but THREE new species of orchids in the montane rainforests of Ecuador. A team of researchers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador discovered one of the new species along a roadside. This orchid has a…
This is Tammy, a green turtle who visits the waters around Sri Lanka: Tammy, a female green turtle, was the first turtle to be identified under the program. Image courtesy of Krysztof Bargiel. The Sri Lankan public is being asked to help build a database…
In this episode of Candid Animal Cam, Romi introduces us to some waterbucks caught on camera trap: Test your knowledge! Answer these questions: Is the waterbuck a type of antelope or a type of deer? What kind of habitats do waterbucks live in? How many…
In Peru there lives a fantastically decorated frog. It has skin the color of chocolate and it is dappled with polka dots – lots and lots of polka dots, all over its body. H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Scientists call this…
Author Laurel Neme tells us the story of Chhouk, an injured Asian elephant who was rescued and given a special prosthetic shoe.
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…
A team of scientists went looking for a tiny species of chameleon that is only the size of a golf tee (5.5 cm/2.2 inches long). They were afraid that this chameleon species – Chapman’s pygmy chameleon – might have gone extinct in its home country…
What is the forest canopy? The canopy is the ceiling of the forest, created by the inter-tangled branches and leaves of trees. Around the world, tropical forest canopies are largely unexplored because they are mostly inaccessible to scientists, being high in the trees where it…
This is Buru Island, a small island in Indonesia: The island of Buru in Indonesia. Image by Urmas/Wikimedia Commons. Buru Island is home to many types of animals. One of these, the hairy babirusa, is known to locals, who sometimes spot it in the forest.…