A community in Kenya has had great success regrowing their local forest. Read the story to learn more!
Sometimes species go missing … A “missing” animal still knows where it is, of course! But scientists and conservationists may not have seen it for a long time. Sometimes a species is not seen for so long that it is thought to be extinct. Hill’s horsehoe…
What would happen if nature threw a scaly dinosaur and a koala into a blender and spit the result back out to live in the forests and grasslands of Africa and Asia? The result might look like a pangolin: A pangolin. Photo credit: Tikki Hywood…
Journey to the Okavango Delta Today we’re going to imagine we’re on a canoe, exploring the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. A river delta is where the mouth of a river empties out, often into another body of water such as as a lake or…
John Mitani has studied apes for decades. Learn more about what he finds interesting about our nearest living relatives.
Africa has two species of elephants, forest elephants and savanna elephants. Counting the number of elephants living in a given area is not as easy as you might think, even though elephants are big. Counting savanna elephants can be done from airplanes. Aerial population surveys…
From across the forests and savannas, mountains, oceans, and skies of the world, welcome to a celebration of the animals that you know and love – it’s the … It’s the world’s largest land mammal and it packed its trunk just to be here ……
From across the forests and savannas, mountains, oceans, and skies of the world, welcome to a celebration of the animals that you know and love – it’s the … It’s the tallest land mammal in the world. You know it by its spots and long…
By David Brown. Illustrations by Kayla Harren. From Nature’s Giants Magazine, courtesy of the Wild Nature Institute.
This time on Candid Animal Cam, Romi shares some great hippopotamus facts with us: A few facts about hippos: Common hippos live in Sub-Saharan Africa. The common hippo is the 3rd largest living land mammal (behind elephants and white rhinos). Hippos can move quickly in…
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…