A camera trap captured this view of Vangunu giant rat in the wild. Tyrone Lavery People generally fall into one of two camps: rats are cute…or rats are decidedly not cute. But everyone should be able to agree that photos of an extremely rare giant rat are pretty fascinating. The images captured on the island …
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The word “marsupial” typically evokes a kangaroo or perhaps a koala, something furry and warm-blooded that protects its babies in a pouch. But a surprising variety of creatures have evolved this unusual means of parental care, including crustaceans, seahorses—and frogs. With jaunty peaks sticking up from its eyelids that may help it camouflage as a …
Thick-billed parrot populations have declined to fewer than 2000 individuals due to habitat loss, logging and climate change © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that … [+] formerly ranged into the southwestern United States. Its phylogeny is the subject …
High-tech tracking reveals red-crowned parrots have four main roosts in Texas: Brownsville, Harlingen, Weslaco and McAllen © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) Redlands, California. (Credit: Tom Benson / CC BY-NC-ND … [+] 2.0) Tom Benson via a Creative Commons license After conducting a high-tech survey of red-crowned …
Global warming isn’t only affecting animals like polar bears and emperor penguins. African wild dog populations may also collapse due to climate change © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee African wild dog (Lycaon pictus pictus), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. A new study finds … [+] that higher temperatures could mean …
Flower of Glossolomamagenticristatum J.L.Clark, D.Hoyos & Clavijo David Sanín A plant species new to science, already characterized as endangered, faces a very specific threat: periodic roadside maintenance. Glossoloma ranges from southern Mexico to Bolivia, 16 species found in the western lowland Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador, but a new species, Glossolomamagenticristatum, was found in …
Australian researchers at Monash University have teamed up with Zoos Victoria to save the Critically Endangered Helmeted Honeyeater from extinction. The Helmeted Honeyeater is a small black-and-yellow songbird that is endemic to Victoria and is one of four subspecies of the Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater. The habitat of the Helmeted Honeyeater has been extensively degraded due to …
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In May 2021, two young sea turtle biologists, Brittany Clemans and Lindsey Bull, were exploring Tern Island, a remote landmass located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During their expedition, they stumbled upon a Hawaiian green sea turtle that had become trapped in a hole in a metal wall. The turtle had lodged herself …
Tulshi Laxmi Suwal Founder, Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (SMCRF) Kathmandu, … [+] Nepal Tulshi Laxmi Suwal A Nepalese conservationist is conducting research on the impact of forest fires on pangolins, a scaly mammal species. Her work is inspiring a new generation of researchers to appreciate these animals. Nepal is home to two out …
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By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz Photograph by Bruno D’Amicis The Mediterranean monk seal begins its life in a cave. Even after it grows to hunt and mate in open water, the seal sticks to its monkish ways. These retiring creatures—the only seal species in the Mediterranean region—are among the scarcest marine animals in the world, with …