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You’re Eating What?

The world’s frogs face yet another threat to their survival: overeating by humans.
A global team of researchers has estimated the international trade in frog meat represents 200 million to 1 billion frogs eaten each year, or about 11,000 tons of frog meat.
The largest destination for frog legs is France, but the USA is a very [...]

Lemur Gazes

When I was about 10 years old, I distinctly remember the hilarity caused by my friend and I standing on a busy street and looking up. It took very little time before all the people passing us were also looking up, at which point we dissolved into giggles at the ‘trick’ we had played [...]

Supersized Slitherer

An open-pit coal mine in Colombia has revealed the remains of several giant prehistoric snakes, thought to be the largest ever to have lived.
The constrictors, named Titanoboas, weighed more than 2,500 pounds (1134 kg), measured up to 43 feet long (13 m) from nose to tip and 39 inches (100 cm) around. The largest living [...]

Wee Wild Beastie

We all know about tigers and lions. What few people know however, is that there are actually 37 species of wild cat in the world. Most of these cats – 28 species to be exact – are under 50 pounds. Many of them are the size of a domestic cat, or even smaller.
The rarest mammal [...]

Poisonous Primate

When you think of venomous animals, you generally think of snakes, lizards or perhaps spiders. But there are actually some poisonous mammals in the world.
The slow loris Nycticebus coucan is a small primate found in tropical south-east Asia, weighing up to 2 kg. They are tree-dwelling animal that is active at night, resting during the [...]

Counting Stripes

Did You Know?
The Sumatran tiger has the greatest number of stripes of all the tiger subspecies, while the Siberian tiger has the least. Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints – you will never find two tigers with the same pattern.
There is no shortage of depressing news in the world of wild cat conservation, and the [...]

Taz Speeds Up Evolution

The Tasmanian Devil is probably best known as the inspiration for the Looney Tunes cartoon character ”Taz”. The cartoon does resemble a stylized Devil (prominent canines, large head, short legs) and the behavioral similarities between the two consist of a noisy comportment, voracious appetite, and shy demeanor.
The real Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a meat-eating [...]

Homage To A Rodent

Every year on February 2, people all over North America wait for a rodent to decide the future.
This purely North American tradition is called Groundhog Day (the festival, not the movie). It’s based on the belief that on this day, the groundhog – which is actually a woodchuck – comes out of its hole to [...]