Critter Science

The Asiatic Cheetah

21 November, 2025
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The Asiatic cheetah was once spread from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia. However, they have been extirpated from everywhere but

Welcome the Honeyeating Stitchbird

20 November, 2025
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The stitchbird, aka tihi, ihi, tihe, kotihe, tiora, tiheora, tioro, kotihe-wera (male only), hihi-paka (male only), hails from Little Barrier Island. These birds have been extirpated from all other locales

The Mountain Gazelle

19 November, 2025
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The mountain gazelle, aka true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, hails from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Turkey. These gazelles face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments

The Burgundy Snail

18 November, 2025
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The burgundy snail, aka Roman snail or escargot, is a large, land-snail hailing from Europe. They are a synanthropic (live near humans) species of snail that may or may not be threatened by the logging industry

The Blue-Winged Kookaburra

17 November, 2025
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The blue-winged kookaburra, a larger species of kingfisher, hails from northern Australia and into Papua New Guinea. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction due to farming, ranching, residential, and commercial developments

The Rothschild’s Rock-Wallaby

14 November, 2025
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The Rothschild’s rock-wallaby, aka Roebourne rock-wallaby, is a species of wallaby that hails from Australia. They are 1 of the largest rock-wallabies. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction, and invasive species

The Massive African Savanna Elephant

13 November, 2025
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The African savanna elephant, aka African bush elephant, is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is 1 of 3 extant elephant species and, along with the African forest elephant, 1 of 2 extant species of African elephant.

The Rapidly Vanishing Dama Gazelle

12 November, 2025
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The dama gazelle, aka addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, dwells in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel. As a result of uncontrolled hunting; habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching, as well as

The Shy Nabarlek

11 November, 2025
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The nabarlek is a timid marsupial found in Northern Australia. They prefer scrubby vegetation over boulder piles, granitic outcrops, sandstone formations, breakaways of laterite, and rocky slopes. These macropods (marsupials) face

The Common Murre

10 November, 2025
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The common murre, aka common guillemot, is a large species of auk that can be found in the northern Pacific Ocean and northern Atlantic Ocean. They spend most of their lives out at sea, only coming to shore to breed.