Critter Science

The Black Musselcracker

22 October, 2025
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The black musselcracker hails from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans off of South Africa. These fish are ray-finned, which are in the bony fish classification. Due to high residency, slow growth, late maturity, longevity, and hermaphroditism (being both male and female), they suffer from overexploitation. Male and female sex ratios […]

The Arabian Gazelle

21 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

The Arabian gazelle, aka Erlanger’s gazelle or Neumann’s gazelle, hails from the Arabian Peninsula. There are only an estimated 7,000 individuals left in the wild, to date. They face the threats of habitat loss from farming and ranching,

The Calliope Hummingbird

20 October, 2025
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The Calliope hummingbird is the smallest known species of migrant hummingbird native to Canada and the United States. These little critters migrate upwards of 5,600 miles each year from North America to Mexico! Quite an impressive feat for such a small bird

The South American Gray Fox

17 October, 2025
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Canine Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The South American gray fox, aka chilla, Patagonian fox, or zorro gris, hails from the southern parts of Argentina and Chile, and mostly Patagonia. They are part of the Canidae family, which includes dogs, coyotes, foxes

The Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby

16 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Marsupial Facts

The yellow-footed rock-wallaby, aka ring-tailed rock-wallaby, is a member of the marsupial family that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos, and wallaroos. Unfortunately, they face the threats of

The Arabian Wolf

15 October, 2025
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Canine Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The Arabian wolf is a subspecies of the grey wolf. They are the smallest recognized subspecies of wolf. These canines hail from the Arabian Peninsula, to the west of Bahrain, as well as Oman, southern Saudi Arabia, and also Yemen

The Steadily Disappearing Wild Bactrian Camel

14 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

The wild bactrian camel is closely related but not ancestral to the domestic bactrian camel. They hail from Northwest China and southwestern Mongolia. Sadly, these creatures face the threats of habitat loss and destruction

The Humboldt’s Hog-Nosed Skunk

13 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Mustelid Facts

The Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk, aka Patagonian hog-nosed skunk, hails from the open grassy areas in the Patagonian regions of South Argentina and Chile, in South America. These skunks face the threats of hunting and trapping for their pelts. Their pelts were exported a great deal between 1960 – 1980. They […]

The Rufous Hummingbird

10 October, 2025
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The rufous hummingbird is best known for their incredible flying prowess, flying upwards of 2,000 miles during migration routes. These birds are 1 of 9 known species in the genus Selasphorus. They are an interesting species of bird

The Kerry Slug

9 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Gastropod Facts

The Kerry slug, aka Kerry spotted slug, is a medium-to-large sized, air-breathing land slug that hails from the family of roundback slugs, Arionidae. Even though these critters are found in south-western Ireland—including County Kerry, they are more widespread