Critter Science

The Dixie Valley Toad

8 October, 2025
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Amphibian Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Toad Facts

The Dixie Valley toad is the first new toad species to be described from the United States since the description of the Wyoming toad about 49 years earlier. These toads face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of

The Black-Chested Buzzard Eagle

7 October, 2025
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The black-chested buzzard eagle, aka black buzzard-eagle, gray buzzard-eagle, or Chilean blue eagle, can be seen throughout most of South America and is known for their powerful, bulky-looking build. These raptors face the threats of

The Central Rock-Rat

6 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Rodent Facts

The central rock-rat, aka Australian native mouse, central thick-tailed rock-rat, and Macdonnell Range rock-rat, hails only from Australia. They are 1 of 5 rock rat species native to Australia. These rodents face the threats of

The Perez’s Snouted Frog

3 October, 2025
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Amphibian Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Frog Facts

The Perez’s snouted frog is but 1 of the only 2 species in the genus Edalorhina in the family Leptodactylidae. They can be found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and potentially in Bolivia. These frogs prefer subtropical or tropical

The White-Bellied Heron

2 October, 2025
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Wading Bird Facts

The white-bellied heron, aka great white-bellied heron or imperial heron, is a sizable species of heron that dwells only in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and Bhutan to northern Myanmar

The Predatory Muskellunge

1 October, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Fish Facts

The muskellunge, aka muskie, musky, ski, or lunge, is the largest predatory species of pike in North America. Being the largest pike also has its disadvantages, too. These fish are threatened by habitat loss and destruction at the hands of

The Sharp-Tailed Grouse

30 September, 2025
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The sharp-tailed grouse, aka sharptail grouse or fire grouse, is a mid-sized prairie grouse that hails from Alaska, Canada, and the United States. Sans hunting, trapping, and habitat loss, these grouse are not only listed as

The Chinese Ferret-Badger

29 September, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Mustelid Facts

The Chinese ferret-badger, aka small-toothed ferret-badger, hails from southeast Asia. These critters prefer grasslands, open forests, and tropical rainforests. They are threatened by hunting, for their meat; and trapping, for their fur

The Atlantic Petrel

26 September, 2025
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The Atlantic petrel is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean. Gadly petrels are so named due to their speedy, weaving flight, almost as if evading gadflies (horse flies). These birds face the threats of

The Blainville’s Beaked Whale

25 September, 2025
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts

The Blainville’s beaked whale, aka dense-beaked whale, is thought to be the widest ranging of the mesoplodont whales (toothed whales). They dwell in tropical and warm waters in all the world’s oceans. These whales face the threats of