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The Incredible African Elephant

19 May, 2020
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The African elephant. The largest land animal on earth. Intelligent, caring, and potentially fierce, these majestic creatures roam the savannas and forests of Africa in search of food, water, and partnership. African elephants are occasionally categorized into 2 subspecies: savanna elephants and forest elephants. This article will

The Happy Hedgehog

15 May, 2020
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They are small, they have short legs, a cute, cone-shaped face, and they roll into an adorable little ball of spikes when threatened. It’s the hedgehog. These critters get their namesake due to the pig-like squeals, snorts, and grunts they make while foraging for food in bushes and hedges. There […]

The White-Necked Picathartes

29 April, 2020
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From its yellow head to its unusual hopping, the white-necked picathartes resembles something from a story book. These birds evolved from ancient Australian relatives around 44 million years ago. Now they can only be found in the forests of western Africa in Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. In the […]

Welcome the Scaly-Tail Anomalure

13 April, 2020
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Hailing from Central Gabon, in Africa, it’s the scaly-tail anomalure. There are only 3 – 4 extent genera of anomalures recognized to date. Scaly-tailed anomalures are aptly named due to their double rows of overlapping, spiny scales on the underside of their tails for a third of the length along […]

The Impressive Giant African Land Snail

9 April, 2020
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Originating from Eastern Africa, the giant African land snail holds the world record for largest land snail on the planet. These highly invasive snails can now be found in Somalia in the North to Mozambique in the South, to Kenya. They prefer wetlands, coastal areas, humid forests, agricultural fields, and […]

The Ringnecked Dove

13 January, 2020
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The ringnecked dove (aka, ring-necked dove, barbary dove, laughing dove, white dove, collared dove, and Eurasian collared dove) is a widespread bird which can be found throughout North America, Europe, and Africa. These birds are considered a mildly invasive species in America. They have been known

The Crafty Red Fox

24 December, 2019
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Cunning, clever, and fast to boot, it’s the red fox. The red fox makes its home in grasslands, mountains, deserts, forests, farms, and even suburban areas. They have been hunted, trapped, and killed for their fur, for sport, and for being considered a nuisance

The Fascinating Tailless Whip Scorpion

10 October, 2019
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The tailless whip scorpion, aka the whip spider, looks a little like a cornucopia of different types of arachnids. With long, skinny legs they look like a spider, but nope. It’s not a spider. Its first pair of legs end in antennae that are used to help it see and […]

The Endangered Greater Bamboo Lemur

15 July, 2019
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The greater bamboo lemur is the largest of the 3 bamboo lemur species and one of only a few mammals, having a predominantly bamboo-based diet. This sedentary creature spends a majority of the day eating mostly bamboo. It has to eat a lot of it in order to survive, as […]

Meet the Hairy Frog

12 July, 2019
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The hairy frog, aka the Wolverine frog, or horror frog, hails from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Gabon, and potentially in Angola. It’s preferred habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, plantations,