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The little corella, aka bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, little cockatoo, short-billed corella, and Birdirra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of clear cutting trees which reduces available nesting hollows, persecution for being considered […]

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The little goblin bat is a diminutive bat that hails from a family of bats called the free-tailed bats. These bats can only be found on the island country of Cuba. Their preferred nesting locations are the barrrigon palm and in human-made structures. These bats are listed as Vulnerable by […]

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The whitehead’s pygmy squirrel, aka the tufted pygmy squirrel, can be found on the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. They prefer highland montane forests with plenty of trees. These diminutive rodents can be spotted at elevations of up to 9,843 feet. With a stable and abundant population, these pygmy […]

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The little auk is a small oceanic predatory bird that makes its home in the Arctic, the Bering Sea, Iceland, Greenland, northern Russia, Canada, and the United States. They are a migratory bird that travels south for the winter. There are only 2 known species of auks: the lesser and […]

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The little blue penguin, aka the fairy penguin, is the smallest species of penguin in the world. Fairy penguins live in the cold southern seas of Australia and New Zealand. These faithful little penguins are also predominantly monogamous (mate for life). However, there have been cases where the couple will […]

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