The common wombat, also known as Vombatus ursinus or bare-nosed wombat, is an animal endemic to Southern Australia, but this comical-looking creature is bigger than you would imagine. It is also part of the marsupial family with the likes of kangaroos and koalas. This means that they all rear their young in a pouch. There […]
Often considered a nuisance and a pest, Groundhogs, woodchucks, or marmots as they are called are found predominately throughout Northern America, where they have gained notoriety for predicting when winter will end. In fact, these little critters have even had a day named after them. But contrary to popular belief that groundhogs are cuddly little […]
The gorilla is a creature that deserves our admiration. With stocky bodies, broad chests, and muscular arms, gorillas are the epitome of strength in the animal kingdom. Gorillas are part of the great ape family, including other impressive species like orangutans and bonobos; gorillas are essential to our planet’s biodiversity. Gorillas are our third closest […]
Welcome to exploring the one animal on land that causes the most human deaths in Southern Africa. Dangerous, grumpy, and with the size and grit to back up its threats – the hippopotamus is an animal to be feared. Go into its territory at your own risk because your very presence will cause annoyance of […]
When Theodore Roosevelt chose not to shoot that black bear back in 1902, he started a craze that continues today. That black bear he saved became the father of all teddy bears, but there’s no evolutionary link between the two! Let’s leave the teddy bears where they belong (in bed) and focus on the iconic […]
Overview Masters of powered flight on a thin wing membrane is nothing short of miraculous in itself. Yet, the Nose leaf bat does it, and so does the blood-sucking Vampyrum spectrum bat. No matter whether we discuss the Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox), Spectral bat, or the little Brown bat, their flight muscles are designed […]
I’ve always loved Grizzly Bears and bears in general, and that’s probably due to a combination of growing up with one (or ten) too many stuffed animals and because some of my earliest childhood memories are of the Country Bear Jamboree in Walt Disney World, if you know, you know. Bears are some of the […]
The jaguar, the largest cat in the Americas, is a chunky boy with massive murder mittens, but even that wouldn’t stop us from wanting to give it a squeeze if we could. It is a majestic cat with natural eyeliner (maybe it’s Maybelline?) and impeccable style. The jaguar is also in danger of extinction, as […]
Known as the Deaths Head monkey, the Squirrel monkeys belong to the family Cebidae. It is a small primate species with its natural habitat in the rainforests of South and Central America. Besides a creepy death mask and false penises on females, this tiny primate can live in troops of 500 individuals. It has several […]
Even though you may think that the opossum is related to rats, you would be very wrong. They are, in fact, marsupials, so they are related to kangaroos and koalas. This means that their young are kept in their mother’s pouch. Opossums are commonly referred to as possums, but they do have one key difference, […]