Contents TLDR The Blainville’s beaked whale diet is mostly deep-water squid, with some fish and a few crustaceans. Nobody has filmed one feeding. What we know comes from the stomachs…
Quick Answer Table of Contents The trees of the Dominican Republic cover more ground than the country’s size suggests. Lake Enriquillo sits below sea level and is ringed by thorny…
A meerkat (Suricata suricatta) is a small, social mongoose that lives in the Kalahari and Namib deserts of southern Africa. It stands about a foot tall, digs for a living,…
Search for Wales’ native animals and you’ll get lists that include feral goats, fallow deer and grey squirrels. None of those belong here. This list is stricter: 20 species that…
Contents Colombia packs more plant life into its borders than almost any country on Earth, and it does it in a space smaller than Texas and California combined. Three branches…
The corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus, formerly Elaphe guttata) is a slender, non-venomous constrictor from the southeastern United States. It grows to about 2 to 5 feet, wears red-orange saddles outlined…
Read this first. Never eat a wild mushroom you haven’t identified with certainty. A photo match isn’t certainty. Have every first-time find checked by an experienced local forager or your…
Ireland has three amphibians: the common frog, the smooth newt and the natterjack toad. That’s the full list. No tree frogs, no salamanders, no common toad. If you’ve found something…
Table of Contents What an adaptation is (and the two kinds) An adaptation is a trait that helps an animal survive and reproduce in the place it lives. It builds…