Which Guinea? A Quick Clarification Three countries carry the name: Guinea (capital Conakry), Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea. There’s also the Guinea forest region, a belt of rainforest stretching along West…
Table of Contents Quick answer Portugal has roughly 17 native amphibian species, and the exact tally shifts by one or so depending on how taxonomists split look-alike groups. Seven of…
Table of Contents TLDR The reptiles of Nauru number eleven: seven on land (four geckos, two skinks, one blind snake) and four in the surrounding ocean (three sea turtles and…
Two volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea have more animals found nowhere else than most countries ten times their size. The animals of São Tomé and Príncipe include some…
TLDR Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) are mostly leaf-eaters. Their diet is built on young leaves and leaf stems from evergreen trees, vines and bamboo, with fruit, flowers and seeds…
TLDR Table of Contents Why Barbados has so few amphibians Most Caribbean islands have a respectable frog list. Barbados has two. Neighbors like Dominica or Trinidad have many more. The…
Table of Contents TLDR Nyalas are herbivores and mixed feeders: they browse and they graze. Most of what they eat is leaves, but the menu also includes fruits, seed pods,…
The biggest fish in the world is the whale shark, and it isn’t close. A fully grown whale shark can stretch past 40 feet and tip the scales at more…
TLDR: The national flower of St. Kitts and Nevis is the Poinciana, also called the Flamboyant tree, and it’s near-impossible to miss between May and August when it lights up…