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…
TL;DR The short answer: plants, and only plants Val’s gundi eats vegetation. In the rocky, dry country of Morocco, Algeria and Libya, that means whatever green or seed-bearing plant matter…
TLDR Table of Contents How many reptiles live in Yemen? About 100, give or take a dozen, depending on who is counting. The national biodiversity clearinghouse lists 103 reptile species:…
TLDR Table of Contents The short answer The common dunnart eats ground-dwelling invertebrates, mostly insects and spiders, and now and then a small lizard, frog or other tiny vertebrate. It’s…
Nigeria has far fewer true endemics than most people assume. Elephants, hippos, aardvarks and Dama gazelles all live there, but every one of them also lives in other countries. The…
TLDR Hares and rabbits are separate animals in the same family. Hares are bigger, with longer ears and legs, and they live above ground in shallow scrapes. Their babies are…
Most “Arctic animals” lists are half ocean. Whales, walruses and seals take up the space, and the animals that actually live on the frozen ground get a paragraph at the…
Africa has roughly 1,100 to 1,200 species of land mammals, spread across 16 or more orders. That’s a little over a fifth of the roughly 5,500 mammal species alive on…