An omnivore is an animal that regularly eats both plants and other animals. That’s the definition. The characteristics below explain how omnivores pull it off, and why being a generalist…
Contents TLDR No insect has four legs. Every adult insect has six, in three pairs. But several walk or stand on only four, because the other two have a different…
Table of Contents The Amazon holds roughly one in ten of all known species on Earth, and a surprising share of them fit in your hand. This list covers 12…
TLDR Siberian ibexes are herbivores. In spring and summer they graze alpine grasses, sedges, and herbs. In winter they switch to twigs, needles, and tall dry herbs, and paw through…
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,…