Table of Contents TLDR Why Kiribati’s wildlife is mostly birds and sea life Kiribati is 33 coral atolls and reef islands scattered across about 3.5 million square kilometers of Pacific…
Amphibians of Ethiopia: Frogs, Toads and Caecilians
TLDR Table of contents How many amphibians live in Ethiopia? The answer depends on who you ask. Popular sources such as WorldAtlas list 54 species. The most recent academic review,…
15 Rare White Animals and the Science Behind Them
Most lists of rare white animals throw polar bears, albino snakes and snow-dusted foxes into one pile. They aren’t the same thing. A polar bear is white because of how…
Dangerous Animals in Bahrain: What Actually Poses a Risk
Bahrain has no lions, no crocodile rivers and no bear country. The animals that can hurt you here are small, mostly nocturnal, and usually avoidable: a few desert vipers, two…
10 Dangerous White Animals and How Deadly They Really Are
White is a bad predictor of danger. Plenty of the animals on this list are white because they live on snow, and a few are only white in places. Others…
Dangerous Animals in Uzbekistan, Ranked by Real Risk
Uzbekistan’s most dangerous animals are small. A black widow relative, a handful of snakes, scorpions and ticks cause nearly every real incident. Wolves and snow leopards make better stories, but…
Wetland Omnivores: Animals That Eat Plants and Prey
Wetland omnivores are animals that eat both plants and other animals, and in a marsh or swamp they’re the ones doing the most switching. A sandhill crane digs up tubers…
12 Rare Animals in Ghana and Where to See Them
Ghana’s rarest animals aren’t hiding in some remote corner of the map. Most live in a handful of forest reserves and one savanna park, and a few of them cling…
Fish of Haiti: A Field Guide by Habitat
Haiti has roughly 1,700 kilometers of coastline wrapped around the western third of Hispaniola, and almost none of the writing about its fish is meant for normal people. The top…