From NationalGeographic, by photographer Steve Winter.
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From BBC News.
The long-eared jerboa, a tiny nocturnal mammal that is dwarfed by its enormous ears, can be found in deserts in Mongolia and China.
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) scientist Jonathan Baillie said the footage was helping researchers to learn more about the mysterious animal.
The species is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red [...]
From Physorg.
A Sumatran rhinoceros has been photographed in peninsular Malaysia in the first sighting for more than a decade, raising hopes the animal can avoid extinction, a report said Sunday.
The report did not reveal where the rhino was snapped, but said the photo was taken in a wildlife corridor targeted by the Wildlife and National [...]
From National Geographic News.
Captured just before midnight on November 13 by fishers in Cambodia, this Mekong giant catfish is 8 feet long (2.4 meters long) ands weighs 450 pounds (204 kilograms).
“This is the only giant catfish that has been caught this year so far, making it the worst year on record for catch of giant [...]
From Daily Mail.
A new species of wild pig previously unknown to science has been discovered in the Brazilian jungle.
The large creature grows to a length of more than four feet and is almost twice as heavy as its nearest relative.
Named the ‘giant peccary‘, (photo) the creature was unknown until the skins and bones of animals [...]
From The Nature Conservancy.
Is it more poisonous than a rattlesnake? Does it cause lightning strikes? And can it make a pregnant woman miscarry if she just looks at it?
These are just some of the many myths that surround the wildly misunderstood Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti — more commonly known as the Guatemalan beaded lizard. Actually, the [...]
From Smithsonian by Kennedy Warne.
They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. Mate for life. And they’re among the world’s most endangered birds. Can albatrosses be saved?
Scofield, of New Zealand’s Canterbury Museum and co-author of Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World, has been studying albatrosses for more than [...]