African Wildlife
African Wildlife
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The Northern Sportive Lemur
It is very difficult to say that one lemur species is more endangered than another. There are around 100 species of these primates, all of which live on the Island…
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Petite Giraffes
A ‘Petite’ Giraffe Would Be a 150-Pound Baby. But There’s Plenty Remarkable About Giraffes—Including That The Males Are Bisexual. Is there such a creature as a “petite” giraffe? If by…
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Biologist Enters the Fashion Field In A Bid to Save Wild Leopards
Veteran field biologist Tristan Dickerson is most at home tracking leopards through the rugged bush spanning the remote northern Zululand Area of KwaZulu Natal, in his native South Africa. But…
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Ants Versus Elephants
It is a fairly perfect example of what scientists call symbiosis: A species of acacia tree on the plains of East Africa provides shelter and food to a species of…
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Farm Raised Tigers?
For all we know, they do taste like chicken. Fortunately, however, the World Bank has nixed a plan to raise tigers on farms so that wealthy people in Asia can…
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