Category: Biodiversity
Eating and sleeping all day: the life of a giant panda
pandasinternational.org At first glance, the giant panda (𝘈𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘤𝘢) might seem like it’s living the dream. This iconic Chinese bear…
Frogs don’t drink—so how do they absorb water?
Lipton Despite what internet memes featuring green anthropomorphic amphibians would have us believe, here’s the real tea: Frogs are generally…
Meet the monotremes: a particularly peculiar group of mammals
iStock Aside from being colorful cartoon characters, Perry the Platypus and Knuckles the Echidna have one more thing in common:…
How tough is a pangolin’s keratin scale armor?
Gregg Yan/Wikimedia Commons They’re scaly, they’re small, and they can curl up into a ball: Indeed, pangolins are curious little…
Leucism vs. albinism: What’s the difference?
Roaring Earth Have you ever seen an animal that’s almost entirely white, even though they’re typically much more colorful? What…
Phyllium bonifacioi: the leaf insect named after the Supremo
UPLB Museum of Natural History First discovered in 2011 during an expedition in Northern Luzon, Phyllium bonifacioi is the tenth…
How herring ‘farts’ almost caused Russia and Sweden to come to blows
National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo In the early 1980s, the Swedish navy was extremely wary of Soviet activity around the…
The corpse lily: the massive flower that smells like rotting meat
Hemera/Thinkstock With a flower that reaches up to 3.3 ft (1 m) in diameter and weighs up to 24 lbs…
Polycephaly: Why some animals are born with two heads
Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island (South Carolina) The discovery of two-headed animals in nature often makes local news headlines. There’s…
Meet the tuatara, a lizard-like ‘living fossil’
Wikimedia Commons Meet the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a unique creature that looks somewhat like a cross between an iguana and…
