Meet the Pangolin
Pangolins: The Scaly Survivors Facing a Silent Threat Imagine an adorable anteater crossed with a pinecone, and you’ve got a pangolin. These unique mammals, covered in overlapping scales, are the…
Meet the Yakutian Horse, Who Can Live at 94 Degrees Below Zero
Horses Who Never Freeze Far-East Siberia is the land where the woolly mammoth once roamed. The winter landscape is starkly beautiful — and fatal. Temperatures can plummet to -94 degrees…
Meet the Red Panda
Red Pandas: Adorable Faces, Surprisingly Not Related to Pandas The internet loves red pandas. Those irresistibly cute, round faces with expressive eyes and a bushy, ringed tail have captured hearts…
Meet the Pallas’s Cat
Grumpy Cat of the Grasslands: Unveiling the Pallas’s Cat The internet is obsessed with grumpy cats, but there’s a real-life feline that takes the crown: the Pallas’s cat. Hailing from…
Kings of the Reptile Realm: Alligators vs. Crocodiles vs. Caimans
Swamps, rivers, and even some saltwater environments are home to some of the most fearsome predators on Earth: alligators, crocodiles, and caimans. These giant reptiles share a prehistoric ancestry and…
Meet the Snow Leopard
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unveiling the Enigmatic Snow Leopard High in the rugged peaks of Central and South Asia, where snow-capped mountains brush the sky, lives a mesmerizing predator…
Meet the Butaan
Gray’s Monitor: A Fruity Friend Among Lizards The butaan – better known as the Gray’s monitor (Varanus olivaceus) – is a fascinating lizard species native to the Philippines. Here’s a…
Book Review: Modoc
Modoc by Ralph Helfer Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived is the joint biography of a man and an elephant born in a small German circus town…
Meet the Leopard
The Elusive Leopard: A Master of Many Landscapes From the sun-drenched savannas of Africa to the verdant rainforests of Asia, a solitary predator stalks unseen – the leopard (Panthera pardus).…
Spotted Family Reality Show: Rare Video of Amur Leopard Family
Rare video footage from game cameras in the wilderness of eastern Russia reveals the habits of the Amur leopard, one of the most endangered species on the planet. As part…
