Six different colour morphs of the elusive Asiatic golden cat have been discovered in Northeast India – with the findings being hailed as "an evolutionary puzz...
Wild animals are increasingly exploited for entertainment and photo opportunities. A new study highlights that tourists in Morocco object to the use of barbary ...
Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys Rhinopithecus roxellana live in high altitude temperate forests, where winter temperatures commonly drop below 0°C, and approx...
In the evolutionary arms race between bats and their insect prey, some moths have developed ears to detect echolocating bats and avoid being caught. Conversely,...
Research by conservationists at the University of Kent has found that habitat fragmentation, and the subdivision of large farms into smaller ones, are the big...
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Occidental Gerbil Gerbillus occiduus is a medium-sized gerbil species (Muridae: Gerbillinae) endemic to Morocco and Atlantic Sahara. The type specimen wa...
Raccoon Dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides are native to the far east of Asia, particularly Korea and Japan (where they are called ‘Tanuki’). They are not related to...
