Critter News
MARCH 29, 2010
It's not just tiger parts and elephant tusks that are being used for so called "traditional" medicinal uses. I didn't know primates were in demand too. Tags: traditional medicine poaching primates endangered species. I knew about bush meat, but not about this. Will it ever end?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2021
Geographic patterns of species richness for birds (1,558 species) in East Africa at 0.25° resolution (blue indicates low species richness, while brown indicates high species richness). At the time of writing, Uganda has 16 hotspots with 400+ so far eBirded species, of which one has almost 600 species.
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Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
I've been reading a lot about threatened elephants and primate populations in Africa and wondered about lions. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species. One rarely hears about how they are doing. But, unfortunately, they are in trouble too. This article talks about the specific situation in Kenya.
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2011
But that is because we often have the relationship between dinosaurs and birds reversed in our little primate minds; Much of what is bird-like is not exclusive to birds, but rather, to a larger group of dinosaurs. Among mammals, bipedalism is found in several rodents, a number of marsupials, and one primate.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Nat Geo WILD takes viewers around the world to follow dedicated people working to save Nature’s Miracle Babies – often the last hope for critically vulnerable species. The giant panda is one of the world’s most iconic species, but its population numbers are critically low. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). The Ethiopian population of this little known, long-bearded primate forms an isolated population restricted to this area, so this was a very satisfying find.
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