The loss of tall trees due to human activity may be forcing giraffes to feed on toxic leaves, reducing their health and chances for survival; yet scientists hop...
Giraffes are going through an existential crisis – and in more ways than one. The meaning of what it is to be Giraffa camelopardalis is changing. A recent study...
Picture a seagull, and you’re likely thinking of the herring gull (Larus argentatus) – one of the larger (and louder) of the gulls around the coast of the UK. Y...
It’s difficult being a giraffe. Standing at over five metres in height, giraffes are both vertically gifted and challenged. Having your face up at tree level ma...
Dive into the Atlanic Ocean off the coast of Maine, USA, and you’ll find tiny creatures called copepods. These 1 mm sized crustaceans, named after their ‘oar-fe...
Binturongs are the ‘bearcat’ of Southeast Asia. Neither a bear nor a cat, they are an altogether different sort of carnivore. For a start, they don’t actually e...
