Odd Animal Couples: Tree Ants & Caterpillars (video)
Learn how caterpillar pheromones transform the tree ant into a helpful partner.
Learn how caterpillar pheromones transform the tree ant into a helpful partner.
The baby snake that emerged from its shell at the Memphis Zoo recently represents the future of the Louisiana pine snake.
The Chief Finance Officer of London Mining Plc Rachel Rhodes together with a cross section of management and staff of London Mining Company over the weekend visited the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary to assess their immediate needs. The visit is part of their strategy to evaluate projects that can benefit direct form their Corporate Social Responsibilities programs.
The Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This relatively small shark is principally found in coastal waters of the eastern and western Atlantic, the southern coasts of Australia and New Zealand, the eastern and western North Pacific, and the eastern South Pacific.
At least one fish species can adapt in just three generations to survive a sharp change in temperature, researchers said in a study on the fastest rate of evolution ever recorded in wild animals.
Lack of good training and suitable equipment are some of the difficulties facing wildlife managers in Africa, says the body hat represents game rangers and conservationists on the continent.
Around 55 million years ago, India and China collided. Some time after that — geologists disagree on exactly when this happened — the Himalayan-Tibetan plateau rose skyward, creating the rugged landscape that today attracts tourists and mountain climbers from all over the world.
Although the effects of the oil spill are decreasing in Florida, the threat to wildlife remains. Biologists and commercial charter boat fishermen are teaming up to help oil-impacted sea turtles in the waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
State and federal biologists released the first brown pelicans back into Louisiana coastal habitat since rescue and rehabilitation operations began following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.