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Marine Iguana Facts The Marine Iguana is a very special species. It is found only on the Galapagos Islands, which remains part of the country of Ecuador, in South America. To our knowledge, it remains the only lizard in the world able to live and forage in the ocean. This makes it the only known marine reptile on […]Read More
The Marbled Cat is an extremely reclusive species of small wild cat endemic to Southeast Asia. The Marbled Cat has evolved to be primarily arboreal in nature. They live in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, southwest China, and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Marbled Cat Physical Description They are of similar size to most domestic house […]Read More
Blanket Octopus Facts The Blanket Octopus, or Tremoctopus, is a genus of pelagic cephalopods. The genus contains four currently known species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. The common name of the creature is in reference to the long transparent webs that connect the dorsal and dorsolateral tentacles of the adult females. In fact, […]Read More
Banded Piglet Squid Facts Bearing the rather imposing scientific name of Helicocranchia pfefferi, the remarkable Banded Piglet Squid still remains something of a mystery to modern science. The humorous sounding common name understandably derives from the comparatively rotund shape of the body, seeming reminiscent of a small pig. One of the most fascinating of the scant […]
Bee Hummingbird Facts Proving that size remains irrelevant, the truly amazing Bee Hummingbird, also known as the Helena Hummingbird, ranks as the smallest known bird on earth. Sadly, this remarkable little beauty also has an extremely restricted natural habitat range. This makes its continued existence rather precarious. The primary threats to its existence include climate […]
European Earwig Facts Despite the rather misleading nature of its common name, the European Earwig actually currently inhabits a much larger portion of the world than just Europe. This invertebrate also remains widely considered a pest, both by farmers and the general population, within the regions it inhabits. In areas of high concentration, this small […]
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Facts The distinctive, if somewhat lengthy, name Olive Ridley Sea Turtle serves as the common name for the rather amazing Lepidochelys olivacea. While this fascinating creature forms the smallest of all known types of sea turtle, it also represents the most highly abundant of them. Along with its relative, the Kemps Ridley […]
Icicle Mushroom Facts The term Icicle Mushroom serves as the common name for any of the fungi in the genus Hericium. All known members of this genus remain edible. The name derives from the obvious resemblance of its structure to hanging icicles, or, in the minds of some, cave-based stalactites. The members of this genus […]
Scottish Wildcat Facts The surprising Scottish Wildcat remains a variety of wild feline that virtually no one outside of its endemic range even knows about. Such a terrible shame. This rather adorable feline itself actually constitutes a subspecies of the equally little-known outside of its immediate area, European wildcat. Sadly, like many related species, this animal also […]
Goldsmith Beetle Facts The fascinating and appropriately named Goldsmith Beetle remains a little-known invertebrate. Aside from entomologists, few people outside of its native region know of this remarkable beetle. Not commonly seen by the general populace, this little beauty also represents a roughly average-sized member of the scarab beetle family. While it does have a listing in […]
Goose-Beaked Whale Facts The often-overlooked Goose-Beaked Whale actually represents the most widely distributed of all known varieties of beaked whales. The scientific name of this rather remarkable animal (Ziphius cavirostris) derives from a combination of both Greek and Latin words. The first known description of this species occurred in 1823, by French anatomist Georges Cuvier. […]
Tiger Flower Facts Tiger Flower serves as one of the common names for the rather stunning Tigridia pavonia. It also goes by the names Mexcian Shell Flower and Jockey’s Cap. This gorgeous flower represents only one of roughly twelve species classified in its genus, all of which rank as equally beautiful to behold. Amazingly, the beauty […]
Bharal Facts The astonishing Bharal lives in an extremely rugged and remote section of Asia. So remote is its habitat range, that few outsiders ever see this amazing creature. This animal has been little-studied. In fact, the first serious scientific observations of this rather remarkable ruminant did not occur until 1973. Previously, this fascinating recluse […]
