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Rhinoceroses: the five rhino species and their evolution
About 26,700 rhinoceroses survive in the wild, according to IUCN estimates released in 2025 and summarised in the International Rhino Foundation’s State of the Rhino 2026 report. They belong to five rhino species, and the total hides a lopsided picture. Roughly 22,500 are…
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Two wildlife road trips by campervan: Kakadu and Kaikoura
Two wildlife road trips by campervan: Darwin to Kakadu for crocodiles and floodplain birds, and Christchurch to Kaikoura for dolphins, penguins and seals. The post Two wildlife road trips by campervan: Kakadu and Kaikoura appeared first on EarthLife .
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Reading a North Carolina estuary from the water
An estuary keeps most of itself out of reach. From shore you get a rim: one marsh edge, one slice of a system that runs for miles. The parts that explain the whole sit out on the flats, too shallow for a keel and too wide to wade. A great egret working the marsh edge, … The post…
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Internet ecology: turning everyday online posts into wildlife data
A grey heron standing in the shallows of a suburban lake has no idea it is a data point. Usually the person who photographed it on a Sunday walk doesn’t either, and posted it with a caption about the weather. Yet that picture carries a species, a place and a date, and a growing…
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Every bird sighting is now a data point, and researchers want them all
The study of life on Earth has quietly become a data science. A field biologist a generation ago might spend a career documenting the range of a single species through their own observations. Today that same question can draw on millions of records contributed by museums,…
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Planning a Safe Journey for Animals
Animals don’t get to choose a cooler seat, request a rest stop, or explain that a carrier feels unsafe. A journey therefore asks handlers to anticipate needs that animals cannot communicate once travel begins. Planning a safe journey for animals starts well before departure,…
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Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides): Range, Behaviour, and Ecology
The trans-Andean Spotted Antbird – small, spotted, and one of the classic army-ant followers of Central American and northwest South American humid forest. Field marks, range, breeding, voice, and conservation. The post Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides): Range, Behaviour,…
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Land Snails: Anatomy, Ecology, and How They Left the Water
Terrestrial gastropods explained – anatomy, physiology, radula mechanics, hermaphrodite reproduction, and how land snails independently evolved lungs and desiccation tolerance to leave water. The post Land Snails: Anatomy, Ecology, and How They Left the Water appeared first on…