Unique Island Animals : Evolution and Mutation

Unique Island Animals : Evolution and Mutation : Fun Facts About the Philippine Tarsier, Those Eyes!

Unique Island Animals The isolated nature of island life, with fewer natural predators and ample resources, is the perfect environment for unique island animals to evolve unique characteristics, features and behaviors. From the smallest chameleon on the planet, the Brookesia micra – believed to be so small as a result of insular dwarfism (the reduction … Read more

Celebrating Monkey Day : Dec 14, #MonkeyDay

Celebrating Monkey Day

Celebrating Monkey Day December 14 is an unofficial international holiday for celebrating Monkey Day.  Worldwide, this day is enjoyed by acting like monkeys, attending costume parties, creating art, music, competitions, and just generally encouraging monkey business. But on a more serious note, celebrating Monkey Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the theory of … Read more

Harmless Snakes vs Dangerous Snakes

Snake Recognition: Harmless Snakes vs Dangerous Snakes

Snake Recognition: Harmless Snakes vs Dangerous Snakes Guest Author: Joe Felegi From Indiana Jones’ famous pronouncement, “I hate snakes, Jock! I hate ’em!” to myriad other negative depictions of snakes in film and books, American culture spreads a blanket of fear over this diverse group of reptiles. Everyone should be wary of snake species that … Read more

How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard

How To Attract Birds to Your Backyard

How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard Guest Writer:  Dave Green Introduction I’ve always been fascinated by wild birds, and I’ve spent many a pleasurable hour sitting and watching them feeding, bathing and preening in my backyard. It’s wonderful to observe them playing and flitting around. If you want to attract birds to your yard, … Read more

10 Most Dangerous Spiders to Stay Away From

10 Most Dangerous Spiders to Stay Away From

10 Most Dangerous Spiders Run, Don’t Just Hide! Whether you’re a fan of spiders or not, they happen to be fascinating critters.  Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other orders … Read more

34 Interesting Facts about Yaks

34 Interesting Facts about Yaks

Yak Facts   Yak Geography The yak (Bos grunniens and Bos mutus) is a long-haired bovine herd animal, related to Asian Water Buffalo, African Buffalo and American Bison. Over 90% of the world’s yak population of nearly 15 million lives on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya region of south Central Asia, and as far … Read more