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The American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), is the largest burying beetle in North America. The...

Happy holidays, everyone! To celebrate the festive season, we come bearing a gift: our latest experiment in science communication!...

In Western Australia's remote heathlands, there exists a creature so rare and elusive, that very few people have ever had the good...

We have some exciting news to share with you. Our paper, in collaboration with a team at Princeton University led by Ricardo Mallarino...

Pteronarcys californica is a member of the stonefly family Pteronarcyidae and is commonly referred to as the giant salmonfly by anglers....

Caddisflies are miniature underwater architects. As adults, these insects resemble small brown moths, but as larvae, they are busy...

This Valentine's Day, love is not only in the air but also along the coastal shores of Australia and New Zealand, where the world's...

Frustratingly few people know about fishers (Pekania pennanti). This cat-sized North American mustelid used to be classified in the genus...

If you live in the eastern United States, chances are your ears have come in contact with some really loud, recklessly theatrical insects...

Today, we're diving into the enchanting world of the West Australian local eyewear icon - Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, scientifically known...

The New Guinea Singing Dog (NGSD) is an ancient lineage of dogs that have been found in the New Guinea Highlands. Once considered a...

The Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus is the largest of the African mole-rats in the family Bathyergidae. It is a truly subterranean...

Corey Kirkland, Marta Farré Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) are a species of antelope distributed across central and southern Africa....

Grévy’s zebras (Equus grevyi) are distinguished from the other two zebra species by their large size and elegant, slender stripes....

The South American plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus, Desmarest, 1817) is a rodent that inhabits the Southern area of the Neotropical...

Australia produces high quality barley, with annual production averaging over 9 million tonnes/year. It is a widely grown crop (second in...

The Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) aka manul is a small wild cat similar in size to a domestic cat. It has a stocky build and a long,...

This post is about the common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus) or, in the language of Indigenous Australians, Nurungga. The name “wallaroo”...

The addax (Addax nasomaculatus) is considered the most desert adapted antelope on the planet but is also among the most endangered, with...

Also known as the nutria, the coypu (Myocastor coypus [Molina, 1782]), is a large amphibious rodent from about 5 to 7 kg (Woods et al....

The bluegreen aphid, or blue alfalfa aphid (Acyrthosiphon kondoi), is a species of aphid found in many regions of the world, including...

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L. 1758), or caribou, is a prominent semi-domesticated cervid species (family Cervidae, subfamily...

Arctocephalus forsteri, a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand, is an animal of many a common name....

The oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), aka the “small jaguar”, graciously walks the neotropical rainforests from Costa Rica in Central America...

Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) are part of the group of toothless whales Myticeti or baleen whales. Fast swimming (up to 50 km/h (31...