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By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Matt Cornish “That’s not a knife; this is a knife!” That right there is one of the most famous quotes in movie history from Crocodile Dundee, and it is one of the first things that comes to the mind of many travelers when they hear the words “crocodile” and “Australia.”
When people are deciding where to live, factors such as a community’s cost of living, employment opportunities, ease of transportation, and proximity to family and friends are usually considered on a somewhat equal basis. It turns out that for other mammals, the process is a bit more straightforward.
In East African wildlife news, the Big Five and Great Migration usually get most of the press coverage. Recently, though, East Africa’s lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) have been in the news, too.
What do Internet memes and Icelandic moss have in common? More than you might think! In September 2016, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber played two shows in Kópavogur, then shot a video for the song “Cold Water,” a collaboration with American electronic band Major Lazer and Danish musician MØ.
Celebrated each September 24 since 2017, World Gorilla Day is meant to inspire international awareness and appreciation of what pioneering primatologist Dian Fossey called “the greatest of the great apes.”
There are many types of intelligence in the animal kingdom, and it seems that almost every day, we learn something more about them.
Roaring back may be an overstatement, but the number of tigers living in the wild is on the rise, and that is cause for optimism. The largest of all the big cats, nine tiger subspecies once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia.
Alaska’s Chinitna Bay on Cook Inlet near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is the very heart of coastal brown bear country, according to the National Park Service. And now, having visited it, I can say I wholeheartedly agree.
From Simone Biles and Noah Lyles to the U.S. women’s basketball team and “golden boy” French swimmer Léon Marchand, there were plenty of amazing athletes at the recent Paris Olympics. But how would they fare if competing against the planet’s animal inhabitants rather than their fellow human beings? That’ll never happen, of course.
The first time Chris Martin heard a howler monkey’s cries, he thought it was a jet plane taking off. Martin was an epidemiology student visiting Costa Rica’s La Selva Biological Station as part of a tropical rainforest ecology program and had set out on a walk through the nearby jungle with his group.
Teaching was once considered a uniquely human behavior. Today, however, scientists recognize a small but diverse group of species who have the ability to act as instructors.
Orangutan translates to “person of the forest” in the Malay language; an apt description for a mammal that shares approximately 97% of our DNA. And just like humans, orangutans have distinct “vocal personalities” that are shaped through their socialization with others.
