They’ve launched thisnew petitionto show the new government that decent people in the UK support a full ban on the live decapods being sold as food. Every day in the UK animals like crabs, lobsters, prawns and crayfish are sold alive to the untrained public to be killed and cooked at ...
The Gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards found in North America (the other being the closely-related Mexican beaded lizard). Although the species feeds mainly on eggs, its venom helps it to subdue live prey such as small birds, mammals and reptiles. The Gila monster's venomous ...
The North American mountain goat, which many Americans may be familiar with, is not considered to be a “true goat” at all; it’s more closely related to the antelope in a separate genus. Regardless, all species belong to the family of Bovidae, which also contains sheep, buffalo, ...
In July, 2019, a plan to release captive European wildcats into the Scottish Highlands was announced. The European subspecies is believed to be the most closely related to the Scottish one. Before the introduced animals are released, a major campaign to reduce the number of fertile feral and ...
Another relatively common antelope in Southern Africa is the red hartebeest, closely related to the tsessebe and the topi. Impala Elegant and agile, impala are slender antelope commonly mistaken for gazelle. If you get confused on safari, remember that impala are a plain sandy color, while gazell...
And though they’re closely related to primates, the animal—which is also known as a colugo—isn’t a lemur, either: It’s a completely separate creature occupying its own order (Dermoptera) and family (Cynocephalidae) with two extant species living in southeast Asia. 11. Maned Wolf ...
It's been discovered that both rhesus monkeys and elephants are capable of counting and doing basic sums. Chimpanzees have also been found to have a talent for numbers (which is not a surprise, since chimps are the animals most closely related to humans genetically). ...
A Javelina is a pig-like creature that’s covered in salt and pepper-colored fur. While this animal looks like a pig, it’s actually not related to pigs at all. Instead, it’s more closely related to hooved animals. They have a large range to their diet, eating anything from snakes...
Another closely related family called Phengodidae also contains many species called glowworm beetles. The fungus gnats, by contrast, are completely different from the beetles. They’re more closely related to flies within the order of Diptera. From an evolutionary perspective, their bioluminescent ...