Tennessee, USA. From the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail, this record-setting wolfhound was 237 cm (7 ft 9 in). GWR is seeking a newlongest living dog(see end of article), but excitingly there is a rumour going around that an application has been received...
Mosquitoes are a nuisance, and ugly, and I love the sight of a smashed mosquito in the palm of my hands when I clap them to death. However, I cannot consider them a bully since they are only sucking our blood for the continuance of their species. Similarly, that's why lawyers didn't...
Giant weta are endemic to New Zealand, and because all but one species is at risk of extinction, they are protected by strict environmental laws. Watch the video below to see the giant Wetas in action! Giant Wetas are among the heaviest insects in the world, up to 2.5 ounces, more ...
Largest hamster species A hamster may seem out of place among these giants of giants, but perhaps you've never seen a European (or black-bellied) hamster… Excluding its tail, these rodents can reach 34 cm (1 ft 1.3 in) in length – about the same span as that between a...
a“The threats to biodiversity are increasing and conservation efforts for threatened species are not sufficient,” four researchers in Ecology Letters. “Conservation practitioners and the public alike are often polarized as to what constitutes the wise use of a limited budget.” “对生物多样性的威...
It’s easy to forget just how big a blue whale is compared to a human until you learn that just the tail of a blue whale is 25 feet wide – nearly 5 times the height of an average human! If you were to take a blue whale from the ocean and place it onto the average professional...
China's National Tourism Day falls on May 19 every year starting the year of 2011. The date was chosen to commemorate the day when China's ancient travel book writer Xu Xiake (1587-1641) began writing his masterpiece "Travel Notes of Xu Xiake". Special friendship cuts across species China...
A Native Species with a Mysterious Life History Native to larger tributaries of the Mississippi River, smallmouth buffalo are found in waterways ranging from Montana to Pennsylvania and as far south as the Rio Grande. In Texas, these fish are widespread in large streams, rivers, and reservoirs,...
Almost wiped out after the Second World War (and completely extinct in their native Belgium), the toy dog Griffon Bruxellois has one of most impressive scraggly beards on man’s best friend. 10 Arabian Tahr Image: Wikimedia Related to sheep, the Arabian tahr is the smallest species of tahr...
In the study, the researchers suction-cupped their sensors onto the backs of 13 species of both baleen and toothed whales, including porpoises and dolphins of various sizes, allowing the team to track the animals’ underwater activities. With data pouring in from the tag’s pres...