Tactics like mate guarding and copulatory plugs suggest that the last male to mate with the female may have the reproductive advantage; however, female removal of copulatory plugs suggests that perhaps female squirrels have a different reproductive strategy that may include mixed paternity litters. Refe...
1. True or false: Falcons have rounded wings and broad tails. False. Hawks have rounded wings and broad tails. Falcons have long, pointed wings and narrow tails. Read More: Hawk vs. Falcon: Spotting Differences Between Birds of Prey 2. What is the oldest known material formed on Earth?
Still, we've come a long way in our understanding. Some of the brightest minds in the history of science have focused their powerful intellects on the subject. Albert Einstein tried to imagine what it would be like to ride on a beam of light. "What if one were to run after a ray ...
Fossil records show that dragonflies existed for 100 million years before the dinosaurs. These prehistoric predators had over 3-foot wingspans and were the largest insects known. Imagine if they were that big now—a dainty dragonfly landing on your finger would not seem quite so charming! Dragon...
relationship. William has been there as well and shares a story of the time his attempts at pest eradication may have accidentally spawned an army of super squirrels. Groundhogs are battling rabbits. Coyote pee is everywhere. Honestly, nature is a mess. And what happened to that pesky raccoon...
In a long-term study of the spotted hyena in Kenya, Holekamp and Smale28 found a five-fold difference in lifetime reproductive success between the alpha female and the lowest ranking one. Various models have examined the spread of mutations in social species under different conditions including ...
Similar to how Afrosoricida was redefined as an order distinct from similar creatures on the other side of the country, elephant shrews have been moved from Afrosoricida into their own order. Resembling small mice, these species have extended rear legs that allow them to leap long distances. ...
Jem describes Boo as being: “About six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cat he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran...
It turns out that birds do not mind the hot pepper taste but squirrels have a distinct aversion to it. This prevents squirrels from eating birdseed laid out for wild birds. Other ingredients such as algae extract can be added to improve the tone and color of a bird's feathers. ...
Humans and the other animals are so entangled in this stereotype because animals have long been seen through anthropocentric eyes that project human qualities upon them and, equally, animals have enduringly been summoned to be a natural proof of the (human) social order. This entanglement has ...