Portrait of a Presa Canario purebred dog iStock.com/TamaraLSanchez The Presa Canario is large, powerful, intelligent, and headstrong. View Original Image View Dog ArticleNatalia Fesiun/Shutterstock.com With a history dating back to the earliest European settlements in South Africa, Boerboels are...
Toads of the species are adapted to living next to human settlements. One of the best times of the year to see these toads is during the mating season, primarily influenced by rainfall. As soon as rain starts (from March to September), male toads make their way to water sources where th...
The thing about settlements is that you never really know the answer to that question-who was or was not really guilty? You just know that one party or another was made happy by an offer of money, or some other part of the deal, proving the age-old adage: “Money answers all things...
Lions have been admired and feared by people for centuries, but due to both hunting and growing human settlements, lions have been wiped out from a vast portion of their historical natural range. Although they do not naturally see people as prey, African Lions have been known to sneak into ...
You'll see small villages and settlements at various points on both sides of the river, but most excursions start at the town of Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock (French Guiana). Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Prison in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
The Galápagos was annexed by Ecuador from Spain in 1832, which led to a trickle of settlements and penal colonies. It wasn’t until the 1960s that an increasing number of Ecuadorians began migrating to the islands, drawn by opportunities in fishing and tourism. Although Charles Darwin only ...
The coyote is a common canid species found throughout North and Central America. This adaptable member of the dog family is able to live in a wide range of habitats, from prairies to forests. Unlike its close relative the grey wolf, it will also live near to human settlements. Occasionally...
Spiders of this family are further known for being an actually old species that has just been discovered in areas of the world it expands its territory. It turns out Whip Spiders were always present around human settlements but weren’t easily spotted, or described for that matter. ...
the Coushatta gradually moved west out of their original settlements. In the 17th century, the Coushatta formed an alliance with the closely related Alabama tribe, and the two joined the Creek Confederacy, a group of Muskogean tribes with villages in present day Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee....
The ancestors of this breed are the primitive dogs that appeared in Greece during the proto-Hellenic era of the Pelasgoi people. Findings exist as far back as the Paleolithic age settlements in Thessaly. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as "alopecis" (small and fox-like). Similar dogs hav...