As beautiful and cute as Andean cats might appear, their exquisiteness has only increased the threats to their life, as they have been known to be hunted for their beautiful pelts. This has led to them being listed as an Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Another major reason for the decreasing numbers of these beautiful cats is the loss of their habitat as well as the main food source, due to, yes, human intervention....
Arcovenator escotae was one of the ferocious hunters of the Late Cretaceous period. It was found on the continent of Europe near France. It was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to the family Abelisauridae. Arcovenators were big dinosaurs. They had a big skull, a not-so-heavy body, and well-built strong legs for running. And for balancing their body, they had a long fat tail. All these were awesome except for one thing....
The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) is a small songbird (passerine bird) in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae which also includes birds such as the great crested flycatcher, the vermilion flycatcher, the scissor tailed and the least flycatcher. It is 5.1 in (12.9 cm) long (including the tail) has grayish brown upperparts including the head and breast sides with whitish underparts and a white throat and a dark bill with a pale yellow lower mandible....
The Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, is an extinct species of lion known for its majesty and ferocity. This powerful lion resided in the Barbary Coast area of Maghreb from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco to Egypt. It is also called the Panther Leo, Atlas lion, Egyptian lion, Berber lion, and the Nubian lion. In the wild, Barbary lions are extinct and there remain fewer than a hundred descendants of the original Barbary lions in the world’s zoos....
The black cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is a medium-sized bird member of the cuckoo species of the family Cuculidae. The cuckoos are given this name because of their call ‘cuck-oo.’ However, this call sound is only produced by males. The female’s call sounds like the bubbling of running water out of a tub when the plug is removed. So, as the name suggests, the black cuckoo is glossy black. They occupy a wide range of Sub-Saharan Africa....
Common frogs are found in the continent of Europe, from Great Britain to central Russia. The common frog (Rana temporaria) is also known as the grass common green frog or the russet frog. It is a semi-aquatic amphibian which means it can survive on land and water, but it prefers to stay in regions near a source of water. The common frog has three distinct life stages, it starts as aquatic larva, then becomes a terrestrial juvenile, and then reaches adulthood....
Crowned woodnymph is a species of bird found in Belize, Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru. The bird is a species of the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The bird species fall under the genus Thalurania and was formally described in 1848 by John Gould. The species crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) is also known as violet crowned woodnymph, purple-crowned woodnymph, blue-crowned woodnymph, citado woodnymph, and Colombian woodnymph. The species is closely related to the green crowned woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) and Mexican woodnymph (Thalurania ridgwayi)....
The dusky rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) gets its name from its appearance as this type of fish are quite interesting. Being a part of the biological class of ray-finned fish, also known as the Actinopterygii, the dusky rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus), or the S. ciliatus is a fairly deep-water sea and ocean fish that prefers the salted waters of these water bodies. In fact, it was only recently that the S. ciliatus (Sebastes ciliatus) was distinguished from the Sebastes variabilis....
Few birds make calls sounds like a pleasant song. Therefore, these birds are usually called songbirds. But do you know, there is one songbird known as the state bird of Missouri and New York? Don’t worry! The answer is an eastern bluebird. To know more exciting facts about the eastern bluebird, continue reading our article.The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory bird that belongs to the Passeriformes order and the Turdidae family....
The eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera) belongs to the genus Romalea and the order Orthoptera. The species is native to several states of the United States, such as Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Missouri, Florida, and many more. The eastern lubber grasshopper is known by different names such as the Florida lubber and the Florida lubber grasshopper. These insects are quite big in size, and their average length is 2.5-3 in (64-76 mm)....
A must-watch on the list of bird lovers who travel to see the exotic birds in the world is a Great Grey Owl (or Great Gray Owl), who gives great pleasure when found in the wild. Perched at heights, this is a beautiful nocturnal owl with its large yellow eyes and long black and white feathers.The large bird is found throughout the Northern hemisphere; it lives in colder climates near the Arctic....
The Hawaiian squirrelfish (Sargocentron xantherythrum) is a beautiful fish found in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii and Johnston Atoll. It is a commonly found fish that can be the perfect addition to any aquarium or tank. It is a type of squirrelfish, which are characterized by large eyes, and red and white colors on their body. This squirrelfish is nocturnal, like many species of its Genus, which means it is only active during the night to forage and feed on marine invertebrates, which form a big part of its diet....
The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris endemic to the western and most of the central parts of Indonesia’s island of Java. While it was first described as a distinct species, it was long considered a subspecies of the Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) until morphological and genetic reassessments in the 2000s led to its elevation to full species status. The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) from Indonesia, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia and the Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), an Asian species from South East Asia, are closely related to this species....
The jewel beetle has a shiny, brilliant color on its chitinous shell called the carapace. Buprestidae is their scientific name, but they are known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles. The larvae are known as flat-headed borers. There are 15,500 species known in 775 genera. Insect collectors are very passionate about some of the most vibrantly colored large beetles in this species. In many countries like Japan, Thailand, and India, the colorful shells are used for making beetle wing jewelry....
A laughing kookaburra, referred to as laughing jackass or giant kingfisher is a laughing bird native to eastern Australia. Kookaburra is important because it is the largest member of the kingfisher family. Their habitats constitute woodland, forest areas, parks, and gardens. These birds make a distinctive sharp call through a complex sound-producing mechanism, that resembles raucous laughter hence they are called laughing kookaburra. These sounds are produced to mark their territory, protect or attract mates and maintain the social hierarchy....
The Leonerasaurus is a new sauropodomorph dinosaur that was named by Alberto Garrido, Ignacio A. Cerda, and Diego Pol. The fossils were recovered from the Las Leoneras foundation in Argentina and were not of the complete body of the Leonerasaurus. After studying the fossils, it was concluded that they belonged to the Early Jurassic period and would be really helpful in understanding the evolution of the early sauropodomorphs, different than a sauropod....
The lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) is among the non-migratory resident birds of the world that lives in tropical and sub-tropical, dry or wet forests in the Lesser Antilles range of islands, which include Dominica, Guadeloupe, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, the British Virgin Island, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a solitary bird and is usually seen alone or in pairs. The male is black or slate-gray in color, with a red throat patch and lores, while the female is a sandy brown color with reddish-brown wings....
The migrant hawker, scientifically known as Aeshna mixta, is a dragonfly with markings of a yellow triangle on its abdomen. These dragonflies love water bodies and are most frequent on ponds, lakes, and gardens. The migrant hawker is a tiny hawker dragonfly. It spends a lot of time patrolling sheltered territory in the air and wildlife in small batches. Party of migrant hawkers collects over the garden to prey on insects, so ensure to check your garden during summer from July till autumn of November....
The Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor), also known as dicée concolore, belongs to the order Passeriformes and the family Dicaeidae. It is a small flowerpecker species from the genus Dicaeum. They have subspecies that were earlier called the plain flowerpecker and are now renamed as Dicaeum minullum. The Dicaeum concolor, Nilgiri flowerpecker, mostly feeds on nectar and fruits and their distribution range inhabits various populations. They are among the smallest birds in the world, and more than half of their population can be found in a specific region of India....
The Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) is known to belong to the family Muridae. This rat is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Pacific. They are found in various islands in the central and western Pacific. The habitat of this rat includes scrubs, forests, and grasslands. These rats can also be found in cultivated lands, houses, and granaries. The preferred elevations are below 3280 ft (1000 m). The diet or food of this rat includes grasses, seeds, fruits, broadleaf plants, and they are also known to feed on earthworms, spiders, insects, and cicadas....
