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Africa's plants: A database project has recorded 65,000 species, and is still growing
The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...
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New Species Of South African Rain Frog Discovered, And It’s Absolutely Fuming About It
A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, angry-looking faces, and rounded “golf-ball” like bodies. Now, this collection of ...
African Bullfrog Dad Saves His Tadpoles from Drought
African bullfrogs approach parenting a little differently from many other species. It is the males who take on the heavy ...
Dogs on the trail of South Africa's endangered tortoises
Snout pressed to the ground, a border collie named Delta zigzagged through the shrubs on a private nature reserve near Cape ...
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Africa’s freshwater fish crisis: 26% of species threatened with extinction
Freshwater fish are an ‘aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine’ for Africa’s rivers, lakes and wetlands, a new report ...
Here's the Punny Name Readers Chose for Denver Zoo's Baby African Pancake Tortoise: EXCLUSIVE
The baby African pancake tortoise's birth was announced on June 10. The zoo then turned to TODAY.com readers to select the ...
‘Large’-eyed creature with ‘gem’-like pattern found in pond. It’s a new species
Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.
Africa’s freshwater ecosystems depend on little creatures like insects and snails: study maps overlooked species
Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...
South Africa’s National Bird Faces Extinction Once Again
When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to ...
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Africa's freshwater fish risk extinction, says study
According to the report, 26 percent of assessed freshwater fish species in Africa are at risk, with experts warning that the ...
‘Large’-eyed creature found in murky water of shrinking pond. It’s a new species
On a floodplain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a shrinking pond, doomed to eventually dry up. Inside its murky ...
WATCH: African penguin chicks take first swim at Mystic Aquarium
Four penguin chicks took a big leap at Mystic Aquarium! Just months after hatching in January, the four African penguin ...