The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

There are a wide variety of diets in the animal kingdom. While some animals need to eat hundreds of times a day to survive, others only need to eat once every few weeks. Some of the large animals on ...

Abstract: Accurate taxonomy of Felis species is necessary to understand their evolutionary linkages and thereby support ecological research and enhancement of conservation activities. Using a modified ...

A group of volcanic islands, Hawaii is located 2,000 miles southwest of the U.S. mainland in the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii boasts an exceptionally high number of endemic species that are now severely ...

This kitty may resemble a typical housecat, but she’s actually a deadly wildcat found on the plains of the African savannah. This black-footed cat is named Gyra, and she’s being tracked by researchers ...

Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) / compiled by Linda Harvey Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Harvey, Linda Notes Includes index. Date 1970 Call number QL737.C25H34 Type ...

Saving rare species from extinction requires extraordinary measures. The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals. Once thought to be extinct, after the species was ...

AN investigation of the life-cycle of the acellular slime-mould (myxomycete) Physarum polycephalum has revealed that a mating-type system exists in this organism, and analysis of this system has been ...

† State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China § School of Chinese ...

Megalopodidae is a small family of Chrysome-loidea comprising over 580 species distributed worldwide, but with most of the diversity occurring in the Neotropical region (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2014).