The hooded pitohui was thought at 1 time to be a whistler species, but is now known to be a member of the Old World oriole family. They are a medium-sized songbird and among the very few known poisonous birds. They are found on New Guinea. With a stable population […]
The domino cockroach, aka Indian domino cockroach, desert cockroach, or seven-spotted cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in southern India. These cockroaches spend the daylight hours buried in leaf litter or in loose soil. Due to their abundance
The broad-tailed hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird found at higher elevations from western Canada, western United States, Mexico, and Central America. These hummingbirds are abundant and often seen buzzing around flowers and hummingbird feeders in gardens
The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is a medium-sized hare species native to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. These critters face many threats to their survival including the threats of habitat loss at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching,
The school shark, aka tope, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark, is a species of houndshark that can be found off the coastlines of nearly every continent, sans Antarctica. Sadly, due to overfishing and over harvesting these sharks are
The blue-headed quail-dove, aka blue-headed partridge-dove, hail from the pigeon and dove family and are endemic to island of Cuba. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the logging industry; hunting; trapping; invasive species, via feral cats preying on both
The Caspian seal, 1 of the smallest members of the earless seal family, is rare in that it is found among the brackish (partially salty) Caspian Sea. These seals prefer to dwell along the shorelines, however,
The crawfish frog is a medium-sized, frog species native to the grasslands and prairies of the United States. These frogs face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial development, logging, fires, and fire suppression;
The purple-crowned fairywren is the largest of the 11 species or Australasian wren species. They are found in northern Australia. Their species’ name hails from the Latin word cǒrōna meaning “crown”, and is in reference to the distinctive purple circle of
The Pantropical spotted dolphin can be found in all the world’s temperate and tropical oceans. These dolphins were starting to decline rapidly before the 1980s due to millions of them being killing in tuna purse seine nets. But thanks to “dolphin safe” practices,
