
What The Jungle Books Got Wrong – and Right – About the Dhole (Part 2)
Welcome back! Just to recap: these “whistling dogs”, that don’t fight over food and even share kills with other animals, …
Welcome back! Just to recap: these “whistling dogs”, that don’t fight over food and even share kills with other animals, …
I first read about dholes in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books – specifically Red Dog – in which they’re basically …
…and some awkward 19th century stories, too.
It’s either far too hot or far too polite to fight.
A shark that acts like a whale gets the worst of both worlds. Sigh.
It’s like if Bambi kept his blotches, but sadder.
Fighting for conservation, or handbags at dawn?
There’s a myth that goats eat everything. In the case of the rare Nilgiri tahr (pronounced nil-ghi-ri tar), it’s everyone …
There are few cooler ways to discover new lands than on the back of a dolphin. That’s what happened in …
Like other poison dart frogs, the Cainarachi wears the colours of its martyr. Thanks to at least one kamikaze frog, …
Interviewer 3: She’s late. Did she get lost in the jungle? Interviewer 2: [sighs] There aren’t that many pot plants …
Welcome to Opposite World, where rabbits are in one place rather than everywhere, on volcanoes instead of plains, and said …
Much to my shame, I spent ages thinking “onager” was some kind of sports brand. It’s actually a sub-species of …
Have you ever played that game Scattergories and had to think of an animal beginning with “n”? When everyone else …
The “Jamaican flower” part inspires beautiful beaches, cartoonishly blue skies, lush palm trees and blazing colours. Too bad this bat …
Someone has to do the dirty work. But you’re drinking coffee, so I’ll try to keep it clean. Fortunately, Africa’s …
Stroking your lover’s hair can be romantic. For a chinchilla, pulling it is downright erotic. Of hair-raising value… That’s not …
The blue-tailed skink says “hi!” from Christmas Island! Rather than partying in the wild like the famous Christmas Island crabs, …
Clocking 48kmh (30mph) or more is pretty impressive for the ninth largest living animal, and handy if some orcas come …
The “African unicorn” can be as elusive as the myth. You would be too, if you lived in the real …