Tag: Animals

Among the most admired species in the animal kingdom is the majestic tiger, the largest wild cat in the world. Easily recognised by its…

The Azuero Peninsula is a square plot of land in Southern Panama that protrudes about 50 miles out into the Pacific Ocean. Known for…

I love Thanksgiving, in part because I am an avian vet and this is a bird holiday involving a very special bird — the…

by Jamie Schmid [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he African lion, a symbol of beauty and strength, is now slated to be extinct by 2050. As the iconic big…

The giant panda lives in Sichuan province and is also found within Shaanxi and Gansu. It grows to be between 2 and 3 feet tall at…

More than half a century ago, conservationist Rachel Carson sounded an alarm about human impacts on the natural world with her book Silent Spring. Its…

Birds are a fascinating and diverse group of vertebrates that includes 18,000 different species in the world – from sleepy eagle owls and talking…

What is the German Shepherd used for? Hardly any other pedigree breed is as versatile as the German Shepherd. Originally bred as a herding dog…

bird, (class Aves), any of the approximately 11,200 living species unique in having feathers, the major characteristic that distinguishes them from all other animals. A more-elaborate definition would…

animal, (kingdom Animalia), any of a group of multicellular eukaryotic organisms (i.e., as distinct from bacteria, their deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is contained in…