World-first study reveals the mysteries of the desert-dwelling marsupial mole
Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...
The New York Times19 天
Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds
A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...
Young desert creature — slightly iridescent — found in Somaliland. It’s a new species
The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high-altitude semiarid” part of Somaliland, the study said. It has a ...
Live Science11 天
Spotted hyena found in Egypt for 1st time in 5,000 years — then trackers killed it with a ...
Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...
Elusive Californian mammal captured on camera for first time ever
Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic ...
Miami Herald19 天
Young desert creature — slightly iridescent — found in Somaliland. It’s a new species
the young creature caught in a desert of eastern Africa might not have looked like much. But the slightly iridescent animal turned out to be a new species. Jakob Hallermann and Oliver Hawlitschek ...