Animal Behavior
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HOW ANIMALS EAT
A Red Deer Browses on Tall Ferns. Photo: Kevin Law Some Plant Eaters Graze, Others Browse—And Some Do Both. What’s The Difference? Aanimals with hooves, such as deer, antelope, sheep,…
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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
Even in the heart of suburbia, the circle of life endures. The video clip shows a baby rabbit being released by a family after apparently being nursed back to health.…
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The Most Dangerous Shark
There are at least ten species of sharks that will occasionally bite, and even kill, humans who enter their habitat. By far, however, the species responsible for the most attacks,…
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Using Chimps as Guinea Pigs
Great apes—chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans—will soon become exempt from medical research in the United States, if a U.S. congressman from Maryland gets his way. Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett recently introduced…
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Facts on Orangutans
The orangutan is a large, red-hair ape which, among apes, is second in size only to the gorilla, with large males weighing as much as 114 kilograms, or 250 pounds.…
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Tortoise Helping a Buddy?
We found this video on another nature website, and the person who posted it seemed to be claiming that it represented an example of altruism in a reptile species. [ez-toc]…
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Moonlight Monkeys
The ‘night monkeys’ of Central and South America are unique among anthropoids, which are the most highly evolved groups of primates, and include monkeys, apes and humans. As their name…
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