A single camera trap image of an Asian golden cat, photographed in Nepal’s Jajarkot district, has expanded this felid species’ range westward by nearly 400 kilometers (248 miles). Out of nearly 60,000 camera trap images snapped in 2024 in the district, this elusive cat showed itself just once. It’s likely, says Badri Baral, program coordinator with Nature Conservation Initiative Nepal, […]
A violent practice rooted in colonialism is being subverted, with the release of a new book that flips the idea of the “Big 5”. Marking Earth Day, 11 striking images reveal the animals that are disappearing from our planet. “From the towering giraffe to the bright orange and blue rock agama to the deep-sea anglerfish that produces its own light, […]
Mountain gorillas are one of the most amazing species in the world with unique facts that have remained unknown even to those that have visited them before in the wild. 1. Rare Majesty According to the latest mountain gorilla census conducted in 2018, there are about 1,063 individuals in the wild. They are found in only two locations in the […]
Tourists take trips to Yellowstone National Park in the United States for exciting encounters with wildlife, to African parks such as Serengeti, Masai Mara, and Kruger for incredible safaris, and to Khao Yai in Thailand to see large Asian mammals. Only a two-hour drive from massive and congested Bangkok, residents of the Thai capital do weekend trips to Khao Yai […]
Chimpanzees, also called chimps, are two extant hominid species of apes in the genus Pan. There are two species of chimpanzees and the Congo River divides these two native habitats; Common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes (West and Central Africa) and Bonobo, Pan paniscus (forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Scientifically, chimpanzees are members of the family Hominidae, along with […]