Just as in North America, the mesocarnivores of South America face threats borne from misunderstanding. The crab-eating fox, also known as the wood fox or maikong, is one…
A large lizard species hangs on for survival among the often-sizzling desert and shrublands in San Joaquin Valley of California. In addition to the usual threats of expanding…
Researchers have found that a plant called Triantha occidentalis, which is a tiny white flower, is actually carnivorous.1 Originally appearing in scientific literature in 1879, it can be…
The fisher is one of the most reclusive and therefore misunderstood mammals in North America. Sometimes known as a fisher cat, this large weasel is neither a cat…
Before the European settlement of North America, river otters inhabited every waterway on the continent. The traditional abundance of this mesopredator and the subsequent drastic reduction in population…
Typically portrayed in popular culture as being ugly, opossums have several physical traits that make them unlike any other North American mammal. First, they are the only marsupial…
The fisher is one of the most reclusive and therefore misunderstood mammals in North America. Sometimes known as a fisher cat, this large weasel is neither a cat…
This carnivore is one of the largest cats in the world. They come in third place, right behind the tiger and lion. Within the United States, they take…
•Chris Anderson
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