Laura's Animals / Wildlife Blog

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A small village in Columbia recently had a surprise visit from a spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), an endangered species of bear whose territory once extended throughout the Andes Mountains of ... Read More

If you listen carefully, sometime in mid-February you'll start to here the sounds of spring (if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, of course). Depending on your location, birds will start ... Read More

Today, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) calling for the protection of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) under the US ... Read More

Organisms have been found hidden away within sediments collected from the ocean floor. The soil samples were obtained from depths of over seven miles and contained single-celled creatures that resemble ... Read More

Researchers from the University of Florida have discovered that ants belonging to the species Cephalotes atratus are able to glide their way to safety if they fall from the trees ... Read More

Conservation International recently extended their list of the most endangered places on Earth to include nine new locations. These endangered areas, called 'hotspots', now total 34 locations. The new locations ... Read More

Since November 2004, four North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) have been found dead along the east coast of the United States. Two of the four dead whales were pregnant ... Read More

It turns out that birds aren't such 'bird brains' after all. The BBC reports that scientists who have been studying the intellectual powers of birds for over a decade have ... Read More