Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Type: Mammal Family: Canidae Habitat: Open tundra, forests, prairies Location: Some areas of the continental U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia Diet: Carnivore Average lifespan in the wild: 10 - 18 years Size: Shoulder height: 26 - 36 inches (.6 ...
Cape Griffon Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) Type: Bird Family: Accipitridae Habitat: Nests on the ledges of high cliff faces Location: Endemic to southern Africa, but found mainly in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Botswana Diet: Carnivore (carrion eater) Average lifespan in the wild: Estimated between 50 ...
Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata): a small semiaquatic mole. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Eulipotyphla Family: | Talpidae Genus: | Condylura Species: | C. cristata Size and Weight: They measure 6-8 inches and their is tail 2.6-3.4 inches. On average, ...
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Type: Mammal Family: Felidae Habitat: Areas with expanses of land, dense brush, and abundant prey, such as grasslands, semi-desert prairies, and mountainous terrain Location: Primarily Africa (where 90% live on commercial farms), mostly the sub-Saharan region, but range once extended into ...
An elephant trumpets wildly, breaks a chain holding it to a tree, and flees to higher ground -- just before a massive tsunami crashes ashore, drowning hundreds of thousands of people. Did the elephant know the deadly wave was coming? That's the question explored by ...
The original five members of the Druid Peak pack -- #38 and #39, the alpha male and female, and female pups #40, #41, and #42 -- were captured near Fort St. John in British Columbia and relocated to Yellowstone's acclimation pens before being released in ...
In the increasingly industrial world of North American cattle production, organic farms are the exceptions. While other farmers send their calves off to crowded feedlots to be fattened on grain enriched with nutritional supplements, a new breed of alternative rancher is keeping their young animals ...
As a skier and martial artist, Arnaud Eboli showed discipline, grace, and considerable athletic skill. So his family was mystified, then horrified, when the French teenager began exhibiting fits of rage and then started stumbling around his home in the late 1990s. Soon, he couldn't ...
In NATURE's Holy Cow, viewers meet John Webster, a British expert on cattle and animal welfare. Webster, a former president of the British Society for Animal Science, was one of the researchers asked by the British government to study the causes and consequences of mad ...
