Until recently, scientists believed that all silky anteaters belonged to the same species. But in 2017, Miranda published an analysis of silky anteater DNA from across the Americas, revealing ...

There’s only one species of aardvark, which is the Orycteropus afer, while there are 4 anteater species. They’re known as the giant anteater, northern tamandua, southern tamandua, and silky ...

Until recently, scientists believed that all silky anteaters belonged to the same species. But in 2017, Miranda and colleagues published an analysis of silky anteater DNA from across the Americas ...

This Fluffy Little Anteater May Be a New Species The animals eke out a living in a pocket of mangroves on Brazil’s Atlantic coast. James Hall, Hakai. October 10, 2023. Get our newsletter!

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Startled from its slumber, the tennis ball–sized silky anteater raises its forepaws defensively like a boxer. Miranda, a researcher in conservation medicine at the State University of Santa Cruz in ...

“Scientists estimate that we’ve identified only one-tenth of all species on Earth,” said Dr. Shannon Bennett, chief of science at the California Academy of Sciences, in a statement.

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The world’s trees are in critical danger, with a staggering number of tree species teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a new global analysis released Monday. The decade-long ...

Stock image of a bluehead wrasse. These fish can also change sex from female to male if the dominant male dies. iStock / Getty Images Plus. "Sex change is favored when one sex gains a large ...

There are four species of anteaters—the giant anteater, southern and northern tamanduas, and silky anteaters—and all of them are totally awesome. Here are 15 reasons why. 1. Their tongues are ...