Life on Earth is incredibly diverse, with more than 1.2 million living animal species thriving even in the harshest environments, and another 7.5 million yet to be discovered. But despite being the ...

Tallest giraffe ever recorded was George, a huge Masai male who lived in Chester Zoo in Kenya, who died in 1969. He was 20 ft tall (19ft tall with 1 ft long horns). World’s biggest living giraffe is ...

The world’s largest land mammal migration isn’t the famous journey of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, elands, and impala through the Serengeti of Tanzania to the Masai Mara region of Kenya and back ...

The largest land mammal to ever live on Earth had unique features, combining the traits of both rhino and giraffe. The creature, now extinct, is known as Paraceratherium, according to IFLScience. They ...

Researchers recently investigated hammer-headed bat populations in southern Cameroon. The mixed-methods investigation was conducted in mature rainforest, where these massive, bizarre-looking bats ...

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Capybaras are some of nature’s most interesting animals, known for their sweet personalities and unique social bonds. Florida’s Clearwater Marine Aquarium knows just how beloved these large rodents ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fruit bats, nicknamed flying foxes, don’t do things in half measures: 10 million of them migrate to Zambia, during which time they will devour ...