Posts tagged with "animals"
New Study Claims Earth's 6th Mass Extinction is Underway
Earth’s sixth mass extinction event may already be underway and it may be worse than previously thought.
Giraffe joins list of species that are 'vulnerable to extinction'
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) made an update to its Red List of Threatened Species earlier this week at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico. The report states that one of the world’s favorite mammals—the giraffe—is now vulnerable to...
Peacock Spider Dances Its Way Into Our Arachnophobic Hearts
You'd never consider spiders to be symbols of romance, especially during this time of year. Depicted as hairy, with dripping fangs and far too many eyes, spiders have scared the freckles off Ron Weasley and other fellow arachnophobes. However, among the tarantulas and black widows that dream of tasty flies to gobble up, one tiny peacock...
