Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week’s is the family and food friendly, Ant Picnic. According to the website, “What ants eat at different ...

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis): The giraffe is an African mammal and is the tallest living land animal. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Artiodactyla Family: | Giraffidae Genus: | Giraffa ...

This piece comes to us from Tim R.B. Davenport, Director of Species Conservation for Africa at WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). I have spent the last four months at home in Arusha, northern Tanzania, isolating as ...

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious): The name “hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water horse” or “river horse.” AKA: Hippo Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | ...

Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week we bring you What’s in Your Backyard from the University of Oklahoma, which aims to team up citizen ...

Koala: the koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Diprotodontia Family: | Phascolarctidae Genus: | Phascolarctos Species: | cinereus ...

Rhiannon Kirton is a wildlife specialist and one of the organizers behind the viral online movement, Black Birders Week. Although the week has ended, the work has just begun for this grassroots group. Black AF in STEM ...

The first ever Black Birders Week was organized by the grassroots group Black AF in STEM, and has united Black professionals working across science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. The core message ...