Sean van Niekerk, an experienced Game Ranger, gave us some incredible insights into the life of a game ranger and the anti-poaching war. On our podcast, he chatted to Cayla de Souza from AATG about some of his experiences and how they combat poaching. Who Is Sean? Sean grew up next to the Kruger National ...
If you, like me, were shocked to learn that some chameleons give live birth – this is the article for you! Let’s take a look at four really cool ovoviviparous chameleons, and what being ovoviviparous actually means. What does ovoviviparous mean? Ovoviviparous chameleons do not lay eggs like oviparous reptiles. These chameleons give birth to ...
Dinosaurs have been breaking the minds of paleontologists and curious minds worldwide for decades. What did they eat, did they live in groups, were all of them cold-blooded like reptiles? And over the years, what we know of these prehistoric giants has come a long way since the first fossils were discovered. Let’s take a ...
For the longest time, it has been assumed that Elapoidea snakes originated from Africa, based on the discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil. Recent genetic research tells us something quite different, though – it tells us that this group of snakes, in fact, originated in Asia 35 million years ago. Initially, the gap between 25 ...
Although all fossil findings are exhilarating, this is a pretty special discovery. This is the fossil of a huge salamander-like predator that was twice the size of other fossils found from the same period. Other than revealing the vicious nature (huge interlocking fangs and a mouth that used suction to capture its prey) of this ...
This is one creative way of conducting research: eight sea lions from Australia have been equipped with cameras in order to help scientists uncover things that have never been documented before! Other than potentially leading to groundbreaking conservation strategies, it’s just an amazing journey to follow the everyday lives of sea lions – we could ...
This exciting fossil finding really does prove that size doesn’t matter. A tiny piece of amber, not much larger than a pebble, holds the oldest baby snake fossil ever found. And when we say old we mean really, really, really old – estimates state that this tiny snake lived on Earth 99 million years ago. ...
Even if you’re not mad about dinos, you probably still know that the T-Rex is one of the most massive and lethal beasts to ever have walked this planet we call Earth. However, recent research suggests that we’ve been underestimating the T-Rex and that this beast was in fact even bigger (and scarier) than we ...
In the world of bats, we thought we’d seen it all. But nature always has a way of surprising us, doesn’t it? Just when scientists thought they knew these nocturnal creatures inside and out, along comes a discovery that’s literally lighting up the research world. Hold onto your hats, folks, because we’re about to dive ...
In this post, you’ll meet the invisible frog that may cause breakthroughs in medical research – as if its transparency wasn’t already fascinating enough! Extraordinary Amphibian The glass frog is a small and unassuming amphibian with an extraordinary ability to blend seamlessly into its surroundings. You could say that it almost possesses a superpower – ...
