The shaggy-coated sloth bear is native to India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Sloth bears primarily eat termites and ants, and unlike other bear species, they routinely carry their cubs on their backs.
Other potential predators include jackals, wild dogs, wolves, leopards and other
Guinea pigs are rodents that were first domesticated in 5,000 B.C. The domesticated species, Cavia porcellus, is most likely derived from the Andean Cavia tschudii (or montane guinea pig), found in Peru, highland Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and northeastern Chile.
Description The domesticated guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) does not live in the wild
The Andean bear, or spectacled bear, is the only bear native to South America. It is a clever, arboreal animal that builds platforms and nests in trees for eating and sleeping.
South America’s only bears and live in the Andes and outlying mountain ranges, from western
Bird keeper Wesley Bailey shares an update on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s success breding brown kiwi.
our team helped raise four Guam kingfishers—a species considered extinct in the wild
True to their name, red-bellied piranhas have red undersides. Their bodies are gray and flecked with bright, silver scales. Native to the Amazon River basin, these fish are important scavengers. They tend to travel in schools of 20 or more.
Food/Eating Habits In the wild, a good portion of their diet consists of fins nipped
Twig catfish, named due to their resemblance to twigs, are found throughout the Amazon, Orinoco and Panara rivers, as well as rivers of the Guyana Shield. They are one of the only fish known that have evolved to eat wood as a primary energy source.
Conservation Efforts The twig fish’s status in the wild is unknown.
Von der Decken hornbills are native to dry regions of eastern Africa. Males have large, red bills while females have black bills. Like other hornbills, female Von der Decken hornbills bury themselves alive to hatch and rear their chicks. For two months, the male feeds the female and the chicks through a slit in the mud nest.
Food/Eating Habits In the wild they eat small ground prey, eggs, fruits and insects
Dunlins are a medium-sized sandpiper with a slightly down-curved black bill. In North America, dunlins spend the summer breeding season in the arctic and subarctic regions, and winter along both coasts of the United States and Mexico.
Lifespan The oldest known wild dunlin from Europe was 24 years old.
One of the most widespread duck species, northern pintails have extensive migratory routes. Habitat loss poses the biggest threat to this duck. As their wetland and prairie habitats are converted and fragmented, northern pintail populations continue to decrease.
In North America, these grounds span from Alaska through the Canadian Arctic to western
Fire-bellied toads, also called bombina, are warty, aquatic toads with bright orange or red undersides. These gregarious frogs are native to China and Russia.
Moderate numbers are exported mainly to Western Europe and North America in the international
