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Fascinating Fauna
LSU mascot lives on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country
One of the largest and most advanced tiger enclosures is not in any zoo, but on a university campus. Mike the Tiger, the Louisiana State University mascot, lives across the street from the... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by allison and Nicholas Jackson
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature
Few sites in the world speak of an evolutionary tale as rich and captivating as that of Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt's "Whale Valley." There, amid a wind-sculpted landscape of sand and rocks, lies a... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Trevor and wythe
Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem
Named for a massive granite standing rock that is actually closer to fourteen acres in size, the Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve is set in a 2,267-acre park in South Carolina that is open for... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by lewis, Annetta and others
Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District
It is not an uncommon sight in San Francisco’s Financial District to see pigeons disappear at lighting speed, attacked from on high by the city’s resident Peregrine Falcons.
These beautiful... »
Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others
Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia
Harbour seals, grey seals, elephant seals - these all share a common habitat, the ocean. The Baikal Seals are one of the only seals to live exclusively in freshwater. (The only other species of... »
Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and others
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth
Three warm springs used to form a rare desert marshland at the base of the mountains outside Socorro, New Mexico.
Two of these have now been diverted for the town's water supply and only... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by philcrater, Nicholas Jackson and others
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Tens of thousands of flying foxes (a cat-size version of the fruit bat) have set up camp in the central Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. By day, they roost in the trees, waking at dusk to seek out... »
Extraordinary Flora, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by A Facebook user and Annetta
