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April 26th is Audubon Day. Included in Audubon’s Birds of America collection are illustrations of 5 birds that would soon after become extinct, along with 3 others that are now also feared extinct.
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Compared to other well-known African ungulates like giraffes, hippos, & rhinos, zebras are rather rare in ancient mosaics. I’ve only been able to locate 5 examples, all Byzantine from the 5th-6th c…
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Happy International Red Panda Day, celebrated annually on the 3rd Saturday of September! The Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens, which roughly translates to “shining cat”), is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is the only extant species of the Ailuridae family, nestled within the “weasel…
