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There can be few British mammals more distinctive and well-loved than the hedgehog. Indeed, a 2016 poll  found that it is, by a substantia...

Conservation of mammals (or other animals) isn't simply a matter of providing enough suitable habitat for them to live in. One other c...

Two of the three species of shrew found in Britain are very similar to one another in appearance and habits. This is hardly surprising, give...

Seba's short-tailed bat ( Carollia perspicillata ) feeding on wild pepper If the presence of plenty of carnivores is generally bad n...

One of the things that sloths are noted for is spending a lot of time hanging upside down. This isn't, of course, something they liter...

Common shrew For some reason that I no longer recall, a picture of a shrew cropped up while I was talking with a friend on the internet....

The reason that there are so many different animal species in the world is that they all have different living requirements; it's no s...