DerdriuMarriner

aka Derdriu from United States. Wizzley author for 11 years. 100%

I am an arborist, and I appreciate nature. My favorite tree is the American chestnut (Castanea dentata). My graduate degree is in political science, and my undergraduate degree is in world civilization.

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Death of Nola: Only Three Known Living Northern White Rhinoceroses

The death of 41-year-old Nola at California’s San Diego Zoo spells extinction for northern white rhinoceroses and surrogacy for six southern white rhinos.

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Cinereus Ringtail Possums (Pseudochirulus cinereus) of Daintree River in Queensland, Australia

Ghosts abhor the ground. They appear and disappear like grey floaters. The same can be said of Daintree River ringtail possums.

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American Curl Cats: Spontaneous Mutation in a Stray Leads to Feline Stardom in Six Years

American Curl cats are so named because their ears curl ear-resistibly backward, giving them unusual expressions of joyous surprise or quizzically startled worry.

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Ringtails, State Mammal of Arizona

Is it a cat? Is it a fox? Is it a raccoon? It is a ring-tailed cat, a raccoon family member whose scientific name (Bassariscus astutus) means "cunning little fox."

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Prehistoric Life

Wendiceratops pinhorniensis: Wendy's Horned Dinosaur of Alberta, Canada

Wendiceratops pinhorniensis honors fossil-hunter and photographer Wendy Sloboda's discovery of a horned dinosaur skull fragment in Alberta, Canada.

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Prehistoric Life

Pakasuchus kapilimai: Tanzania's Extinct Warm-Blooded Cat Crocodile

Tanzania’s fossils of extinct warm-blooded cat crocodile Pakasuchus kapilima discovered by Dr Patrick O’Connor head twenty-first century scientific finds.

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Prehistoric Life

Dearcmhara shawcrossi: Shawcross's Marine Lizard of Skye, Scotland

Dearcmhara shawcrossi is Shawcross’s Marine Lizard whose fossil in Skye, Scotland, in 1959 elucidates fossil-poor Jurassic Earth of 170,000,000 years ago.

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Ring-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) of Australian Lands "Down Under"

The yellow-footed rock wallaby also is called the ring-tailed rock wallaby. Both names recognize the wallaby's hallmark features. Predators and wildfires threaten this Aussie icon.

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Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) of Australia's Eastern Coasts and Islands

In Americanese, the word possum can apply to an opossum. In Australia, it cannot. One of the Land Down Under's most beautiful and beloved possums is the common ringtail.

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Ngwayir (Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis): Ringtail Possum of West Australia

Scientists argue over ringtail possums. Is a westerner a common ringtail or another species? While experts debate, locals know that ngwayirs by any name are still ngwayirs.

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Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia

Rock ringtail possums are not nest-building tree-dwellers. They enjoy life among large boulders and on rocky ledges. They hide by inserting just their heads in rocky crevices.

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Reptiles & Amphibians

200-Year-Old Chinese Giant Salamander in Cave Near Chongqing, China

China News Network announces a fisherman’s discovery of a 200-year-old Chinese giant salamander in a cave outside the town of Chongqing, southwest China.

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Dreamtime Perenties: Australia's Enormous Varanus Giganteus on the Prowl

The largest lizard in its native Australia, perentie (Varanus giganteus) has iconic associations with historic and prehistoric landscapes. This intrinsic connection is explored.

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Owston's Banded Palm Civets (Chrotogale owstoni): Ringtails of China, Laos, and Vietnam

Synthetic substitutes decrease civet musk demand. Severe acute respiratory syndrome ends the civet pet trade. Habitat loss and snare traps now threaten Owston’s banded palm civets.

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Death of Nabiré: Only Four Known Living Northern White Rhinoceroses

The death of Nabiré in the Czech Republic’s Dvůr Králové Zoo leaves only four known living northern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum cottoni).

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White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys

The White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica) is a ring-tailed mammal native to the New World from southwestern United States southward into northern South America.

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Chelonoidis donfaustoi: Eastern Santa Cruz Giant Galápagos Tortoise

Chelonoidis donfaustoi is the name of the new Galápagos Giant species, commonly called Don Fausto’s Eastern Santa Cruz Tortoise, since October 21, 2015.

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Banded Palm Civets (Hemigalus derbyanus): Ringtails of Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand

Banded palm civets are not among the spotted civets. They have musky-smelling, striped bodies. They especially like living near palm trees on insular and mainland Southeast Asia.

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