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Predatory animals are bad and should be allowed to go extinct, or should be...
If you follow the comments here at Tet Zoo you’ll already have seen the thread that’s been developing on the ‘Giant killers: macropredation in lions’ article (originally posted back in February, and...
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The 2006 Night parrot: dead, decapitated, evidence for collision with a...
One of the most famous of ‘missing’ birds is the elusive Night parrot, an obscure nocturnal species discovered by John McDouall Stuart in 1845 (though not named until 1861). Small, reluctant to fly,...
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‘The Secret World of Naked Snakes’: a ZSL event
As a Tet Zoo regular you’ll know and love the remarkable limbless amphibians known as caecilians. In case you don’t know, caecilians have sensory tentacles, sometimes have protrusible eyes, sometimes...
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Carnivorous, worm-like amphibians invade London: ‘The Secret World of Naked...
On Monday 7th December the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hosted the one-off event ‘The Secret World of Naked Snakes’ (part of the ZSL’s ‘communicating science’ series): a whole meeting devoted...
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Yummy mummies, caecilians on the EDGE, and the gigantic Minhocão: ‘The Secret...
More thoughts on the ZSL meeting ‘The Secret World of Naked Snakes’, held on Monday 7th December. In the previous article I discussed Mark Wilkinson and David Gower’s presentations [for relevance of...
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Monster pythons of the Everglades: Inside Nature’s Giants series 2, part II
Episode 2 of series 2 of Inside Nature’s Giants was devoted to pythons (for an article reviewing ep 1, go here). Specifically, to Burmese pythons Python molurus. And, quite right too. Snakes are among...
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Close up to Andrias, despite the smell and the teeth
Aww, look at that cute little face, those piggy little, opaque eyes, that wrinkled skin. I just know that you want a little refresher on giant salamanders, so – accompanied with new photos taken at...
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A White-tailed eagle in southern England
The big buzz here in Hampshire (southern England) at the moment is the recent arrival of a White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla. This magnificent raptor – it can have a wingspan of 2.4 m and is one...
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A future for vesper bats? (vesper bats part XX – last in series)
Over the course of the previous 19 – yes, 19 – articles we’ve looked at the full diversity of vesper bat species (see links below if there are any parts you’ve missed). If you’ve been following the...
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Cristina Eisenberg’s The Wolf’s Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades...
The interconnectedness of ecosystems and their components is, today, a familiar concept. Top predators eat herbivores, herbivores eat plants, and top predators keep so-called meso-predators in check...
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