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Why don’t pandas have more sex?

It’s true. Male pandas have very teensy winkies so minute that over the years many humans trained in the ways of sexing bears have mistaken boy pandas for girl pandas. Female pandas have a reproductive window so fleeting – just

Henry 23 March 201726 August 2020 Conservation, Evolution, Pandas, Zoology Read more

Lonesome George has relatives

Lonesome George has relatives

Lonesome George might be have passed away but he’s still making the news. Less than six months after his death, with his carapace still interred in a Galapagos freezer, it appears he may not have been the last of his

Henry 19 November 201226 August 2020 Conservation, Evolution, Galapagos, Zoology Read more

Extinct Galapagos tortoise has just been hiding

Extinct Galapagos tortoise has just been hiding

A species of Galapagos tortoise – thought to be extinct for over 150 years – may, in fact, be alive and well. This finding – made by geneticists at Yale University – is particularly surprising when you consider that this

Henry 13 January 201226 August 2020 Conservation, Evolution, Galapagos, Zoology Read more
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