One of the world’s rarest, most beautiful dogs faces extinction. When you scan the starkly beautiful landscape of Ethiopia‘s highlands, one of the first things you notice is the vegetation. Howling winds ensure that few plants grow high off the ground here, with giant (familiar from gardens around the world) among the few exceptions. In […]
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“Their eerie howling from a wintery mountainside will still bring a shiver to the spine” – 10 biggest wild dogs on the planet
We all know some of the more sizeable domestic dogs – Great Danes, Newfoundlands and St Bernards, for example – mostly seen on a lead with their loving owners. Less familiar, perhaps, are their equally sizeable canine relatives, at large in the wild, which are a quite different and more dangerous proposition. Let’s take a […]
Ethiopian Wolves May Be Surprising Pollinators
Ethiopian wolves, known for their carnivorous diet, have been observed licking nectar from red hot poker flowers in the Bale Mountains. These wolves, with their white snouts dusted yellow by pollen, may play an unexpected role in plant pollination. Sandra Lai, an ecologist from Oxford University, and her team noted this unusual behavior, suggesting that […]