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The only pig species known to migrate: the bearded pig

The only pig species known to migrate: the bearded pig

September 30, 2022September 23, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. In this episode we’re meeting the only pig species known to migrate: the bearded pig. The bearded pig (Sus barbatus), also known as the Bornean bearded pig, lives in Southeast Asia. It is well adapted to […]

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As humans close in on their habitat, crocodiles in the Philippines snap back

As humans close in on their habitat, crocodiles in the Philippines snap back

August 1, 2021November 28, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

PALAWAN, Philippines — What do you do if you encounter a saltwater crocodile on your way home? For Roozie Quea Idlana, a resident of the town of Balabac in the Philippines, the answer is simple: Just keep walking. In Idlana’s neighborhood, the houses are built on stilts, tucked within mangrove forests. Encounters with saltwater crocodiles […]

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Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

May 14, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat […]

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Proposed coal plant threatens Critically Endangered Philippine cockatoo

Proposed coal plant threatens Critically Endangered Philippine cockatoo

April 10, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

One kilometer off the Philippine island of Palawan lays the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary; here forest grows unimpeded from a coral island surrounded by mangroves and coral reefs. Although tiny, over a hundred bird species have been recorded on the island along with a major population of large flying foxes, while in the waters below […]

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