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Photography

Flickr group: pic of the day – baboon Apr 25 2008

Olive baboons (Papio anubis) are also called anubis baboons. They are widely spread throughout Africa, including Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Uganda.

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Did you know? Red duiker Apr 2 2008

Red duikers are tiny, thickset antelopes which are usually solitary, though you might spot a pair or even three of them if you’re really lucky.

Photography

Flickr group: pic of the day – superb starling Mar 10 2008

This photograph of a Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) has been chosen as our Earth-Touch Flickr group “picture of the day”.

Wildlife news from around the world

New mammal species found in Tanzania Feb 14 2008

A new elephant shrew has been identified in a remote, mountainous rainforest.

Wildlife news from around the world

Female hyenas discourage incest Aug 29 2007

New research shows that female spotted hyenas, generally the dominant sex, discourage incestuous mating so that their young have a better chance of survival.

A 10-year-study of 400 spotted hyenas in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, published in Nature, reveals that female spotted hyenas, which live in mixed-gender groups, preferred to mate with strangers. Males were forced to accept this as mating an unwilling female is difficult, due in part to their unusual genitalia. The study showed that young born of two hyenas related to one another were weaker than those which were not.