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  • Purple frogs: an annual ritual
    2025/07/04

    Once a year purple frogs come above ground to mate but in doing so, they face a whole host of challenges.


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    9 分
  • Dugong: seagrass and karaoke bars
    2025/06/27

    Given how much seagrass Dugongs consume everyday, they're often referred to as sea cows. But when they're not busy eating, how do they communicate with each other?


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    You can find out more about the dugong here: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/species-spotlight/dugong?rq=dugong?utm_campaign=TheAnimalSensemaker?utm_medium=Partnerships?utm_source=Tortoise


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    10 分
  • Great Green Macaw: picky eaters and favourite trees
    2025/06/20

    Found across Central and South America, the Great Green Macaw is the world’s second largest. Despite having a lush rainforest to choose from though, the macaw quite particular when it comes to food and nesting sites.


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    10 分
  • Nguru pygmy chameleon: forest floors and fast tongues
    2025/06/13

    No bigger than a golf tee, the Nguru pygmy chameleon tends to hide among leaf litter on forest floors. But why are they important to local farmers?


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    You can find out more about the Darwin frog here: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/species-spotlight/nguru-spiny-pygmy-chameleon?utm_campaign=The%20AnimalSensemaker?utm_medium=Partnerships?utm_source=Tortoise


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    8 分
  • Sea otters: favourite rocks and tummy tables
    2025/06/06

    Diving to depths of around 20 metres, sea otters can access all kinds of food but they often need the help of their favourite rock to crack open their catch.


    No bigger than a golf tee, the Nguru pygmy chameleon tends to hide among leaf litter on forest floors. But why are they important to local farmers?


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge


    You can find out more about the sea otter here.


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    10 分
  • Darwin's frog: ‘pregnant’ males and a 7,000 mile journey
    2025/05/30

    After a deadly fungus spread through the rainforests in southern Chile, conservationists embarked on a rescue mission to save Darwin's frog.


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    You can find out more about the Darwin frog here.


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    12 分
  • Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered
    2025/05/23

    Sixty-two years after Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last scientifically recorded, Expedition Cyclops went on a mission to find out whether the species still exists in the Cyclops Mountains.


    You can find out more about the long-beaked echidna here.


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    If you’d like to learn more about the hunt for Attenborough’s echidna, click on the links below:


    https://www.expeditioncyclops.org/

    https://expeditioncyclops.substack.com/

    https://www.yappenda.eco/

    https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/james-kempton


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    11 分
  • Saiga Antelope: humungous noses and countless comebacks
    2025/05/16

    Having roamed since the Ice Age, Saiga Antelope are no stranger to harsh conditions. But as mass mortality events leave their population extremely vulnerable, how have they managed to make countless comebacks?


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    Find out more about the Saiga Antelope here.


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    10 分