Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways In the early spring, you may notice more bumblebees visiting your backyard or community garden. Bumblebees are important pollinators that are essential for flowering plants to reproduce and maintain genetic diversity. Did you know there are more than 250 bumblebee species buzzing around the world? Bumblebees are found in a wide [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Octopuses are highly intelligent creatures. Coconut octopuses might be the smartest of them all. Recently, researchers saw coconut octopuses using coconut shells as protective homes. Not only that, but they carry them around for later use. It was the first time researchers had seen an invertebrate use a tool. Besides being [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways The Tapanuli orangutan is the most recently discovered orangutan species found on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. There were previously only two known orangutan species: the Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan. The Tapanuli orangutan is the most endangered of the three. Although the presence of the Tapanuli orangutan population [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Tiger sharks and great white sharks are two large-bodied shark species. As with other shark species, tiger sharks and great whites have a lot in common. But what’s the difference between the tiger shark vs great white shark? Tiger sharks and great whites aren’t as closely related to each other as [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Like the narwhal whale, some animals that start with N are more obvious than others. However, some are so obscure that science has only just discovered and categorized them. Sadly, a few of the animals that start with N are already in danger of extinction. Perhaps if more people were aware [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways There are over 32,000 types of fish in the world today. Fish are often beautiful, colorful, and mysterious creatures. But not all fish are pretty to look at. Some of them look like they were put together with cheap parts that were left at the bottom of a box. Even if [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Coral reefs are very diverse ecosystems that provide many types of marine life with food, shelter, and other needs. Almost 25% of marine life depends on coral reefs. Fishes, corals, crustaceans, invertebrates, and many more animals live in coral reefs. Have you ever wondered what kind of coral reef animals live [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Coyotes have a bad reputation as a nuisance species that hunts and kills livestock. One estimate claims that coyotes kill or injure over 300,000 head of livestock annually in the United States. In recent years, media and news outlets have also pinned coyotes as killers of domestic pets like cats and [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Shrouded in rainforest leaves hides a reptile so well-camouflaged you might mistake it for a vine. The green tree python (Morelia viridis) is a gorgeous snake native to the jungles of New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, and northeast Australia. Renowned for their vibrant coloration, green tree pythons have also become popular in [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways The scalloped hammerhead is one of ten species of hammerhead sharks. Nine of the species, including the scalloped hammerhead, are part of the genus Sphyrna. One species belongs to the genus Eusphyrna. These type of sharks are unique from other hammerheads because of the shape of their head. Their hammer-like head [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways The common octopus is found at the deepest depths of oceans all around the world. It’s one of the most familiar cephalopod species. The common octopus has a large head, which is attached to its eight arms. These sea creatures have several unique characteristics that allow them to stay hidden amongst [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Lemon sharks get their name from the yellow hue of their skin. The yellowish tinge helps them to blend in with the sandy substrate that makes up the seafloor. They are large animals, but lemon sharks are rather docile and pose little threat to humans. People often see them in coral [...]
