David Moscato

2 weeks ago | earthtouchnews.com | Ethan Shaw |David Moscato

Roadkill’s an unfortunate fact of life-and-death in many parts of this increasingly well-roaded planet, and one with very real conservation implications; it’s also a widespread and common source of meat for myriad scavengers. An example of the diverse scavenging guild that can attend even smallish roadkill comes courtesy of a recent video compilation from northwestern Montana, USA.

Oct 30, 2024 | earthtouchnews.com | David Moscato |Ian Dickinson

Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee  You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favourite subjects for movies or books. Luckily, they’re only imaginary … or are they? There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively.

Oct 25, 2024 | earthtouchnews.com | Ethan Shaw |David Moscato

Across the vast Northern Hemisphere range of the moose, this biggest member of the deer family is just past the rigours of the rut, aka the breeding season. That autumnal stretch of the calendar sees bull moose transform into swaggering, hot-blooded hormone monsters, and sometimes a human being gets caught in the crosshairs of the action. Such was the case in late September with Caleb Lewis, up in Arostook County, the biggest and northernmost county in the US state of Maine.

Jul 16, 2024 | earthtouchnews.com | David Moscato

Considered one of the rarest snake species in North America, the Louisiana pine snake once slithered through longleaf pine ecosystems throughout Louisiana and eastern Texas, but poor land management and extensive logging have decimated their habitat and restricted the snakes to just a few fragments of their former range.

Jun 21, 2024 | earthtouchnews.com | Ashley Braun |David Moscato |Ethan Shaw

Douglas R. Cavener, Penn State  Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual you need food. To survive as a species you need sex. Not surprisingly then, the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks has centered around food and sex. After debating this question for the past 150 years, biologists still cannot agree on which of these two factors was the most important in the evolution of the giraffe’s neck.