aardvark

In 2016, during a sabbatical, he returned to Africa for six weeks to see if he could spot aardvark digging signs, track them through the bush and find their buried droppings.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

Researchers compared the genomes of these mammals with those of a diverse assortment of others, including an aardvark, a meerkat, a star-nosed mole and a human.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“She is very active, and was using her sharp claws to dig like an adult aardvark, just hours after her birth,” lead wildlife care specialist Cari Inserra said in the statement.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

If you know a young millennial, chances are they've never once had a problem spelling the word "aardvark."

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022

“I’m not the only one wondering what it would look like if a rat and an aardvark mated, right?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Despite often being compared to pigs and South American anteater, aardvarks are not related to them.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

The scientists examined animals that lost their full body hair along with others, such as bison, guinea pigs, aardvarks and bears, that have retained full coats of fur.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

I haven’t had any encounters with aardvarks, although I think there may be one that lives in an apartment across the street.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022

There are only 66 aardvarks in zoos across Europe and a mere 109 in zoos worldwide, Chester Zoo said.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2022

Human latrines, like those of aardvarks, may have been a testing ground of the first unconscious crop breeders.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond