aardvark

For example, if genetic testing showed that fecal samples collected in different spots came from the same aardvark, they then used this information to determine the scale of individual movements.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

Everyone’s favorite aardvark and his goofy pals made the leap from books to television in 1996 and for 25 seasons maintained an earnest, admirable quest for compassion and learning.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

“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

Mr. Ratburn is a rat, and his husband is an aardvark, like Arthur.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022

Olga only had one boyfriend who I knew of—Pedro, a skinny, little guy who looked like an aardvark, but that was years ago.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Originally known as shrews, the small African mammals are more closely related to elephants, manatees and aardvarks and were officially renamed as sengi in 1998.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Those factors led Epps to undertake the first study of the genetics of aardvarks in the wild and to develop noninvasive methods to do so.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

The changes provided a foundation for later adaptations to feed on plants and larger animals; over time these pioneers became the Mesozoic equivalents of otters, raccoons, flying squirrels and aardvarks.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 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

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