aardvark

People have examined aardvark DNA in the past for studies of mammalian evolution, but never across wild populations.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

That was different from some of the other offers he’d received to bring his popular aardvark character to TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 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

The next evening, he came into the room and told me that he had been to the Museum of Natural History and learned something about the aardvark.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

"Our initial findings suggest that climate change will increase habitat fragmentation and limit gene flow for aardvarks, particularly where precipitation is expected to decrease and temperature increase," Epps said.

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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2022

For instance, one African melon species is so well adapted to being eaten by a hyena-like animal called the aardvark that most melons of that species grow on the latrine sites of aardvarks.

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