aardvark

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The show's bespectacled title character is a gentle 8-year-old aardvark who spreads the joy of getting along with others.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

In a just-published paper in Diversity and Distribution, the researchers used genetic information gleaned from 104 aardvark poop samples to begin to understand the range of where they live.

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

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