Four Warthog piglets, born June 20 at Zoo Miami,
made their exhibit debut this week alongside their parents. At six
weeks old, the piglets (one female and three males) explored the
exhibit, rooted around in the soil, and tasted fresh vegetation under
the watchful eyes of mom and dad.
Scott Egan, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary
biology at Rice, said evolutionary effects from the wall can change the
balance of nature along the border, which could put wildlife in the
area, including more than 100 endangered species, at risk.
“Some of the larger animals that will be threatened by the
border wall are the jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi, Mexican gray wolf,
desert big horn sheep and pronghorn antelope,” Egan said.
Egan
said there are two important phenomena to consider when building any
type of barrier that interrupts animal or plant movement..
While out walking at the Septimo Paraiso Lodge
in the cloudforests of Mindo, Ecuador, something shiny flew past me,
and landed on a leaf. To my surprise, this weevil wasn’t just shiny- it
was glittery, sparkly, and let’s be honest, all around fabulous. Weevils
evolved about 220 million years ago, so it’s no surprise evolution has
had some fun along the way. Here’s a collection of the images I shot of
it while out there…
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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