WebEcoist | Archived Articles on Animals & Habitats

Habitats can be anything and animals are notoriously anywhere – even in our clean-swept streets and well-kept suburban lawns. These articles explore the more amazing, strange, rare, exotic and endangered species of the world as well as the places they live, from far-flung forests to right down the road.

10 Weird and Gross Ingredients in Processed Food

Everyone now knows that processed and fast foods are not the bastions of nutrition, but that shouldn't make these ingredients found inside them any less revolting.

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13 (Even) More Disturbingly Creative Environmental Ads

Activists battle to stop the senseless killing, neglect, torture and abuse of animals through creative and disturbing ad campaigns.

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11 More Disturbingly Creative Ads for the Environment

Some of the most shocking and disturbing ads in recent years have come from talented creative design teams of environmental and activist organizations.

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Wild City: 15 Examples of Unexpected Urban Wildlife

These animals, whether they were invited, invading, or simply curious, have found their way, unexpectedly, into urban areas.

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12 Endangered Animals That People Still Eat

Endangered animals often end up as food for humans for reasons such as cultural convention, traditional medicine, economic need, or arrogance.

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7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World

Symbiotic pairs, camouflaged critters and color-changing animals are one thing, but what about exploding and raining animals? Oh yes, they exist and much much more.

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How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal

How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal for Urbanism and Gardening Fans.

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7 Symbiotic Wonders of the Natural World

Of all the animal pairings in the world, some of the most uncanny ones involve birds. What? Those flighty animals the flit about and flee at the slightest sign of trouble?

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7 Color-Changing Wonders of the Animal World

The ability to change color seems like an animal superpower at times - some of them can blend with the colors, materials and textures of virtually any surroundings.

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Happy Post-V Day: 3 Mate-Eating Animals

hile scientists have postulated all kinds of evolutionary reasons for sexual cannibalism, their theories are often confounded by three core conflicts:

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Strange, Bizarre, Unusual and Weird Animals

Strange Animals: Bizarre, Unusual and Weird Animals including the walking fish, giant salamander, star nosed mole and hagfish.

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7 Symbiotic Wonders of the Seven Seas

Symbiotic and mutualistic, never parasitic, here are seven of the most radical underwater symbiotic relationships from the shallowest to the deepest waters of our world.

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Animal Locomotion: Weird Modes of Movement

Strange, unusual, weird, bizarre ways that animals move and odd facts about animal locomotion including flight, rolling, walking on water, bipedalism, and more.

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Radical Rodents: Facts & Stats on Rats

Rats are amazing creatures with amazing skills, abilities, intelligence, memory and traits. Learn rat stories, trivia, and unusual facts about these rodents.

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Most Extreme Points & Places on Earth

This article describes the hottest, wettest, driest, highest, lowest, tallest, coldest and other most extreme locations and places on earth.

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