Species
The crow that makes tools and has nowhere to use them
Captive ʻalalā, the Hawaiian crow, use and make stick tools without being taught. Nobody has ever recorded the behaviour in the wild.
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Species
One animal, one verifiable thing about it.
Species
The bee with a map and no fence
The rusty patched bumble bee got 1.5 million acres of critical habitat in July 2026. What the map binds, what it cannot, and why a garden still counts.
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Species
The crane that had to be taught where to go
Whooping cranes learn their migration route by flying it with older birds. What that means for a species rebuilt from captivity, and what it puts at risk.
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Species
The Iberian lynx and the arithmetic of coming back
The 2025 census counted 2,663 Iberian lynx and then said the number is a floor, not an estimate. Why success makes a population harder to count.
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Species
How many vaquita are left
The most recent survey saw between seven and ten, and at least one calf. What that number counts, and why published figures disagree.
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The app
Reading is where it starts.
Witness brings one species a week to your phone: a drawn plate, its true story with sources, and one honest action. These notes are the reading between them.