JOHANNESBURG – A new study says hotter temperatures caused by climate change are taking their toll on the aardvark, whose diet of ants and termites is becoming scarcer because of reduced rainfall. The ...

Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) are probably the most endearingly doofy-looking animals ever to grace the African continent. These Seussian snufflers look like someone threw an anteater, a rabbit, a pig, ...

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Home: Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. Diet: Omnivore. Termites and ants are their preferred food. An aardvark can reportedly eat 50,000 termites in one meal. Average life span in captivity: 23 ...

Aardvarks are sneaky creatures. When they’re not busy digging their 30-foot burrows or starring in children’s cartoons, scientists have a hard time tracking them down. The nocturnal animals live in ...

Only 33 aardvarks have been born in zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums before 2025. The first of 2026 and 34th overall calls Music City its home. The Nashville Zoo shared in a ...

Disappearance of aardvarks from dry ecosystems could have devastating consequences for the many other animals that rely on their burrows. Kelsey Green Aardvarks are notoriously elusive, nocturnal ...

Climate change is expected to bring more frequent droughts and heat waves to Africa’s Kalahari Desert. And aardvarks might not be able to cope. Jason G. Goldman reports. The aardvark is a rare ...

Aardvarks prove to be highly susceptible to the warmer and drier climates that are predicted for the western parts of southern Africa in the future. During the study of a number of aardvarks, all but ...