Rats look for shelter in human or animals’ homes in the winter and snuggle together to keep warm.

Explaining All Animals on Instagram: "Follow @explaining.animals to learn everything about animals one post at a time 🧠🔥 The Pallas’s cat, also called the manul, is a small wild cat that lives in the cold, rocky grasslands of Central Asia. It has thick, fluffy fur, a flat face, and round ears that help it stay warm and blend into its environment. Unlike many other cats, the Pallas’s cat is not a fast runner, so it relies on camouflage and patience to hunt small animals like rodents. This cat i

The Impact of Climate Change on Polar Bears and Seals

LifeUndrGlass on Instagram: "The Florida gopher tortoise is the engineer of these streets. A keystone species whose burrows shelter hundreds of other animals and hold entire ecosystems together. Despite being protected, gopher tortoises continue to lose habitat to GROTESQUE development practices, with documented cases of KNOWN ACTIVE burrows being BULLDOZED even after locals raise concerns. Bro, imagine being the sad excuse of a human being that approves and stands by the bulldozing of tortoises

David Orin on Instagram: "the second of 2 Plains Hognose found in colorado back in late spring while on our lollapalooza! this one i flipped under a piece of plastic on top of some gravel adjacent to a railroad track #herping #snakes #hognose #colorado #animals"