• Wombat digger (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  Wombats are about the same size and shape as badgers. They are expert ...

• Madagascar (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  Madagascar is a huge island off the east coast of Africa. It is ...

• DID YOU KNOW? (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  The sportive lemur gets its name because, if attacked, it raises its ...

• Rousing chorus (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  The indri, the largest of the lemurs, lives mostly high up in the ...

• Sun worship (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  Sifakas, or white lemurs, start off each day by lying in the sun for ...

• Fat store (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  Dwarf lemurs are amongst the smallest of the lemurs. The fat-tailed ...

• Tenrecs (Worlds Apart (Animals) Facts)
  Another group of mammals found only in Madagascar are tenrecs. There ...

• Desert life
  Deserts have less than 25 cm (10 in) of rain a year. They cover about ...

• Underground cool
  Most small desert mammals spend the day underground to avoid the ...

• Sand survivor
  The rare addax, a type of antelope, lives among the sanddunes in the ...