Tuesday 4 June 2024

What's In a Critter's Name? 129. Chuckwalla

Chuckwalla is from the Shosone 'tcaxxwal' or Cahuilla 'caxwal'. The Spanish invaders transcribed it as 'chacahuala'.

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Mammoth Extinction: Wild and Woolly?

The Woolly mammoth once roamed across vast areas 0f Ice-Age Europe; Asia and even the fringes of North America. The global climate, however...