The shark known in Spanish as tiburón toro is Carcharias taurus, commonly calle···
One of the most social marine animals you can see on beaches is the elephant sea···
The blue shark (Prionace glauca)—often called tintorera in Spanish—is named fo···
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is one of Europe’s most threate···
The common wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) is a small reptile widely seen on ···
Frogs are vertebrate animals in the amphibian group, meaning they can live in bo···
Brazil is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, thanks to the Amazon ra···
The tanuki, also known as the raccoon dog (sometimes loosely called the “Japane···
The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) is a true seal (family Phocidae) superbly a···
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized wild cat found across much of ···
The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) gets its name from its unusually large ear···
Darwin’s fox (Lycalopex fulvipes), locally known as the Chilote fox, is a rare ···
The least weasel—also called the common weasel—is a tiny but highly effective ···
The Iberian badger—more widely known as the European badger or Eurasian badger—···
Life on Earth has changed dramatically over hundreds of millions of years. If we···
The moose (Alces alces) is the largest member of the deer family (Cervidae) and ···
The reindeer, also known as the caribou (Rangifer tarandus), is one of the most ···
Africa is famous for its savannas, but some of its most remarkable mammals live ···
Deer vary widely depending on the landscapes they inhabit, and each species has ···
Antarctic wildlife is built for extreme cold, powerful winds, and a life split b···
The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is famous for its striking yellow “eyebr···
Lynxes are medium-sized wild cats known for their tufted ears and “bearded” ch···
Large carnivores help keep ecosystems balanced. When top predators such as lynx ···
Seals, sea lions, and walruses are all pinnipeds—marine mammals adapted to life···
Marmots are large, burrowing rodents closely related to squirrels. All marmot sp···
The kākāpō is one of the world’s strangest and most lovable birds. Scientifi···
The binturong—also called the bearcat—is one of Southeast Asia’s most unusual···
The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a small, distinctive marsupial native to A···
Amphibians go through a remarkable life cycle: they begin fully dependent on wat···
Mammals originally evolved on land, but some lineages returned to the ocean and ···
Eagles are powerful birds of prey with exceptionally sharp eyesight, able to spo···
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a stocky, black-furred marsupial f···
Wasps come in an astonishing variety of shapes and lifestyles. One of the most i···
Seahorses are some of the ocean’s most unusual fish. Even though they swim upri···
Australia’s long geographic isolation has produced some truly unusual wildlife—···
Dolphins are among the most intelligent and social marine mammals. One of the be···
Kestrels are small birds of prey closely related to falcons. They are best known···
You’ve probably spotted a small, many-legged animal moving across garden soil, ···
Cranes are tall, long-legged birds best known for their elegant silhouettes, lou···
Armadillos are distinctive mammals best known for their protective armor made of···
