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Sugar Gliders are marsupials, which means females have pouches where babies will further develop after being born. Native to Australia, these glid...

Watusi are a breed of Sanga cattle, the indigenous cattle of Africa below the Sahara Desert. They are known for their very large horns, which are n...

The Common Stingray likes to bury itself on the ocean floor, and uses the stinger on its tail to protect itself if anyone gets to close. Scientif...

Catfish belong to an order of freshwater and saltwater fishes that are notable for whisker-like structures called barbels on their face. Most catfi...

The Great Dane is a very large dog breed, known for being one of the tallest dog breeds of all, with very long legs. Despite its intimidating size,...

Also known as the Gray Nurse Shark, the fearsome looking Sand Tiger Shark is actually quite docile and not particularly dangerous to humans. Scie...

Concavenator lived in the Early Cretaceous Period, around 130 million years ago. It was a meat-eating dinosaur that featured unique taller vertebra...

Bush Babies, also known as Galagos, are primates found in Africa. They are mostly active at night, so they have very large eyes to help them see i...

The Orca, also known as the Killer Whale, is found in every one of the world’s oceans. Despite the name “Killer Whale”, it’s actually the largest ...

The mysterious, ape-like creature known as Bigfoot (or Sasquatch) is believed to walk the forests of the Pacific Northwest, leaving behind nothing...

Chinchillas are fluffy, thick-furred rodents found in the Andes Mountains of South America. Though they make popular pets, they are endangered in ...

Thoroughbreds are built for speed – they’re a “hot-blooded” breed known for their energy, agility and racing ability. The roots of the breed date ...

Chimpanzees are genetically the most closely related animals to humans, sharing over 96% of our DNA. These social apes live in large groups of up...

Bamboo Sharks are a small family of cartilaginous fish found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. They don’t grow longer than four feet in length, and have ...

Tyrannosaurus rex , or “T-Rex”, is one of the most well-known dinosaurs of all time. And with good reason! It’s one of the largest carnivorous dino...

While not as popular as its relative Oviraptor, Citipati is much more well understood by paleontologists. In fact, most artistic depictions of Ovir...

Salmon are a group of fish in the same family as trouts and char. Many salmon species are famous for their “anadromous” lifestyle: being born in fr...

The Burmese Python is the third largest snake in the world. The largest examples can measure nearly 20 feet long. They are commonly kept as pets, ...

The Clouded Leopard is a smaller relative of the “big cats”. Native to Southeast Asia, this feline’s coat features large blotchy markings instead ...

The Oceanic Whitetip Shark is a large shark found worldwide in the pelagic regions of the sea – meaning the upper areas of the open ocean. This pr...

Also known as the Hippocampus, the Merhorse is a mythical creature that is part horse and part fish. These beasts are often seen drawing the chari...

The Woolly Rhinoceros was a prehistoric beast resembling the rhinos of today, except that it was covered in a thick fur to protect it from the fre...