Animals

Over 3 million were exported from Africa. People pick up their eggs and breed them in captivity until they are ready to be sold.

Until 1985, naturalists grouped hippos with domestic pigs by suggesting the structure of their teeth ...

Its status went up from endangered in 2014 when its population surpassed 1850. This was a 17 percent increase in numbers since 2003, when China's panda population was 1,600.

It is quite an unusual trait for birds.

When the temperature rises above 40 °C (104 °F), the oryx does not sweat or lose moisture to cool it ...

Most of these extinct species inhabited oceanic islands. The factors posing the greatest threat to insects are artificial lighting, pesticides, urbanization, and the importation of invasive species.

Both male and female can inject venom. However poisonous, its bite is not deadly. People react diffe ...

As their body weight increases, they quickly move on to larger prey such as flatworms. Once they reach a body length of 4 to 8 cm (1.57 to 3.14 in), they begin to prey on small fish.

After conception, a female lays yellowish eggs singly on a leaves' underside.

It is also successfully used in agriculture as a fertilizer.