Animals

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Snails are mollusks and are one of the most numerous animal species in the world. In terms of species diversity, they are second only to insects. Even ...

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Arctic fox

More important than the proximity to the food source is a solid and secure burrow for polar foxes.

They tend to choose the best shelters for their families, using even red fox's burrows on shared ter ...

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European wildcat

Young are usually born in April or May.

A litter may consist of one to eight young. For the first month they are fed exclusively on the moth ...

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Luna moth

Adult moths escape the pupal case by splitting it and pushing the top upwards.

Then it cuts its way from the cocoon with serrated chitinous spurs located on the thorax near the forewings bases. Cocoon opening typically occurs in the morning.

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Horseshoe crab

Limulus living today are saltwater animals. Fossil specimens also inhabited freshwater enviroments.

Currently living horseshoe crabs evolved 244 million years ago and are now considered living fossils as they didn't change a lot since then.

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Fleas

A flea needs blood to survive.

They need to find a suitable host within seven days, otherwise, they perish.

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Tawny frogmouth

Famous Australian pest-control birds.

Due to their diet they are considered very effective in reduction of vermin animal population.

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Rice's whale

It can be typically spotted at depths of 100 to 500 meters.

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Tiger sharks

They are common in tropical and temperate waters worldwide.

Most can be found around the Pacific islands. However, there are none in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sea lamprey

Invasion of Great Lakes.

In 1835, the sea lamprey was first observed in Lake Ontario. Due to Niagara Falls, lampreys were una ...

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Zebra mussel

Zebra mussels live in water, attached to rocks, sunken logs, wrecks and manmade infrastructure.

It is a species that readily adapts to a variety of environmental and trophic conditions.

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28 facts about spiders

One of the first creatures to appear on land

The first ancestors of today's specimens appeared on Earth about 400 million years ago. They evolved from marine organisms of the chelicera subphylum. ...

17 facts about dolphins

Very intelligent and social mammals

They live in both oceans and rivers. They often travel in large herds, sometimes exceeding 1000 individuals. They have their language, which we have n ...

41 facts about octopus

Very intelligent animals with amazing abilities

Octopuses are cephalopods with eight arms. So far, about 300 species of octopuses have been identified. The first octopuses appeared on Earth about 32 ...

20 facts about earthworms

Very useful organisms that live in the soil

They are geographically very widespread organisms. They are found in Europe, Asia, North America, and northern parts of Africa. They inhabit all types ...

22 facts about crustacean

Armored invertebrates

They mainly inhabit aquatic environments where they live on the seafloor (a record-breaker has been found at a depth of 10.5 km) or float in the depth ...

19 facts about central bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

This interesting lizard occurs only on the Australian continent. Although its appearance may be discouraging, in fact, it is a completely harmless ani ...

19 facts about grey heron

Ardea cinerea

This large and interesting water bird appears in Central Europe during the breeding season and only in the north-west of the country can it be found a ...

16 facts about tasmanian devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

They used to inhabit the Australian continent, but for unexplained reasons, disappeared from there about three thousand years ago. Today, they can onl ...

20 facts about sperm whale

A vital element of the marine ecosystem

In the depths of the oceans, where sunlight loses its meaning, reigns one of the most majestic and enigmatic inhabitants of the seas–the spermaceti sp ...

20 facts about mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

The common mallard is the most popular game bird in Central Europe, i.e. Poland. It is very numerous and easily inhabits various environments to which ...

14 facts about Brazilian wandering spiders

They travel stowaway, and on top of that they bite

These spiders are found in forested areas of South and Central America. They actively hunt small animals, which they then paralyze with their venom. T ...

19 facts about American mink

Furry commando

The American mink is a species common in North America, where it lives in the wild. It was introduced to Europe in the 1950s and spread throughout Eur ...

13 facts about European mole cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

They get their name from the fact that they often damage crops and cause losses. At least that used to be the case, as the population of these insects ...

17 facts about spotted hyena

Laughing hyena

The spotted hyena is one of Africa’s most recognizable animals, also known as the laughing hyena. It is the largest living member of the hyena family, ...

20 facts about guinea pig

Cavia porcellus

The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the domestic cavy, is a medium-sized rodent native to the Andean regions of South America. Where it co ...