Animals

As recently as the 19th century, tigers were spread from eastern Turkey through the South Caucasus t ...

A clownfish colony is made of a single female, reproductive male and supporting juvenile males. Only a reproductive male takes part in the breeding process.

Their foraging grounds include rocky deserts and rocky sandy areas, sand dunes, and barren steppes. They are diurnal and usually live in herds of up to a dozen animals.

Since they swim close to the water's surface, they are exposed to sun rays, and, as a result, turn from light beige to brown.

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.

Their bodies are contractile and distinctly segmented, tapering towards the ends ending in one or tw ...

Adult toads are 10-15 cm (4-6 in) long. Females are considerably larger than males. They weigh about 1,4 kg (3 lb).

There are usually 15 to 80 individuals in a clan. Clans of spotted hyenas are more tightly knit and ...

Newly hatched salamander is in a larval form that needs to metamorphose before becoming an adult for ...