Animals

Wednesday, 21 October 2026
19 facts about snails
19 facts about snails
Also called gastropods
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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Common cuckoo
It lives in wooded or shrubby areas.
It is not comfortable in dense forests, so it usually chooses forest edges, parks, gardens, trees in fields and meadows, marshes and dunes.
Southern cassowary
Adult cassowaries have a black body with a blue head, a reddish cape, and two red wattles hanging down around the throat. The head is protected by a large casque made of bone tissue.
The neck color can vary in different individuals due to the habitat in which they live.
Hawksbill sea turtle
The earliest fossils date back to 100–120 million years ago.
Ocean sunfish
While in danger, they can speed up.
When being pursued, those fish can accelerate rapidly and even jump over the water surface.
Coyote
The coyote is a species of least concern.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has placed it in this category due to its populat ...
Ocean sunfish
Colors vary from brown through grey to white.
Different patterns on the skin seem to be determined by the area of occurrence. While endangered or in stress, ocean sunfish can change skin coloration to darker.
Axolotl
It is closely related to the tiger salamander, an amphibian native to North America.
Unlike its cousin, however, the axolotl, lacking thyroid-stimulating hormone, never leaves the aquat ...
Butterflies
The larval form of the butterfly is the caterpillar.
Their food is most often soft parts of plants. However, there are also carnivorous and even cannibal caterpillars. The caterpillar is the only developmental stage of the insect in which it grows.
Clownfish
Most clownfish species have orange-colored bodies with one or more white bands.
Bands usually are outlined with a black line.
Pink river dolphin
They mate from November to late October.