Animals

Thursday, 12 March 2026
27 facts about turtles
27 facts about turtles
The only vertebrates so armored
The first turtles appeared on Earth at the end of the Permian about 240 million years ago. Although the first ones had neither plastron nor carapace, ...

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Vaquita
Their signature trait is a black spot around their mouths and eyes.
Shoebill
Shoebills exhibit the phenomenon of siblicide. This is the elimination of weaker individuals by stronger siblings to eliminate food competition.
When the parents of hatched Shoebill chicks leave the nest in search of food, the stronger individua ...
Wombat
Wombats are the only species in the world that defecates in the form of cubes.
Many theories have arisen as to what purpose this serves. Some claim that this allows wombats to mar ...
Javan hawk-eagle
Javan hawk-eagles are non-migratory.
The one-time migration happens only when the young leave the nest to build their own.
Leopard geckos
Unlike most geckos, they have eyelids, which allow them to blink and sleep with their eyes closed.
Shoebill
Shoebills are among the quietest of birds, but you can sometimes hear their characteristic croaking, similar to that of storks.They croak when they feel threatened or as a welcome to the nest.
When hunting, the primary senses used by these birds are sight and hearing. To increase their field ...
Tasmanian devil
They inhabit only Tasmania and Robbins Island, to which the passage from Tasmania is exposed at low tide.
In the Pleistocene, Tasmanian devils still inhabited Australia but became extinct about 3000 years a ...
Coyote
Coyotes are known to attack humans.
They are generally rare and do not cause much injury due to the animal's relatively small size, but fatal attacks do happen. Most cases of coyote attacks on humans are reported in California.
European tree frog
Tree frogs traipse around in a tree.
This distinguishes them from frogs, which croak or retch. The jabber has a different sound, similar to that of a rattle. You can listen to it on the National Forest website.
Bonobo
Bonobos reproduce year-round but take a four-year break between pregnancies.
They reach sexual maturity between the ages of 8 and 9, but females give birth for the first time at ...