Animals

Attempts to breed narwhal in captivity ended with failure, because the animals die very quickly after being caught.

It is a shell snail that can grow up to 91 cm in length and weigh 18 kg. It inhabits the waters around Australia, where it hunts polychaetes.

The rear flipper is attached to the pelvic rim so that seals cannot point it downward and use it for walking.

The name first appeared in 1954, when Austrian zoologist Eduard Paul Tratz and German biologist Hein ...

Pairs bond for a specific mating season. Typically, the next-year mate is different from the one from a year before.

They lack adhesive lamellae – plate-like structures – on their toes, which are quite common for other gecko species. Instead, their toes end up with claws.

Before hatching female spiders are very aggresive, especialy when separated form egg sack which they ...

However, they strongly prefer forested areas that are rich in food, full of hiding places, and suffi ...

Frogmouths are not owls, but due to their similarities to those birds and nocturnal activity many people wrongly assume so.

They can survive without food for up to several months by burning stored fat before they are forced to go hunting.