Animals

Friday, 26 June 2026
25 facts about Quokkas
25 facts about Quokkas
The world’s happiest animal
Quokkas are famous for their “smile.” These small marsupials inhabit certain parts of Australia and have become somewhat of a world phenomenon. Ever s ...

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American mink
This raises concerns among naturalists because the American mink has turned out to be a very destructive species for native zoocenoses.
Local populations of some birds and mammals have been destroyed. The expansion of the American mink is probably responsible for the population decline, including coot and muskrat.
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Pterodactyls
Pterodactylus fossils were primarily discovered in Bavaria, Germany, by Italian scientist Cosimo Collini in 1784.
Many fossils have since been uncovered throughout Europe and Africa.
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Lemon shark
Lemon sharks’ mating season is spring and summer.
Females return to the same nursery ground and birth offspring.
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Wolf spider
Wolf spiders originated after Cretaceous–Tertiary Extinction that killed 75% of living animals on Earth about 66 million years ago.
Most of modern subfamilies of wolf spiders appeared sometime between 41 and 32 million years ago.
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Axolotl
Despite a drastic decline in the wild population, axolotls are unlikely to become extinct.
They are popular additions to house aquariums, where breeding is relatively easy – all that is neede ...
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Vaquita
They were discovered in 1958 when three vaquita skulls were washed ashore.
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Portuguese man-of-war
They consist of a floating, gas-filled bladder (pneumatophore), and submerged tentacles.
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Gila monster
The mating season lasts from April to May.
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Capybaras
Capybaras are very popular on social media.
Videos featuring these animals can be found on platforms such as Instagram, but they are making a re ...
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Spinosaurus
The most popular Spinosaurus species is Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.
There are also Spinosaurus maroccanus, Baryonyx walkeri, Suchomimus tenerensis , Ichthyovenator laosensis, Irritator challengeri and some more less popular species.
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18 facts about True seals
18 facts about True seals
Earless pinnipeds
Along with earwigs and walruses, seals are classified as pinnipeds - marine mammals that appeared on Earth about 24 million years ago. They share many ...
14 facts about Wombat
14 facts about Wombat
An animal that excretes cubes
The wombat is a herbivorous mammal found naturally in southeastern Australia. It is the only marsupial whose teeth are constantly growing, and its fec ...
17 facts about American flamingo
17 facts about American flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
The American flamingo is the most common of the species. It inhabits mainly Central America, although it can also be found in Africa, Europe, and Asia ...
26 facts about Hippopotamus
26 facts about Hippopotamus
One of the most dangerous and aggressive mammals
At first glance, hippos appear to be gentle, slow animals. Aside from elephants, the only ones to surpass them in size, they are Africa's largest anim ...
21 facts about Axolotl
21 facts about Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
They are very distinctive animals with unusual characteristics. In nature, despite never reaching an adult form, they are capable of reproduction. Rem ...
17 facts about insects
17 facts about insects
The most numerous group of animals
The variety of insects is enormous. There are those whose sizes are given in micrometers and whose body length is greater than that of dogs or cats. B ...
Salamanders
Salamanders
Very similar but completely different vertebrates
17 facts about Sand lizard
17 facts about Sand lizard
Lacerta agilis
This little reptile lives in lowland areas of Europe and Asia. It plays a valuable role in the ecosystem by hunting caterpillars that parasitize agric ...
16 facts about European wildcat
16 facts about European wildcat
Felis silvestris
This wild cat is very similar to the European cat, which is the common shorthair cat. It is characterized by a slightly larger mass and size. In the w ...
20 facts about Common cuckoo
20 facts about Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
They are known for their distinctive mating song, which resounds with the familiar "cuckoo" repeated in two or three syllables. Another interesting fe ...
Llamas
Llamas
Very similar and therefore often confused
18 facts about Black-headed python
18 facts about Black-headed python
Aspidites melanocephalus
These non-venomous snakes live exclusively in Australia where they inhabit many different ecosystems. They live in burrows, which provide them with bo ...
20 facts about Ocean sunfish
20 facts about Ocean sunfish
Mola mola
The ocean sunfish is found in all tropical and temperate seas of the world. Its appearance resembles a large head with an attached tail. The body of t ...
13 facts about Zebra mussel
13 facts about Zebra mussel
Dreissena polymorpha
This freshwater mussel is an excellent water filter-feeding organism. Originally native to Eurasia, it has been accidentally introduced into European ...
26 facts about Brittle stars
26 facts about Brittle stars
Also known as serpent stars, or ophiuroids
Although ophiuroids resemble starfish, they are quite different from them. First, they move with their flexible arms, whereas starfish use tube feet ...
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