Here's something to keep in mind the next time you find yourself fancying a quick swim to cool down after a hot day on the beach... 22 sea creatures that are lurking below, sharing the same waters. Keep our advice... If it's not chlorine, stay w...
The Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a medium sized bird, living in the Andes, from Venezuela South to Bolivia. It's one of the most spectacular birds, with strikingly bright colours. Spottingthis beautiful bird is not very common, though, as...
Being the largest of all lynx species, the Eurasian Lynx is bigger and more spotted than the Canadian Lynx and it's widely known for being one of the most beautiful wild cats. Their natural habitat is European and Siberian leafy forests, ric...
The Sand Cat is a small wild cat, their natural habitat being deserts across Asia and Africa. The Sand Cat can survive in the most extreme temperatures, ranging from −5 °C (23 °F) to 52 °C (126 °F) and they inhabit areas such as the Sahara, which...
The European Mink is a member of the Mustelidae family and is a close relative to the American Mink. They are remarkably similar in both appearance and behavior, because the European Mink entered Europe and the two species are believed to ha...
The Great White Shark, also known as the Great White or White Death has obtained it's dreadful reputation because of it's striking appearance and massive size. Also, the novel and the film Jaws helped support this image of the Great White as...
Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, also known as Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, is a species of the marsh rabbit and is named after the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Although the marsh rabbit is widespread all across the southern part of the U.S., the s...
The hammerhead sharks can be recognized by their flat hammer-shaped head, called cephalophoil. The use of the cephalophoil is unknown, although scientists suggest it maximizes the area of the shark's sensory organs. The Great Hammerhe...
The Malagasy Civet, also known as the Striped Civet, is the second largest carnivore on the island of Madagascar (second to Fossa). It's latin name — Fossa fossana — should not be confused to the Fossa, as they're not closely related. The Mal...
The Laysan Duck, although from the first view an ordinary bird, is a great story of conservation, how a species extremely close to extinction have recovered to a relatively stable population count. Their natural habitat being only the Haw...
Hawaiian Monk Seal is an endangered seal, native to the Hawaiian Islands and it is believed to have evolved there. The Hawaiian Monk Seal is the most endangered seal in U.S. waters, with a population of about 1200 (the most endangered seal in...
For all the amazing and beautiful creations nature provides us with there are always going to be the less attractive of specimens, that's fine because that's how nature intended them. Well, these examples are certainly not how nature inte...
The Rook a.k.a. Corvus Frugilegus seems like a really common bird with the tag “Nothing Special” attached to it. Well, think again! Besides the fact that it shares a name with a chess piece, already 2000 years ago a Greek fable writer called A...
Saw scaled viper or as smart zoologist guys call it Echis Carinatus is a snake found in Middle East and Central Asia, most commonly India. So to start explaining what is so special about this cold blooded murderer, at first you have to know tha...
The Pangolin is probably one of the weirdest mammals on Earth, as it doesn't really look like a mammal because its whole body is covered in large keratin scales, which serve them as an unusual form of armor. These rather small mammals inhabit...
The Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is fortunate to be one of two members that are exclusively Asian great apes. It is of the Primates order, Hominidae family, Poginae subfamily, genus Pongo. Its claim to fame is that it is the largest an...
The Colugo, also know as the "Flying Lemur" is neither a lemur nor does it fly. They are mammals from an ancient lineage, with only two species making up the whole order Dermopetra. They are the most excellent mammal gliders, with a thin membr...
The Giant Anteater is the largest species of anteater found in Southern and Central America, from southern Belize to northern Argentina. Being one of the oddest looking animals in the world, the Giant Anteaters can grow up to 8 feet in lengt...
Amazingly, the Saola were discovered by the Western civilisation only in 1992, but they're already endangered, and their numbers are estimated to be below one thousand. They're found only in Vietnam and Laos, near the border of the two cou...
The Ring-tailed Cat is actually not a cat, but a mammal of the raccoon family. Why it is called a cat, is a mystery, because it doesn't really bear a resemblance to cats. As the name suggests, this little mammal has rings on it's tail. The body is...
