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Learn about some of nature’s most incredible species through recent discoveries and groundbreaking studies on animal habitats, behaviors, and unique adaptations.

Explore the animal kingdom through pictures, videos, facts, and more from our animal profiles on fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates.

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What is animal behavior? Uncover the ways animals communicate, hunt, and survive in the wild. Learn how animal behavior influences the way species interact with their environment.

By living in large groups, they gain both protection against becoming another animal’s meal and more opportunities to breed. Among omnivores, primates are known for their high intelligence, and ...

Research has found that baby schema attributes can be seen in other animal species, particularly those whose young require care. This may be part of why humans find some animals particularly cute.

Mammals include humans and all other animals that are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) with hair. They feed their young with milk and have a more well-developed brain than …

The animal is one of more than 30 species of small wild cats. Most caracals grow about three feet long and can weigh over 40 pounds. The feline is usually most active after sunset. And this cat likes its …

A moose swims across a mountain lake, reaching the shore alongside a forest. The moose’s antlers—which stretch nearly six feet wide from tip to tip—drip water as the animal exits the water …