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African Elephant
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest living terrestrial animal on Earth, a ...
Albatross
Albatrosses (family Diomedeidae) are among the most magnificent and biologically extraordinary birds...
Alpaca
The alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated South American camelid that has been selectively bred f...
American Alligator
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is one of only two surviving alligator species i...
American Bullfrog
The American bullfrog is the largest frog native to North America and one of the most ecologically i...
Anglerfish
The anglerfish, encompassing the order Lophiiformes, represents one of the most extraordinary evolut...
Arctic Fox
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is a small, tenacious canid that has achieved what few mammals have ...
Asian Elephant
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is the largest land animal in Asia and one of the most intellig...
Nine-Banded Armadillo
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is the most widespread and familiar member of the o...
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is one of the most beloved and recognizable seabirds in the...
Axolotl
The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is one of the most biologically remarkable vertebrates on Earth — ...
Baboon
Baboons are large, robust, and extraordinarily adaptable Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Pa...
European Badger
The European badger (Meles meles) is the largest member of the family Mustelidae native to Britain a...
Barn Owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is one of the most widely distributed land birds on Earth, found on every c...
Beaver
The beaver (Castor canadensis — the North American beaver; and Castor fiber — the Eurasian beaver) i...
Betta Fish (Siamese Fighting Fish)
The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), popularly known as the betta, is a small freshwater fis...
Beluga Whale
The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a medium-sized toothed whale found in Arctic and sub-Arc...
Bald Eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most powerful and iconic birds of prey in th...
American Bison
The American bison (Bison bison) is the largest land animal in North America and one of the most pow...
American Black Bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common and widely distributed bear species in...
Black Mamba
The black mamba is widely regarded as the most feared and formidable venomous snake in Africa and on...
Black Rhinoceros
The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros native to eastern and southern Af...
Blue Marlin
The magnificent Atlantic Blue Marlin (*Makaira nigricans*) is an undeniably awe-inspiring, profoundl...
Blobfish
The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. Inhabiting the...
Blue Tang
The blue tang, also known as the regal tang, palette surgeonfish, or royal blue tang, is one of the ...
Blue Whale
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is not only the largest animal alive today but the largest an...
Blue-tongued Skink
Blue-tongued skinks (genus Tiliqua) are large, heavily built, ground-dwelling lizards belonging to t...
Boa Constrictor
The boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) is one of the largest and most widespread snakes in the Wester...
Bottlenose Dolphin
The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most extensively studied cetacean in the world an...
Brown Bear
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the world's largest terrestrial carnivores and one of the mo...
Bull Shark
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is one of the most physiologically remarkable and ecologically ...
Camel
The dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) is the quintessential large desert ungulate and one of the...
Chameleon
Chameleons constitute the family Chamaeleonidae, a remarkably specialized clade of Old World lizards...
Cassowary
The cassowary is one of the most extraordinary and ancient-looking birds on Earth — a massive, fligh...
Cheetah
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest land animal on Earth — a living embodiment of speed, p...
Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), along with the closely related bonobo, is the closest living relat...
Capybara
The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the world's largest living rodent — a semi-aquatic, barr...
Chinese Giant Salamander
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest amphibian and the largest salamande...
Cane Toad
A colossal, heavily warty, highly completely famously strictly fiercely widely fiercely deeply terri...
Clouded Leopard
The clouded leopard is one of the most beautiful, mysterious, and evolutionarily distinctive wild ca...
Clownfish
The ocellaris clownfish is one of the most recognizable marine animals on Earth — a small, vibrantly...
Cockatoo
Cockatoos, comprising the family Cacatuidae with 21 recognized species, are among the most cognitive...
Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans) is a medium-sized canid native to North America and one of the most adapt...
Cougar
The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as the mountain lion, puma, or panther, is a large cat native...
Common Crane
The common crane (Grus grus) is a large, elegant migratory wading bird of the family Gruidae — one o...
Dingo
The dingo (Canis dingo) is Australia's largest terrestrial apex predator and one of the most ecologi...
Dodo
The dodo was a large, flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and it...
Flying Dragon (Draco Lizard)
The flying dragon (Draco volans) is a small, arboreal agamid lizard of the tropical forests of South...
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
The eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) is the second largest marsupial on Earth and the most...
Electric Eel
The electric eel is one of the most extraordinary and biologically unique vertebrates on the planet ...
Emperor Penguin
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species...
Emu
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the world's second-largest living bird by height — surpassed o...
Fennec Fox
The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) holds the remarkable distinction of being the world's smallest fox spe...
Fire Salamander
The fire salamander is the most iconic and widely recognized salamander species in Europe — a striki...
Flamingo
The flamingo is one of the most immediately recognizable birds on Earth — a creature of such improba...
Frilled Lizard
An incredibly iconic Australian lizard explicitly intensely world-renowned explicitly specifically p...
Gecko
Geckos, comprising the family Gekkonidae and several closely related families within the infraorder ...
Galápagos Tortoise
The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is the largest living tortoise species on Earth and one o...
Giant Anteater
The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is one of the most anatomically specialized and evoluti...
Giant Panda
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is one of the world's most iconic and instantly recognizabl...
Chinese Giant Salamander
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Giant Squid
The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is one of the largest and most mysterious invertebrates on Earth ...
Giraffe
The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is the tallest living terrestrial animal on Earth — an ungulate...
Gila Monster
The Gila monster is one of the most biologically fascinating and misunderstood reptiles in North Ame...
Glass Frog
Glass frogs are a family of small arboreal amphibians (family Centrolenidae) native to the rainfores...
Golden Eagle
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the most widely distributed and best-studied raptors ...
Goldfish
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is one of the earliest fish to be domesticated by humans and the mo...
Golden Mantella
The Golden Mantella (*Mantella aurantiaca*) is a remarkably tiny, breathtakingly vibrant, and strict...
Western Lowland Gorilla
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is the most numerous and widespread of the fou...
Gray Wolf
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is the largest wild canid, the apex predator of the northern hemisphere'...
Great Barracuda
The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is one of the ocean's most formidable and visually arresti...
Great Horned Owl
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is the largest and most powerful owl in the Americas and arg...
Great White Shark
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the largest macropredatory fish on Earth and one o...
Greater Flamingo
The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread of the six flamingo species, an unmistakable...
Green Anaconda
The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) holds an unrivaled distinction in the animal kingdom: it is th...
Green Sea Turtle
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is one of the largest and most iconic sea turtles in the world...
Grizzly Bear
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) is a subspecies of brown bear native to North America, re...
Guppy
The guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most studied, most widely kept, and most biologically ...
Great Hammerhead Shark
The great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark and one of ...
Harbor Seal
The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) is one of the most familiar and widely distributed pinnipeds on Ear...
Harpy Eagle
The Harpy Eagle (*Harpia harpyja*) is widely considered one of the largest, most powerful, and unden...
Hedgehog
The Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) is a small, ancient, and remarkably successful i...
Hermit Crab
A small, famously quirky crustacean entirely securely strictly properly neatly neatly known practica...
Honey Badger
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel, is a small but extraordinarily formi...
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is the third-largest land animal on Earth — a massive, sem...
Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, odd-toed ungulate mammal that has been central t...
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds constitute the family Trochilidae, a spectacularly diverse lineage of more than 360 rec...
Humpback Whale
The humpback whale is one of the most celebrated and charismatic animals on Earth — a giant of the o...
Iguana
The family Iguanidae encompasses a diverse group of large, primarily herbivorous lizards native to t...
Inland Taipan
The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, the small-s...
Jaguar
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest cat in the Americas and the third-largest felid in the wor...
King Cobra
The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake and one of the most immediately recognizable an...
Moon Jellyfish
The moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) is one of the most common and recognizable jellyfish species in ...
Common Kingfisher
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is among the most visually striking birds in the world — a com...
Koala
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal, obligate folivore marsupial and the sole survivin...
Kiwi
The kiwi is one of the most extraordinary and evolutionarily anomalous birds on Earth — a small, fli...
Koi Carp
Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), known in Japan as Nishikigoi ('brocaded carp'), are ornamental varieties...
King Penguin
The second-largest penguin species, intensely famous universally totally cleanly entirely explicitly...
Komodo Dragon
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest living lizard on Earth and one of the most bi...
Kookaburra
The kookaburras are a genus of four species of large, terrestrially oriented kingfishers in the fami...
Leafy Seadragon
The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is one of the most visually extraordinary animals on Earth — ...
Leatherback Sea Turtle
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living turtles and one of the most extraordinary an...
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a majestic species in the family Felidae and one of the 'big cats' in the...
Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is the most widespread of the large cats, the most adaptable, the most...
Lionfish
Lionfish (genus Pterois) are a group of highly venomous, visually spectacular marine fish belonging ...
Eurasian Lynx
The Eurasian lynx is the largest of the four lynx species and the largest wild cat native to Europe ...
Llama
The llama (Lama glama) is a large, domesticated South American camelid that has been central to Ande...
Macaw
Macaws are the largest and most visually spectacular members of the parrot order Psittaciformes, com...
Mandarin Duck
The Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is widely considered one of the most beautiful birds in the wor...
Manatee
Manatees are large, fully aquatic herbivorous mammals belonging to the order Sirenia, an ancient lin...
Mandrill
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is the world's largest monkey and one of the most visually striking...
Mantis Shrimp
The peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) is a stomatopod crustacean widely regarded as o...
Marabou Stork
The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is one of the largest and most ecologically consequential...
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
The giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) is the largest ray in the world and one of the most a...
Marine Iguana
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is one of the most extraordinary and unique reptiles on ...
Mongoose
The Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) is a small carnivorous mammal native to South and Sou...
Meerkat
The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) is a small, intensely social carnivore of the southern African arid...
Moose
The moose (Alces alces), known as the elk in Eurasia, is the largest and heaviest member of the deer...
Moray Eel
The moray eels, constituting the family Muraenidae, are a diverse and evolutionarily ancient lineage...
Mountain Gorilla
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the most awe-inspiring animals on Earth a...
Muskox
The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is one of the most extraordinary large mammals to have survived the la...
Naked Mole-Rat
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is, by almost any biological metric, the most extraordina...
Mute Swan
The mute swan is one of the largest and heaviest flying birds in the world, an iconic waterfowl nati...
Narwhal
The narwhal is one of the most mythologically charged and scientifically intriguing animals on Earth...
Nile Crocodile
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is one of the most formidable apex predators on Earth — a ...
Neon Tetra
The Neon Tetra (*Paracheirodon innesi*) is a dazzling, diminutive freshwater fish that has remarkabl...
Ocean Sunfish
The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish on Earth and one of the most anatomica...
Ocelot
The ocelot is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful wild cats in the Western Hemisphere — a sleek...
Common Octopus
The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is the most studied cephalopod in the world and one of the mos...
Okapi
The okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is one of the most enigmatic and zoologically remarkable large mammals ...
Orangutan
Orangutans are the largest arboreal animals in the world and among humanity's closest living relativ...
Orca
The orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale, is the largest member of the oceanic do...
Osprey
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is one of the most remarkable and most widely distributed raptors in ...
Pangolin
The pangolin (Manis temminckii), also known as the ground pangolin or Cape pangolin, is a unique, sc...
Ostrich
The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest and heaviest living bird on Earth, a flightless ratite...
Peregrine Falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) holds the extraordinary distinction of being the fastest ani...
Indian Peafowl
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), commonly referred to as the peacock (though technically 'peacoc...
Pelican
The pelican is one of the most ancient and architecturally extraordinary birds alive today — a livin...
Red-Bellied Piranha
The red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is the most famous and most studied member of the pi...
Platypus
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is among the most biologically extraordinary animals alive o...
Poison Dart Frog
Poison dart frogs comprise the family Dendrobatidae, a diverse and ecologically fascinating group of...
Polar Bear
The polar bear is the largest land carnivore on Earth and the undisputed apex predator of the Arctic...
Porcupine
The porcupine is one of the most instantly recognizable and evolutionarily extraordinary rodents on ...
Pufferfish
Pufferfish, belonging to the family Tetraodontidae with over 120 described species, are among the mo...
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a charismatic, compact seabird belonging to the family A...
Quokka
The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod — a member of the same marsupial family as kanga...
Rabbit
The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a small mammal native to southwestern Europe and nort...
Raccoon
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a medium-sized omnivorous mammal native to North America and one of t...
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes are among the most evolutionarily sophisticated and ecologically important predators of...
Common Raven
The common raven (Corvus corax) is the largest passerine (perching bird) in the world, and by almost...
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
The red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is one of the most iconic and instantly recognizable ...
Red Kangaroo
The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) is the largest living marsupial, the largest native terrestrial ...
Red Fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes, the most widely distributed wild carni...
Red Lionfish
The red lionfish is one of the most visually spectacular fish on tropical reefs — a boldly patterned...
Red Panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a small, arboreal mammal native to the temperate forests of the e...
Ring-Tailed Lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is the most recognized and most studied of Madagascar's approxim...
Reindeer
The reindeer — known as caribou in North America — is one of the most ecologically important, cultur...
Reticulated Python
The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is the world's longest snake species and one of th...
Sailfish
The sailfish (genus Istiophorus) is one of the ocean's most extraordinary predators — a hydrodynamic...
Saltwater Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, is the largest living reptile on Earth and one of the m...
Scarlet Macaw
The scarlet macaw is the largest and among the most spectacular members of the macaw genus Ara — a b...
Sea Lion
Sea lions are among the most charismatic and intelligent marine mammals on Earth, belonging to the f...
Seahorse
Seahorses are a unique and fascinating group of marine fish belonging to the genus Hippocampus. Ther...
Sea Otter
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a remarkable marine mammal belonging to the family Mustelidae — th...
Secretary Bird
The secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is one of the most distinctive and unusual birds of pr...
Sloth Bear
The Sloth Bear (*Melursus ursinus*) is a fascinating, highly unique, and largely nocturnal insectivo...
Skunk
Skunks (family Mephitidae) are small to medium-sized, distinctively patterned omnivorous mammals nat...
Alligator Snapping Turtle
The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America and one of the most ...
Snow Leopard
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is one of the most elusive, mysterious, and beautiful large cats o...
Snowy Owl
The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is one of the most striking birds of prey in the world — a large, po...
Southern Cassowary
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is among the most extraordinary and dangerous birds ali...
Sperm Whale
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest toothed predator on Earth and possesses the ...
Spotted Hyena
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is the most common large carnivore in Africa and, despite its ce...
Starfish (Sea Star)
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Stingray
Stingrays (order Myliobatiformes) are a diverse group of cartilaginous fish closely related to shark...
Sun Bear
The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is the smallest of the world's eight bear species, with adults ty...
Swordfish
The swordfish (Xiphias gladius) is one of the ocean's most formidable and aerodynamically refined pr...
Tapir
The tapir is one of the most ancient and evolutionarily unchanged large mammals on Earth, a living r...
Tarantula
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Tardigrade (Water Bear)
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Philippine Tarsier
The Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta) is one of the world's smallest and most enigmatic primates...
Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial — ...
Thorny Devil
The thorny devil (Moloch horridus) is one of the most physiologically extraordinary reptiles on Eart...
Three-Toed Sloth
Three-toed sloths (genus Bradypus) are among the most extraordinary and evolutionarily successful ma...
Tiger Shark
The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is the fourth-largest shark species on Earth and one of the most...
Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species on Earth and one of the most iconic me...
Toucan
Toucans are among the most visually extravagant and instantly recognizable birds in the world — a fa...
Wild Turkey
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the largest game bird native to North America and the direc...
Vampire Bat
The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, is one of the most behaviorally sophisticated and biologi...
Vampire Squid
The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, literally 'vampire squid from hell') is one of the mos...
Walrus
The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is one of the Arctic's most iconic and extraordinary marine mammals —...
Whale Shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish on Earth — a filter-feeding shark of the open ...
White Rhinoceros
The white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest living rhinoceros species and the largest ...
White Stork
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is one of Europe's most iconic migratory birds and one of the larg...
White-tailed Deer
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is one of the most iconic and widely distributed larg...
Wolverine
The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest terrestrial member of the family Mustelidae, which also inc...
Wild Boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of the most geographically widespread and ecologically successful ...
Common Wombat
The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is a large, stocky, burrowing marsupial endemic to southeastern...
Woodpecker
Woodpeckers (family Picidae) comprise approximately 240 species distributed across nearly every fore...
Plains Zebra
The plains zebra (Equus quagga) is the most common and most studied of the three living zebra specie...