Red foxes are known to make a number of interaction calls. Submissive foxes will make ululating siren-like shrieks, aggressive encounters between foxes are met with ratchet-like sounds called gekkering, and tamed foxes will elicit laughter-like sounds whe
Raccoons that live in cities are exposed to a wider diversity of obstacles thanks to humans, which leads to more clever and cunning raccoons. Urban raccoons are bolder and more adapted to learning about man-made obstacles, such as opening trash bins with
Greater bird-of-paradise males often congregate and perform courtship displays in a lek where females assess and choose mates. Here we see two females taking particular interest in the brightly colored plumage and flamboyant gesticulations of two courting
The mimic octopus uses its chromatophores not only to disguise itself with its background but also to impersonate a wide variety of other marine animals. The octopus actively and intelligently uses its mimicry on a situational basis to imitate more danger
A black heron using its wings like an umbrella, creating shade to attract fish, a behavior known as canopy feeding.
The flame bowerbird, native to New Guinea, is so named because of the male's flame orange and golden yellow plumage. In addition, the male also constructs a bower, replete with colorful fruits and shiny ornaments, where it performs a highly unusual courts
The red-eared slider is native to the southern US and northern Mexico, but it has established itself in other areas because of pet releases. These turtles generally live in or near water, and females will leave the water to lay eggs. They are omnivores an
While donkeys may have a notorious reputation for being stubborn, they are actually quite fearless dealing with predators as well as intelligent, playful and curious. When this donkey in Arkansas received presents a few days ago, his owner reported he "al
Devil rays or flying mobulas are known for breaching the water's surface, sometimes exhibiting aerial acrobatic displays, even flips, that end in big splashes. Marine biologists aren't exactly sure why they engage in such behavior.
Wild sea cows have been observed eating over 60 species of aquatic plants, especially sea grasses and algae, but they will also eat land grass if the opportunity presents itself.
A number of mammals, such as foxes, dogs, cats, pademelons, and even humans, are targeted for kleptotrichy by birds which use the hairs as building material to construct their nests. This tufted titmouse is pulling hairs from a raccoon while it is munchin
Rats have learned how to drive specially-built minicars to collect food according to university researchers. An analysis of stress creating hormones in the rats' brains found that rats were quite relaxed once they became habituated with the controls, simi
Salps are barrel-shaped, planktic tunicates. They move by contracting, and pumping water through their gelatinous body, one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom. Salps strain the pumped water through its internal feeding
The rusty-spotted cat is the smallest wild cat in Asia, and it competes with the black-footed cat of Africa for the title of 'world's smallest wild cat'. Adult rusty-spotted cats weigh up to 1.6kg/3.5lbs. They are native to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka, and
Owston's palm civet is native to the lowland river basins of northern Vietnam, northern Laos and southern China, and it is currently listed as endangered, mainly owing to habitat loss. It mainly feeds on earthworms and other invertebrates.
The red panda is an endangered carnivoran with less than 10K mature individuals in the wild spread out between the eastern Himalayas and SW China. Despite its name, the red panda is only distantly related to the giant panda. This red panda is being cared
The yellow boxfish, when juvenile, is a dazzling bright yellow in color, but this brightness fades as the fish grows older. Despite its carapace shape which would inhibit quick locomotion to evade predators, this boxfish is very well armed and will releas
Feather stars have been around for 200 million years and can regenerate their limbs, seemingly indefinitely if they’re left in the water. Some species of crinoid can grow up to 150 arms; sever one and back it grows—slowly—at less than a millimeter per day
The Amazon pygmy gecko, which grows to a length of 24mm, has remarkable superhydrophobic skin which enables it to stay waterproof and afloat during seasonal flooding in the Amazon rainforest. Millions of tiny dermal hairs help the gecko stay above water,
The western or Arfak parotia is a bird of paradise native to Indonesian New Guinea. When courting, as we see here, the male performs an elaborate series of displays to woo the female.
Common woolly monkeys are native to the northern Amazon rainforest where they forage for fruits, leaves, and insects. They can get over 20 lbs, making them one of the larger monkeys in the Americas.
The name "ermine" is used most often to describe a stoat or any member of the Mustela genus when it has taken on its white winter coat. There are 21 subspecies distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The Eurasian ermine, seen here, is searching fo
