Animals
About animals
Find out more about your favourite animals, where and how they live, the latest news about them and who's filming them right now. Marvel at the stealth of a snow leopard, the tenderness of a mother tiger and the awesome spectacle of a golden eagle in flight. Listen to the thrilling sound of lions roaring across the savannah and to birds that mimic machinery.
470 animals
Jump to: Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Cartilaginous fishes | Starfish | Ray-finned fishes | Spiders, mites and allies | Insects | Sea urchins | Cephalopods | Lobsters, woodlice and allies | Millipedes | Polychaete worms | Lobe-finned fishes and allies | Barnacles, copepods and allies
Amphibians Show All 14 Amphibians
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About Amphibians -
Frogs and toads -
True toads -
Common toad -
Venezuela pebble toad -
Darwin's frog -
Salamanders -
Asian giant salamanders
Birds Show All 129 Birds
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About Birds -
Ducks, geese and swans -
Mandarin duck -
Bar-headed goose -
Barnacle goose -
Snow goose -
Whooper swan -
Swifts and hummingbirds
Mammals Show All 186 Mammals
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About Mammals -
Even-toed ungulates -
Cattle, antelopes and allies -
Springbok -
Ibex and goats -
Markhor -
Nubian ibex -
Walia ibex
Reptiles Show All 44 Reptiles
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About Reptiles -
Lizards, snakes and allies -
Agamid lizards -
Agamas -
Frilled lizard -
Thorny devil -
Slow worm -
Boas and pythons
Cartilaginous fishes Show All 9 Cartilaginous fishes
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About Cartilaginous fishes -
Great white shark -
Ground sharks -
Tiger shark -
Hammerhead sharks -
Rays, skates and allies -
Stingrays -
Manta ray
Starfish
Ray-finned fishes Show All 21 Ray-finned fishes
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About Ray-finned fishes -
Perch-like fishes -
Cichlid fish -
Gobies -
Atlantic sailfish -
Anchovies, herrings and allies -
Herrings, sardines and allies -
Peruvian anchoveta
Spiders, mites and allies
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About Spiders, mites and allies -
Spiders -
Crab spiders -
Jumping spiders -
Himalayan jumping spider -
Money spiders -
Trapdoor spiders
Insects Show All 39 Insects
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About Insects -
Butterflies and moths -
Admirals, peacocks, monarchs and allies -
Monarch butterfly -
Purple emperor butterfly -
High brown fritillary -
Large blue butterfly -
Burnet moth
Sea urchins
Cephalopods
Lobsters, woodlice and allies
Millipedes
Polychaete worms
Lobe-finned fishes and allies
Barnacles, copepods and allies
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