Find 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.
Find out more about the animal kingdom
Jump to: Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Cartilaginous fishes | Ray-finned fishes | Lobe-finned fishes and allies | Jellyfish | Cephalopods | Spiders, mites and allies | Insects | Lobsters, woodlice and allies | Millipedes | Barnacles, copepods and allies | Starfish | Sea urchins | Polychaete worms
About Amphibians
Frogs and toads
True toads
Common toad
Venezuela pebble toad
Australasian tree frogs
Surinam toad
Darwin's frog
About Birds
Ducks, geese and swans
Mandarin duck
Bar-headed goose
Barnacle goose
Snow goose
Whooper swan
Swifts and hummingbirds
About Mammals
Even-toed ungulates
Cattle, antelopes and allies
Springbok
Ibex and goats
Markhor
Nubian ibex
Walia ibex
About Reptiles
Lizards, snakes and allies
Agamid lizards
Agamas
Frilled lizard
Thorny devil
Slow worm
Boas and pythons
About Cartilaginous fishes
Great white shark
Ground sharks
Tiger shark
Hammerhead sharks
Rays, skates and allies
Stingrays
Manta ray
About Ray-finned fishes
Perch-like fishes
Cichlid fish
Gobies
Atlantic sailfish
Anchovies, herrings and allies
Herrings, sardines and allies
Peruvian anchoveta
About Cephalopods
Squid
Humboldt squid
Octopuses
North Pacific giant octopus
Dumbo octopuses
Giant cuttlefish
About Spiders, mites and allies
Spiders
Crab spiders
Jumping spiders
Himalayan jumping spider
Money spiders
Trapdoor spiders
Black lace-weaver
About Insects
Butterflies and moths
Admirals, peacocks, monarchs and allies
Monarch butterfly
Purple emperor butterfly
High brown fritillary
Large blue butterfly
Burnet moth
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