The Animal Blog

* This fish is known as a surface hunter because of the fact that it is trained to hunt for prey by being at the surface. Also, because of ...

A new study shed light on why tortoises and turtles come in such a wide range of sizes. " island gigantism ," exemplified by the ...

The common porcupine is a solitary animal, although it may den with other porcupines in the winter. It makes its den in caves, decaying lo...

Possums have adapted well to contact with people. However, at times this contact can be noisy and messy - particularly if the possum takes ...

A solitary species , the American Bittern is more often heard than seen. It is a stout heron, with mottled buff-brown plumage. Its neck can ...

Scientists were shocked to find that an entire class of organisms are at the brink of extinction . These are the amphibians. Amphibians have...