Animals

Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa)

Fairy Gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. The bird is native to New Guinea and Queensland and was previously known as the fairy warbler. Among...

Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)

Identification Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) is seen primarily along the Atlantic seaboard. This is a rather larger, chunkier, and...

Elliot’s Woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii)

Identification: The Elliot's Woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii) is a long-tailed woodpecker with a plain appearance. There are some brown...

Caracal Cat: The Ancient Desert Predator Often Mistaken for a Lynx

Caracal Cat with its long legs and tufted ears, looks like an African version of the lynx, and...

Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)

Range: One of the most common waders visiting Australia, the Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes, previously Heteroscelus brevipes) can...

A Hummingbird Confronting a Pit Viper

Of 338 known species, approximately 50 types of these birds live or breed in the tropical lowlands and cloud forests of Costa Rica, where...

Dragon Lizard Looks Like Playing with Leaf Guitar

Aditya Permana, a professional photographer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in recent times captured this once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a forest dragon lizard that looks like it’s...

Photographer Captures the Cutest Squirrel Photo Session

The exceptionally gifted nature photographer Vadim Trunov has had handy encounters with squirrels before, but this is the first time we’ve seen such types...

Leopardus Wild Cat Genus

The ocelot ranges from 68 to 100 centimeters (27 to 39 in) in length, plus 26 to 45 centimeters (10-18 in) in tail length,...