Behaviour
Will a lion eat another lion?
Lions kill other lions fairly often, mostly cubs after new males take over a pride, but they rarely eat them.…
The field guide
Behaviour
Lions kill other lions fairly often, mostly cubs after new males take over a pride, but they rarely eat them.…
Records & rankings
A male ostrich stands 2.1 to 2.7 m tall, up to about a metre taller than an average man, and…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a kangaroo, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths, a quiz…
Anatomy & appearance
A shadow sweeps across a backyard. The hens scatter and someone shouts “chicken hawk!” But which bird was it? There…
Senses
Nobody has measured how far a lion can smell. Here is what lions really use their noses for, and how…
Records & rankings
A grey mountain bird called a Clark’s nutcracker flies over a mountain slope in autumn, pushing pine seeds into the…
Behaviour
Somewhere in the Sargasso Sea, far out in the Atlantic, eels from European rivers are thought to meet and spawn.…
Adaptations
An adaptation is a feature that helps an animal survive and reproduce where it lives. There are three main types:…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a great white shark, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths,…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a frog, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths, a quiz…
Life cycle & reproduction
A frog's life cycle has four main stages: egg (frogspawn), tadpole, froglet and adult frog. Some books count three or…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a gray wolf, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths, a…