Conservation & population
Why Did Megalodon Go Extinct? When It Died Out and Is It Still Alive?
Off the coast of what is now California, about 3.6 million years ago, a large, serrated tooth drifts down onto…
The field guide
Conservation & population
Off the coast of what is now California, about 3.6 million years ago, a large, serrated tooth drifts down onto…
Comparisons
A big crocodile lies held still by a research team. A scientist slides a force sensor between its back teeth…
Records & rankings
A grey mountain bird called a Clark’s nutcracker flies over a mountain slope in autumn, pushing pine seeds into the…
Anatomy & appearance
A dark shape lies still in a mangrove creek in southern Florida. Only its eyes and nostrils break the surface.…
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…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a grizzly bear, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths, a…
Adaptations
The 3 key adaptations of a red fox, sorted into structural, behavioural and physiological, with a labelled diagram, myths, a…