Blue whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) is by far the largest animal in the world that has ever lived on this planet. It is so huge that the weight of its tongue ...

Beluga whale (Delphinapterus Leucas) is one of the only two species of whale from the family of Monodontidae. The other whale in this family is narwhale. It is ...

Weaver ants are arboreal species. True to their name the weaver ants build nests by weaving together leaves via larval silk.  They are thought to live in large ...

The bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) is famous for its powerful sting. It is found in Honduras and Paraguay. The bullet ant’s sting hurts so much—once bit it is ...

Fire ants are a group of insects that belong to the genus Solenopsis. There are 200 species of fire ants. Fire ants are also called tropical fire ants, red ...

Cassowaries are large flightless birds. They share their ratite group with some of the largest birds in the world—ostrich, emus, rheas, elephant birds, moas, ...

The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) is an extinct flightless bird. It had quickly disappeared off the face of the earth 200 years ago. While it looked like ...

The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is not only the largest flightless bird—it is the biggest of all birds. Ostrich is native to Africa. The bird shares its order ...

How many kiwi bird facts you think you know? Kiwis are probably the rarest of the flightless birds which belong to the family Apterygidae. They are also ...

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird. It was thought to become extinct as early as in the late 17th century. The dodo used to live near ...