The shoebill stork can go weeks without eating — surviving on a diet of lungfish, which it digests slowly.

A meerkat stands upright to scan for predators.

Fact #547 · Animals

Some birds migrate thousands of miles each year.

Fact #77 · Animals

Dragonflies can fly in all directions, including backward.

Fact #352 · Animals

Some species of crabs can regenerate lost claws.

Fact #396 · Animals

A zebra’s stripes may help confuse predators.

Fact #500 · Animals

Crows can recognize individual human faces.

Fact #15 · Animals

A king cobra can raise a third of its body off the ground.

Fact #421 · Animals

A red kangaroo is the largest marsupial.

Fact #480 · Animals