Animals

One practice that has gained significant attention in recent years is forest bathing, also known as Shinrin-yoku in Japanese. It’s not merely a walk in… 

Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda, which branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca about 340 million… 

The thorny devil (Moloch horridus), also commonly known as the mountain devil, thorny lizard, thorny dragon and moloch, is a species of lizard in the… 

The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a medium-sized toothed whale with a large protruding canine tooth “tusk”. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters surrounding Greenland,… 

The maned wolf (scientifically known as Chrysocyon brachyurus) is a large canid of South America. The maned wolf is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru,… 

The mata mata, mata-mata or matamata (Chelus fimbriata) is a species of freshwater turtle found in South America, mainly in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.… 

Macropinna is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleyes family. It contains one species, M. microstoma. It is recognized by a very… 

The okapi (Okapia johnstoni), also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe or zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of… 

Glass frogs are frogs of the amphibian family Centrolenidae (order Anura). Although the general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the… 

Echidnas , sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae The four extant species of echidnas and the…