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Red pandas may look like a charming mixture of fox, raccoon and teddy bear, but they are none of the above.  The red panda, Ailurus fulgens ...

Much of Egypt’s history is carved in her rock. We think of Egypt as ancient—a land of pharaohs, pyramids, and hieroglyphs etched in stone—bu...

SUE, the T Rex at the Field Museum, Chicago Standing more than 12 metres (40 feet) long and roughly 4 metres (13 feet) tall at the hips, SUE...

Despite occasionally being called the “Indian water dragon,” Physignathus cocincinus is more accurately known as the Indochinese, Chinese, ...

Sea Lion Skull Sea lions are sleek, intelligent marine predators capable of diving through cold ocean water with astonishing speed and grace...

Villains, tyrants and heroes alike are immortalized in the scientific literature as researchers don each new species a unique scientific nam...

Alnashetri cerropoliciensis Slip back 90 million years and wander the sun-baked floodplains of Patagonia, where the giants get all the glory...

Woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis The Woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis , was one of the great lumbering herbivores of Ple...

Woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis Travelling widely is one of the great pleasures of our age. Modern transport makes trips hither a...

There are few creatures quite as charming—or as suspiciously competent—as the raccoon. With its black mask, ringed tail and remarkably nimbl...

Coyote, Canis latrans Dire wolves vanished. Sabre-toothed cats vanished. American lions, western camels, native horses and giant ground slot...

A young Black Bear cub, Ursus americanus , tip-toes toward a frisky (and very startled) Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis — two wonderfully ...

European Flamingo At dawn along the salt lagoons of the Mediterranean, the European flamingo rises like a soft-feathered sunrise, a sweep of...