Extreme Climates
This mammal has venomous spurs on the hind legs of males
This great ape species is known for termite fishing using sticks.
Chimpanzee
This insect has the fastest known strike in the animal kingdom, snapping its claws to create cavitation bubbles.
Pistol Shrimp
This gelatinous predator is the largest known invertebrate and lives in deep ocean waters.
Giant Squid
The scientific name Panthera leo refers to this large African predator.
Lion
This deep-sea fish has the largest teeth relative to body size of any fish
Viperfish
This cephalopod can edit its RNA to rapidly adapt its nervous system to changing temperatures.
Octopus
This mammal species has the longest gestation period of any land animal, lasting around 22 months.
Elephant
This deep-sea fish is famous for its transparent head and upward-facing eyes.
Barreleye Fish
The species Balaenoptera musculus is better known by this common name.
Blue Whale
Antarctic icefish
This bird family is known for using tools and solving complex puzzles; it includes crows and ravens.
Corvids
This amphibian species can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cord, and parts of its brain.
Axolotl
These tube worms thrive near hydrothermal vents and rely on symbiotic bacteria instead of photosynthesis.
Riftia tube worms
Ornithorhynchus anatinus is the scientific name of this egg-laying mammal.
Platypus
This desert rodet can survive its entire life without drinking liquid water
Kangaroo rat
This marine mammal species uses marine sponges as tools to protect its snout while hunting on the seafloor.
Bottlenose Dolphin
This fish species is known for sequential hermaphroditism, where dominant females can become males.
Clownfish
This shark species can live for over 250 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate.
Greenland Shark
The giant panda belongs to this family of mammals, the same as bears.
Ursidae
This microscopic animal can enter cryptobiosis and survive extreme radiation, dehydration, and even space.
Tardigrade
This bird, native to New Caledonia, is famous for crafting hooked tools from twigs.
New Caledonian Crow
This bizarre mammal has scales like a reptile and is the most trafficked mammal in the world.
Pangolin
This deep-sea fish can extend its jaw and stomach to swallow prey larger than itself.
Gulper eel
Aptenodytes forsteri is the scientific name for this Antarctic bird species.
Emperor penguin