Latest about amazing animals
Eleonora's falcon: The raptor that imprisons birds live by stripping their feathers and stuffing them in rocks
One population of Eleonora's falcon is reported to keep little birds alive inside rocky prisons — a behavior not seen in any other raptor species.
Hummingbird hawk-moth: The bird-like insect with a giant sucking mouthpart
Just as humans rely on their eyes to make precise movements with their hands, hummingbird hawk-moths use continuous visual feedback to precisely position their proboscis in the center of flowers.
Patagonian mara: The monogamous rodents that mate only a few times a year but pee on each other constantly
Male Patagonian maras follow females wherever they go and rub poop on the ground around them to deter rival males.
Shoebill: The human-sized African bird that eats baby crocodiles and kills its siblings
Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills.
Mary River turtle: The green-haired oddball that can breathe through its butt for 72 hours
The Mary River turtle has adapted to life underwater after splitting from all other living turtle lineages more than 18 million years ago.
Honduran white bats: The fluffy little bats that roost together in leaf tents
These tiny white bats, which can construct a leaf-made tent, are extremely picky eaters.
Diving bell spider: The only aquatic arachnid that creates a web underwater to live in
Diving bell spiders are also weird when it comes to sex, with males occasionally gobbling up females in reverse sexual cannibalism.
Aldabra rail: The bird that came back from the dead by evolving twice
The flightless Aldabra rail went extinct 136,000 years ago when its atoll home sank beneath the waves. Then it evolved again.
