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Beautiful adult three colored calico longhair cat
Longhair Cat Breeds
Close-up portrait of a Scot with a amazing beard and mustache curls
Famous Mustaches in History
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote some of the most famous pieces of classical music.
7 Famous Child Prodigies
The cast of Friends (from left to right): Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, and David Schwimmer.
10 of the Best American Sitcoms
Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour).
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Beautiful adult three colored calico longhair cat
Longhair Cat Breeds
Scottish fold cat.
Shorthair Cat Breeds
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), a critically endangered toad endemic to Panama.
Extinct in the Wild but Still Around: 5 Plants and Animals Kept Alive by Humans
Army of deadly Microbes
Meet the Microbes: 5 Tiny Protozoans and Algae
Malayan leaf frog (Megophrys nasuta).
9 Animals That Look Like Leaves
Japanese spider crab
10 Animals Evolution Plucked Straight Out of a Nightmare
Ostriches (Struthio camelus).
6 of the World's Most Dangerous Birds
rats
8 Interesting Facts About Rats
Mellisuga helenae
Queen Mab’s Stable: 7 of the Smallest Animals
Meet CC, short for Carbon Copy or Copy Cat (depending on who you ask). She was the world’s first cloned pet.
CC, The First Cloned Cat
The Hindenburg in flames at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, May 6, 1937.
Defying Gravity: 7 of the Biggest Things That Ever Flew
Saltwater, or estuarine, crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).
7 Crocodilian Species That Are Dangerous to Humans
Sea horse or Seahorse, Hippocampus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Syngnathiformes, Family: Syngnathidae, Subfamily: Hippocampinae
9 Fish Named After Other Animals
coconut octopus underwater, amphioctopus, cephalopod, indonesia
6 Reasons to Love Cephalopods
Working German Shepherd dog sniffing a suspecting package for drugs or explosives.
Working Like a Dog: 7 Animals with Jobs
Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with its Summer coat on the left side and its winter coat on the right.
7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus).
5 Surprising Facts About Bats
Gulls flock in Astbery Park, New Jersey, U.S., following Hurricane Sandy, 2012.
8 Nonhuman Casualties of Hurricanes
Therizinosaurus, theropod, dinosaur
6 Awesome Dinosaur Species You Should Know
Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.
Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms
Bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
8 Animals That Suck (Blood)
Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori’s monitor, artellia, reptile
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles
British shorthair
The 10 Best Types of Cat
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.
9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals
Phyllobates terribilis
7 Awesome Frog Species of the Tropics
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming in the waters near the Hawaiian Islands.
5 Vertebrate Groups
Northern Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) also known as the Pacific chorus frog in a green and brown morph on dewy leaf about to leap.
7 Awesome Frog Species of Canada and the United States
Dolphin. Delphinidae. Bottlenose dolphin. Bottle-nosed dolphin. Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Tursiops truncatus. Bottlenose dolphin swimming in a large tank at Marineland, Florida.
A Dose of Dolphin-Induced Dopamine: 8 Species of Adorable Cetacean
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
Off the Hook: 10 Sharks Protected From Fishing in American Waters
Skeleton of an aurochs (Bos primigenius), an extinct wild ox of Europe.
6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction
Newt. Salamanders. Amphibian. Alpine newts. Ichthyosaura alpestris. Caudata. Urodela. Alpine newt swimming underwater.
Deviously Darwinian: 6 Strange Evolutionary Phenomena
Bitter oyster (Panellus stipticus), a saprophytic fungus capable of bioluminescence. Classified in the family Mycenaceae, the species is found in Eurasia, Australia, and North America.
Everything’s Illuminated: 6 Bioluminescent Organisms
giant weta
Spineless Giants: 7 Invertebrates of Unusual Size
Big cats. Leopards. Snow leopard. Panthera uncia. Endangered species. Profile of a snow leopard.
Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species
bird. pigeon. carrier pigeon or messenger pigeon, dove
Fightin’ Fauna: 6 Animals of War
tree-kangaroo. Huon or Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. Endangered Species marsupial
Editor Picks: 10 Must-visit Zoo Animals
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex).
Funky Feathers: 10 Bizarre Birds
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.
Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History
Baby rabbit (bunny)
7 More Domestic Animals and Their Wild Ancestors
Black widow spider
9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders
A pet macaw. Large colourful parrot native to tropical America. Bird, companionship, bird, beak, alert, squawk. For AFA new year resolution.
11 Popular—Or Just Plain Odd—Presidential Pets
Animal. Mammal. Goat. Ruminant. Capra. Capra aegagrus. Capra hircus. Farm animal. Livestock. White goat in grassy meadow.
6 Domestic Animals and Their Wild Ancestors
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
King cobra displaying its hood, Malaysia.
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Mosquito on human skin.
10 Deadly Animals that Fit in a Breadbox
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