A Compendium of Our World’s Creatures

Explore astonishing animals, bizarre beasts, and curious creatures.

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Raccoon Dog
Cuckoo-Roller
Lake Pátzcuaro Salamander
Brahminy Blindsnake
Marine Hatchetfish

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Economies of Illness
Economies of Illness

From bats living paycheck-to-paycheck to elephant seal billionaires — which species can afford to act sick, which cannot, and why?

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Why Does Extinction Matter?
Why Does Extinction Matter?
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“I was now in hopes that I had made the little orphan quite happy; and so it seemed for some time, until it began to remember its lost parent…”
“I was now in hopes that I had made the little orphan quite happy; and so it seemed for some time, until it began to remember its lost parent…”

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“The change from plants to animals…is gradual…”
“The change from plants to animals…is gradual…”

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