Beauty Animalia

Spider monkeys, like this young one in Bolivia's Madidi National Park, are dependent on their mothers for about ten weeks after birt...

While hyenas are known as scavengers, they also possess great intelligence and skill on the hunt. One strategy is for a single hyena t...

Tree squirrels, like this eastern gray squirrel, are seen in many parks, backyards, and forests throughout the world. Squirrels ar...

"These animals are always yelling at each other," writes photographer Joel Sartore of the Steller sea lions on Alaska's Lowr...

Unlike its Indian and African cousins, the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros is covered with patches of stiff hair, most promin...

Sun bears are so named because of the bib-shaped patch on their chests, which legend says represents the rising sun. The reclusive ...

The prehensile trunk of the tapir has changed little in millions of years of evolution. Tapirs look something like pigs with trunks,...

This yawning Tasmanian devil was photographed at a quarantine facility in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The site monitors devils for signs ...

In addition to running at high speeds, Thomson's gazelles also use a bounding leap, called "stotting" or "pronking,...

The three-toed sloth's long claws are well suited to an arboreal life but hamper its mobility on the ground, leaving it vulnerable to ...