FILTER FEEDERAFRICAN LUNGFISHJAWLESS LAMPREYFISHFIND OUT MOREFish are water animals that evolved about 500 million years ago. They were the first animals to have an internal skeleton. Most fish…
CLASS: INSECTAFIND OUT MOREAn insect’s body divides into three sections. The head holds the eyes, antennae, and mouthparts. The thorax bears three pairs of jointed legs and two pairs of…
PARASITIC FLUKEA LONG LIFEMETAMORPHOSISFIND OUT MOREThe life cycle of an animal consists of all the stages from the start of one generation to the beginning of the next. For many insects, it…
CLASS: MAMMALIADIVING PLATYPUSLEAPING DOLPHINFIND OUT MOREAll mammals are endothermic (warm-blooded), have some fur or hair on their body, and feed their young milk. They have a bony skeleton…
PHYLUM: MOLLUSCASlugs, snails, oysters, clams, squid, octopuses, and cuttlefish are very different to look at, but they are all molluscs. They have a ribbon-like tongue, called the radula,…
RUNNING GAZELLEGLIDERJET PROPULSIONFLYINGMUSCLESSKELETONFIND OUT MOREAll animals are mobile for at least some part of their lives because they need to find food. Most movement is controlled by…
DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS FOSSILS FIND OUT MORE
The study of ancient life, known from FOSSILS, is called palaeontology and scientists who work in this field are known as palaeontologists. By…
FAMILY MEMBERSUNITED PROTECTIONCOLONIAL ORGANIZATIONFIND OUT MOREAnimals of the same animal species, living in the same area, and interbreeding with one another, are referred to as a population…
FOSSIL DRAGONFLYELASMOSAURUSERAS OF LIFE ON EARTHDINOSAURSFIND OUT MORESince life began, more than 3.5 billion years ago, evolution has produced an enormous variety of living things. The…
CROCODILE EGGSROLE REVERSALASEXUAL BUDDINGLIVE YOUNGFERTILIZATIONFIND OUT MOREAnimals reproduce in one of two ways. In asexual reproduction, animals produce young, which are identical to…
