The word hydra might bring up images of a multi-headed beast from Greek mythology, but it's also the name of real life animals! Hydras are hydrozoans who don't form colonies. These polyps live solitary lives which, in theory, could last forever. Yes. These animals are essentially immortal! They rege
There are three living camel species and only one is actually wild; most of the millions of camels around the world are domestic animals. There are feral populations, like the feral population in Australia, but these are technically still domestic animals - like feral dogs and cats that roam neighbo
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover that the way we name animals can be pretty freaking arbitrary. EDIT: At 2:02 6 pounds is ACTUALLY equal to 2.72 kilograms - whoops! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a group of fish who look like them came out alive after a deathmatch with a steamroller! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as ac
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a fish whose oldest living individual was more than two centuries old! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover that bats are more than just animals represented in Halloween decorations. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the wild counterparts of some of the most well-known mammalian pet species. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover one of your favorite Halloween birds and learn how they can fly nearly silently. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as pos
Kissing bugs are from the groups of insects commonly called assassin bugs. These arthropods are well known as the insects responsible for the spread of Chagas disease, though they don't actually give the disease to people through their bites (which are typically made around a person's mouth). There
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the animal commonly known as the king of the jungle who really may need a different title. Check out the Animusings Podcast episode in which we were guests and discussed the Lion King: http://www.benviewnetwork.com/animusings/2020/1/28/32-the-lion-king-
African elephants are the largest living land animals in the world. They are currently listed as threatened by extinction. While they do have predators like lions, hyenas, wild dogs, and crocodiles, the greatest threats to African elephant populations are anthropogenic. African elephants spend most
Bees may be the honey producing colony workers most people known and love, or they may be something else entirely! Considering there are somewhere around 20,000 classified species of bees (and even more who need classification), there's plenty of room for diversity among all the bee species. Scien
