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walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Examine the relationship between Northern fur seal cows and their pups and see how pups learn to swim

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Head of brown fur seal, Namibia. Cape fur seals, eared seals.

What’s the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions?

animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.

Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World

cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)

Why Do Animals Have Tails?

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Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Big beaver gnawing on limb at river's edge

6 Animal Species that Mate for Life

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

Lion (panthera leo)

Deadliest Animals Quiz

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.

Ultimate Animals Quiz

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animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.

Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World

cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

Demystified

Head of brown fur seal, Namibia. Cape fur seals, eared seals.

What’s the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions?