Snakes don’t have ears or eardrums as humans have. In fact, this lack of external ears — and observations that snakes don’t tend to respond

Bats are happy to sleep upside-down in a variety of places. The movies portray bats as cave dwellers, but you’ll find them hanging out upside-down everywhere from attics to bridges to the insides

Carpenter bees are tied with bumblebee queens as the largest bees in North America. They live up to three years and can grow to be

When it comes to large teeth, though, one fish leads the rest. Great white sharks have large teeth, but they’re also huge fish. When tooth

Why do cats stretch so much? There are plenty of reasons. For one thing, stretching is one of the many ways cats communicate. Since cats can’t

Ursus maritimus…that’s the Latin name of the majestic polar bear, the largest carnivore that lives on land. You’ll find polar bears in northern Greenland, Norway, Siberia, and Canada. Polar bears

Frogs have mucus-covered skin and go through metamorphosis. Frogs are amphibians. They have thin, mucus-covered skin that they can breathe through, lay shell-less, squishy-looking eggs, and