Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Grass snake

Grasshopper

Gray whale

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

Grazer

Grazer (herbivore adapted to eating grass)

Great auk

Great auk (Pinguinus impennis): the extinct North Atlantic auk

Great cormorant

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Great crested grebe

Great crested newt

Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

Great Dane

Great egret

Great gerbil

Great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus)

Great hammerhead shark

Great horned owl

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)

Great spotted woodpecker

Great spotted woodpecker

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

A medium-sized black-and-white woodpecker found across Eurasia and parts of North Africa. Known for drumming, tree excavation, and a varied diet including insects and seeds.

Great tit

Great tit (Parus major) — overview, appearance, behavior and ecology

Great white pelican

Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) — overview, biology, and conservation

Great white shark

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Great-billed heron

Great-billed heron (Ardea sumatrana)

Greater bird-of-paradise

Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda): New Guinea canopy display specialist

Greater flamingo

Greater rhea

Greater roadrunner

Greater sage-grouse

Grebe

Green iguana

Green iguana (Iguana iguana): description, behavior, and human interactions

Green peafowl

Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

Green pheasant

Green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)

Green tree python

Green woodpecker

Greenland halibut

Grey bamboo lemur

Grey bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)

Grey crowned crane

Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)

Grey heron

Grey partridge

Grey peacock-pheasant

Grey's crowned guenon

Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby — the loyal Skye terrier of Edinburgh

Greyhound

Greylag goose

Ground beetle

Ground sloth

Ground sloth — extinct large sloths of the Americas

Ground squirrel

Groundhog

Grouper

Grouper (Epinephelinae): reef predators, fisheries, and biology

Grouse

Grouse: terrestrial game birds of the Galliformes

Gruiformes

Gruiformes — crane-like birds: overview, evolution and ecology

Grus