Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Grylloblattidae

Grylloblattidae — ice crawlers, cold-adapted wingless insects

Guadalupe bass

Guam kingfisher

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Guam rail

Guanaco

Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)

Guard dog

Guard dog: roles, types, training, and legal considerations

Guide dog

Guide dog (seeing-eye dog)

Guinea pig

Guineafowl

Guineafowl: African ground birds of the family Numididae

Gun dog

Gun dog (gundog): roles, types, and training

Guppy

Guppy (Poecilia reticulata): overview, biology, care and significance

Gymnopis syntrema

Gymnopis syntrema: Central American caecilian

Gymnotiformes

Gymnotiformes — Neotropical electric fishes

Gyposaurus

Gyposaurus (early Jurassic prosauropod)

Haast's eagle

Haast's eagle — the giant apex raptor of New Zealand

Haddock

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Hadrosaur

Hadrosaur (Hadrosauridae) — the duck‑billed herbivorous dinosaurs

Hadrosaurus

Hadrosaurus (Hadrosaurus foulkii)

Haflinger

Haflinger

Hagfish

Halibut

Halibut: Atlantic and Pacific flatfish — biology, fisheries, and uses

Hallopus

Hallopus — a small prehistoric crocodylomorph once misidentified as a dinosaur

Hallucigenia

Hallucigenia — Cambrian lobopodian genus

Halteres

Hamadryas baboon

Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas): appearance, behavior, and significance

Hamish McHamish

Hammerhead shark

Hammerhead shark

A concise overview of hammerhead sharks: their distinctive cephalofoil, taxonomy, habitat, behavior, conservation issues, and notable biological adaptations.

Hamster

Harbor seal

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): appearance, range, behavior and conservation

Hare

Harlequin duck

Harp seal

Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

Harpy eagle

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Harrier

Harrier (bird): low-flying hawks of open country

Hawk

Hazel dormouse

Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Hearing dog

Hearing dog: assistance animals for the deaf and hard of hearing

Heart urchin

Heart urchin (Spatangoida)

Hectocotylus

Hectocotylus — the specialized reproductive arm of cephalopods

Hedgehog

Hedylidae

Helix (gastropod)

Helix (genus of air-breathing land snails)

Helix pomatia

Helmeted honeyeater

Helmeted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix)

Hemiphractidae

Hemiphractidae — marsupial and back‑brooding frogs

Herbivore

Herbivore (plant-eating animal)

Herd

Herd (collective group of animals)

Hereford (cattle)