Animals

Hermit crab

Hermit thrush

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Hermitage cats

Hermitage cats: the resident cats of the State Hermitage Museum

Heron

Heron (Ardeidae): biology, behaviour, and conservation

Herrerasaurus

Herrerasaurus: an early carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Triassic

Herring

Herring: biology, behavior, culinary uses and cultural significance

Herring gull

Herveo plump toad

Herveo plump toad (Orsornophryne percrassa)

Hesperornis

Hesperornis: a toothed, flightless marine bird of the Late Cretaceous

Heterodontosaur

Heterodontosauridae: the different‑toothed early ornithischians

Heterodontosaurus

Heteromyidae

Heteromyidae — kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and pocket mice

Heteroptera

Heteroptera: the true bugs

Hexacorallia

Highland cattle

Hardy Scottish cattle with long horns and a double coat. Raised mainly for beef, suited to wet, windy climates, used in conservation grazing, small-scale farming and cultural herit

Himalayan cat

Himalayan goral

Himalayan monal

Hippopotamidae

Hippopotamidae: the hippopotamus family

Hippopotamus

Hoatzin

Hoatzin: the leaf-eating bird of Amazonian wetlands

Hog badger

Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris): appearance, range, and conservation

Hog deer

Hogna

Hogna: large wolf spiders of the family Lycosidae

Holocephali

Holocephali: chimaeras, fossil record, anatomy, and ecological role

Holostei

Holostei: gars, bowfin, and primitive ray-finned fishes

Homalocephale

Homing pigeon

Homing pigeon: breed, navigation, history and uses

Homotherium

Honey bee

Honey bee (genus Apis)

Social flying insects of the genus Apis that produce honey and beeswax, live in perennial colonies, act as important pollinators, and are managed by beekeepers; studied in melittol

Honeyeater

Honeyeater (Meliphagidae): Nectar-feeding Birds of Australasia

Honeyguide

Honeyguide (Indicatoridae): wax-eating birds famed for guiding to bee nests

Hooded crow

Hooded seal

Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)

Hoof

Hoopoe

Hoopoe (Upupa epops): description, behavior, distribution and cultural role

Hornbill

Hornbill (Bucerotidae): Tropical Birds, Behavior, and Conservation

Horned grebe

Horned grebe (Slavonian grebe)

Horned lizard

Horned lizard (Phrynosoma): desert-adapted spiny reptiles

Hornet

Horse

Horse fly

Horse training

Horseshoe bat

Horseshoe crab

Hourglass dolphin

Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)

House centipede

House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata): appearance, behavior, and role in homes

House mouse

House mouse (Mus musculus)