Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Turbot

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus): Ecology, Distribution, and Culinary Value

Turdidae

Turdidae: the thrushes (passerine songbirds)

Turkey (bird)

Turkey vulture

Turkish Angora

Turkish Angora: origin, characteristics, and distinctions

Turkish Van

Turkish Van (cat breed): origin, appearance, behavior and care

Turquoise-browed motmot

Turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa): description, range and significance

Turtle

Turtle

Turtle (Testudines): Anatomy, Evolution, Habitats and Conservation

Turtles (order Testudines) are shelled reptiles found in marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. This article covers their anatomy, evolution, diversity, ecology and conservat

Tusk

Tusk: form, function, and conservation of elongated teeth

Tweety

Tweety (Tweety Bird) — Looney Tunes canary

Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

Twelve-wired bird‑of‑paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)

Tylosaurus

Tylototriton verrucosus

Tyranni

Tyranni (Suboscines): a concise overview of the suborder

Tyrannosauridae

Tyrannosauridae: the late Cretaceous large-bodied theropods

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus (tyrant lizard)

Tyrannosaurus, best known for T. rex, was a large bipedal carnivorous theropod of the Late Cretaceous, noted for its massive skull, powerful bite, debated hunting behavior, and pro

Tyrant flycatcher

Tytonidae

Tytonidae — the barn-owl family

Uakari

Uakari (genus Cacajao): red-faced New World monkeys of the Amazon

Udanoceratops

Unenlagia

Unenlagia: a bird-like theropod from the mid-Cretaceous

Ungulate

Ungulate: Hoofed Mammals — Definition, Biology, and Evolution

Upland buzzard

Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)

Urial

Urial (Ovis orientalis vignei): wild sheep of western Central Asia

Ursus (genus)

Utahraptor

Utahraptor — large dromaeosaurid predator

Utatsusaurus

Utatsusaurus: an early ichthyopterygian from the Lower Triassic

Valdosaurus

Valdosaurus: Early Cretaceous bipedal herbivorous dinosaur

Valvatida

Valvatida: the diverse order of sea stars

Vampire bat

Vampire squid

Vampyromorphida

Vangunu giant rat

Vaquita

Vaquita (Phocoena sinus): the critically endangered porpoise of the Gulf of California

Varanidae

Varanidae: the monitor lizard family

Vegavis

Vegavis — a Cretaceous bird linking modern waterfowl to Mesozoic avifauna

Velafrons

Velafrons — a hadrosaurid dinosaur from Mexico

Velociraptor

Velociraptor — Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid (genus)

Velocisaurus

Velocisaurus — a small cursorial theropod from Patagonia

Velvet worm

Velvet worms (Onychophora): biology, distribution and evolutionary importance

Veneridae

Veneridae — the Venus clams: biology, distribution, and human uses

Venomous snake

Vervet monkey

Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus): appearance, behavior and distribution

Viceroy (butterfly)

Vicuña

Vicuña: the wild Andean camelid and its wool

Viper

Viper (family Viperidae)

Viperinae

Viperinae (Old World vipers)

Vireo