Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Woolly monkey

Woolly rhinoceros

Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis): Ice Age megaherbivore

Working dog

Worm

Wrasse

Wrasse (family Labridae): colourful reef fishes and their biology

Wren

Wuerhosaurus

Xenarthra

Xenarthra: the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters of the Americas

Xenopus

Xenopus: African clawed frogs and their role in research and ecology

Xiaosaurus

Xiaosaurus — small mid-Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur

Xiaotingia

Xiaotingia — a small feathered theropod from the Jurassic of China

Xiphactinus

Xiphactinus — Large predatory fish of the Late Cretaceous seas

Xiphosura

Xiphosura: horseshoe crabs and their extinct relatives

Yangchuanosaurus

Yangchuanosaurus: a large Jurassic carnosaur from Sichuan, China

Yellow-bellied glider

Yellow-billed magpie

Yellow-eyed penguin

Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes): description, behaviour and conservation

Yellow-lipped sea krait

Yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina)

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowjacket

Yi (dinosaur)

Yorkshire Terrier

Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie)

Yutyrannus

Yutyrannus — large feathered tyrannosauroid of the Early Cretaceous

Zalmoxes

Zalmoxes — a Late Cretaceous ornithopod from the Hateg region

Zapalasaurus

Zapalasaurus (Early Cretaceous diplodocoid from Argentina)

Zebra

Zebra mussel

Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha): invasive freshwater bivalve

Zebrafish

Zebrafish (Danio rerio): biology, research importance, and aquarium care

Zebu

Zebu

Zebu (Bos indicus): Tropical cattle of South Asia, Africa and beyond

Zebu are humpless-appearing domestic cattle (Bos indicus) adapted to tropical climates, valued for heat tolerance, draught work and cultural roles across South Asia, Africa and oth

Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus — small Early Cretaceous ornithopod

Zhejiangopterus

Zhenyuanlong

Zizhongosaurus

Zizhongosaurus: overview of a Chinese sauropod genus

Zoantharia

Zoantharia (Zoanthids): colonial anemone-like anthozoans without a stony skeleton

Zoo

Zoo

Zoo: purpose, history, animal care, and modern conservation roles

An overview of zoos: definitions, roles in education, research and conservation, animal care and welfare, types of institutions, accreditation, public engagement, and current chall

Zookeeper

Zookeeper: roles, training, daily work, and conservation importance

Zoraptera

Zoraptera: the obscure order of minute 'angel' insects

Zosterops

Zosterops (white-eyes): overview of the small, ring‑eyed passerines

Zuniceratops

Zuniceratops: an early horned dinosaur from North America

Zupaysaurus