One of the most fitting in the category of deadliest animals. With its distinctive red hourglass marking, the North American black widow spider is notorious for its venomous bite. While fatalities ...

These giant woolly pachyderms were still wandering the North American continent when humans ... But other, more plucky animals managed to hold on a bit longer. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis ...

North America is home to a vast array of wildlife, from the huge North American Bison to the glowing ... run twice as fast at 40 mph (64 kmh). Both animals are found in the same desert areas ...

The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

North American river otters are extremely active and playful animals that are found in a variety of freshwater habitats throughout much of the U.S. and Canada. They can grow 3-4 feet long including ...

Otters are known to be playful, but it's not all fun and games. There is scientific evidence that sliding is more than just ...

In this exhibit, you can explore the history of horses in the American West. Horses first evolved in North America. Some of their early ancestors lived 30–40 million years ago and were small, ...

The Seneca Park Zoo is welcoming a new litter of North American river otters! Ashkii, the nine-year-old river otter at the ...

Critics of the idea that the North American wild horse is a native animal ... Purely taxonomic methodologies looked at physical form for classifying animals and plants, relying on visual observations ...

The brightly colored male American goldfinch is especially recognizable ... The male is unlike any other finch in North America; the Wilson’s warbler is the only other bright yellow species ...

Millions of years ago, the continents came into contact, permitting ancient mammals to cross the Isthmus of Panama. But this great migration was overwhelmingly one-sided: North American animals moved ...