National Geographic Animals is a place for all things animals and for animal-lovers alike. Take a journey through the animal kingdom with us and discover things you never knew before, or rediscover your favorite animals!


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Which wintry animal do you think would win a snowball fight? 🐻‍❄️

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Roadrunners aren't great at flying—but they more than make up for it by reaching speeds of up to 17 miles an hour! 💨

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Birds fly south to escape the winter, and chipmunks survive the cold by building bunkers chock-full of nuts and seeds. 🌰 Which survival strategy would you use to get through the colder months?

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Take a peek—or should we say peak?—at these mountain animals

📸 1/4: A marmot eating grass in So'gya Qinghai, China
📸 2/4: Torvi, the lynx
📸 3/4: A blue sheep, which is well-adapted for the steep rocky terrain in India's Himalayas
📸 4/4: A snow leopard at a regular scent-marking site within its range in the Himalayas

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A newly discovered snake-tail mantis is turning heads in Sardinia with a courtship dance that mimics the coils and flicks of a snake—an artful move that researchers theorize is used by males to avoid becoming a post-mating snack. This unusual display not only helped scientists recognize the new species but also hints at how much of mantis behavior remains unseen.

See what it looks like: on.natgeo.com/ANIYTC010926

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Nbd, just hanging out.

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True or false: flying squirrels glow pink under UV light 🐿️

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If you could have a conversation with your pet, what would you talk about? 🐾

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Could a young orangutan suddenly take on the role of a mother? That’s what researchers discovered when they found Rossa, barely into adolescence, caring for her younger sister in the forests of Indonesia. It’s the first detailed report of adoption among orangutans—whose unique lifestyle might make it especially hard for an orphaned juvenile to survive: on.natgeo.com/ANIYTC010325

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Cloven hooves and horns, they must be Bovids! Members of the Bovidae family can be found worldwide, although some domesticated species lack their bony protrusions. 🦬

📸 1/4: A Thomson's gazelle fawn struggles to walk.
📸 2/4: A wildebeest herd gathers in the plains of Maasai Mara, Kenya.
📸 3/4: Two bongo antelope wander amongst the trees.
📸 4/4: Bison gather along the northern rim of the Grand Canyon.

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