[ { "slug": "clawed-frog", "title": "Clawed Frog", "scientific_name": "Pipidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa for the clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus and the dwarf clawed frogs, and northern South America for the Surinam toads and their kin, in still and slow fresh water such as ponds, marshes, ditches, flooded pans, and slow streams, with introduced clawed frog populations now in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/clawed-frog" }, { "slug": "crane", "title": "Crane", "scientific_name": "Gruidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "polar" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except South America and Antarctica, breeding on open marshes, wet meadows, bogs, tundra, and grassland, and wintering on floodplains, rice fields, shallow lakes, and farmland, with the greatest number of species in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and long migration routes linking arctic and temperate breeding grounds to southern wintering areas.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crane" }, { "slug": "goby", "title": "Goby", "scientific_name": "Gobiidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "All tropical and temperate seas and many fresh waters, especially shallow coastal habitats such as coral reefs, rocky shores, tide pools, seagrass beds, mangroves, estuaries, and sandy and muddy bottoms, plus streams, rivers, lakes, and caves, from the intertidal zone down to a few hundred metres, on every continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goby" }, { "slug": "hummingbird", "title": "Hummingbird", "scientific_name": "Trochilidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Americas only, from southern Alaska and across Canada and the United States, through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America, in rainforest, cloud forest, high paramo and puna grassland, desert, chaparral, and gardens, with the richest diversity on the humid slopes of the tropical Andes.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hummingbird" }, { "slug": "mole-salamander", "title": "Mole Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystomatidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "North America, from southern Canada through the United States to the central Mexican highlands, in deciduous and mixed forest, prairie, and wetland margins with soils soft enough to burrow and with temporary or fish-free ponds nearby for breeding, from lowlands to mid elevations.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mole-salamander" }, { "slug": "monitor-lizard", "title": "Monitor Lizard", "scientific_name": "Varanidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Africa, southern and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and many islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans, in rainforest, monsoon forest, savanna, mangrove, riverbank, rocky desert, and farmland and city edges, with different species specialised for climbing, burrowing, swimming, or ranging over open ground.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/monitor-lizard" }, { "slug": "moth", "title": "Moth", "scientific_name": "Lepidoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every land habitat, from rainforest and tundra to desert, salt marsh, high mountains, caves, and the inside of houses and warehouses, wherever there are plants for the caterpillars, with the greatest diversity in warm and tropical regions.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/moth" }, { "slug": "squirrel", "title": "Squirrel", "scientific_name": "Sciuridae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and Australia, in almost every wooded and open habitat, including boreal, temperate, and tropical forest, grassland and prairie, alpine meadow, semi-desert, city parks, and gardens, from sea level to above 5,000 m in the Himalayas.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/squirrel" }, { "slug": "swan", "title": "Swan", "scientific_name": "Cygnus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to temperate and subarctic Europe, Asia, North America, southern South America, Australia, and New Zealand, breeding on lakes, slow rivers, marshes, and sheltered coasts and wintering on estuaries, floodplains, and farmland; the mute swan has also been introduced widely, and the black swan of Australia has established feral populations in several countries.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swan" }, { "slug": "trout", "title": "Trout", "scientific_name": "Salmo, Oncorhynchus, and Salvelinus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to the cool waters of the Northern Hemisphere, the Atlantic and Arctic drainages of Europe, western and northern Asia, and northwest Africa for the true trout, and the Pacific drainages of North America and northeast Asia for the Pacific trout and many chars, and introduced by people to suitable cold streams, rivers, and lakes on every other continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/trout" }, { "slug": "viper", "title": "Viper", "scientific_name": "Viperidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and Australia, and absent also from Madagascar, Ireland, and most oceanic islands, in almost every land habitat from tropical rainforest and mangrove to prairie, rocky hillside, high mountain meadow, and true desert, from below sea level to over 4,000 m in the Andes and Himalayas.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/viper" }, { "slug": "wasp", "title": "Wasp", "scientific_name": "Vespidae and relatives", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and virtually every land habitat, from tropical forest and desert to farmland, gardens, moorland, and city centres, with different wasps specialised as predators, scavengers, pollinators, gall-formers, or parasitoids, and nests built in soil, wood, plant stems, mud, paper, or the bodies of hosts.", "published": "2026-11-08", "updated": "2026-11-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wasp" }, { "slug": "bee", "title": "Bee", "scientific_name": "Anthophila", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every land habitat that has flowering plants, from tropical forest and temperate meadow to alpine slopes, salt marsh, and hot desert, with the greatest diversity in warm, dry, sunny regions with a long flowering season rather than in the wet tropics.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bee" }, { "slug": "boa", "title": "Boa", "scientific_name": "Boidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Americas above all, from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central and South America and across the West Indies, plus a separate group of sand boas and their kin in Africa, southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and central and southern Asia; boas occupy rainforest, dry forest, savanna, semi-desert, and rocky scrub.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/boa" }, { "slug": "carp", "title": "Carp", "scientific_name": "Cyprinus carpio", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native to central Asia and the rivers draining to the Black, Caspian, and Aral seas and the Danube, and spread by people to every continent except Antarctica, where it now lives in slow rivers, lakes, canals, farm ponds, floodplains, and brackish estuaries, favouring warm, still or slow, well-vegetated water with a soft bottom.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/carp" }, { "slug": "cobra", "title": "Cobra", "scientific_name": "Naja and relatives", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Africa, the Middle East, and southern and Southeast Asia, in grassland, scrub, farmland, forest, mangroves, and the edges of villages and towns, usually near water and cover such as termite mounds, rodent burrows, rock piles, and rubbish, from lowlands into foothills.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cobra" }, { "slug": "cod", "title": "Cod", "scientific_name": "Gadidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The cold and cool-temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere, with the Atlantic cod across the North Atlantic from the eastern United States to the Barents Sea and the Pacific cod around the northern Pacific rim, mostly over continental shelves from near the surface down to around 500 to 600 m, and the family also including freshwater burbot in northern lakes and rivers.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cod" }, { "slug": "deer", "title": "Deer", "scientific_name": "Cervidae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to the Americas, Europe, Asia, and northwest Africa, and introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere, in habitats from Arctic tundra and boreal forest through temperate woodland, grassland, wetland, and mountains to tropical rainforest, with the family absent naturally from sub-Saharan Africa, where antelope fill the same roles.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/deer" }, { "slug": "giant-salamander", "title": "Giant Salamander", "scientific_name": "Cryptobranchidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, clear, fast-flowing hill and mountain streams and rivers with rocky bottoms and plentiful crevices, in central, southern, and eastern China, across much of Japan, and in the eastern United States from New York and Pennsylvania south and west to Missouri and Arkansas, always at low water temperatures and high oxygen levels.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-salamander" }, { "slug": "heron", "title": "Heron", "scientific_name": "Ardeidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, on the edges of almost any fresh, brackish, or salt water, including lakes, rivers, marshes, rice paddies, estuaries, mangroves, and rocky shores, plus wet grassland and farm fields, from the tropics to the cold-temperate zone, with many species migrating out of areas that freeze in winter.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/heron" }, { "slug": "horned-frog", "title": "Horned Frog", "scientific_name": "Ceratophryidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "South America east of the Andes, from Colombia and Venezuela south through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina, in seasonally wet grassland, savanna, chaco scrub, and rainforest floor, always where temporary pools form in the rainy season for breeding.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/horned-frog" }, { "slug": "jellyfish", "title": "Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Medusozoa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the surface to the deep sea and from the tropics to polar water, plus coastal bays, estuaries, and a few isolated salt lakes, with different species specialised for warm or cold, shallow or deep, and open-ocean or near-shore life; true jellyfish are absent from fresh water, though a few small hydrozoan jellies live in lakes and rivers.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jellyfish" }, { "slug": "parrot", "title": "Parrot", "scientific_name": "Psittaciformes", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropics and southern temperate zone worldwide, with the greatest numbers in South and Central America, Australia and New Guinea, and sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, plus southern Asia and many Pacific islands, in rainforest, dry woodland, savanna, mangroves, farmland, high mountains in New Zealand, and increasingly city parks where escaped birds have taken hold.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/parrot" }, { "slug": "woodpecker", "title": "Woodpecker", "scientific_name": "Picidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and Australia, in almost any habitat with trees or large woody plants, including boreal and tropical forest, wooded savanna, orchards, parks, bamboo, and even the giant cacti of North American deserts, from sea level to the tree line on mountains.", "published": "2026-11-07", "updated": "2026-11-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/woodpecker" }, { "slug": "beetle", "title": "Beetle", "scientific_name": "Coleoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and nearly every land and fresh-water habitat, from rainforest canopy and desert dunes to ponds, streams, caves, high mountains, ant and termite nests, stored food, and the fur and dung of large animals; beetles are absent only from the open sea and the polar ice.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/beetle" }, { "slug": "crab", "title": "Crab", "scientific_name": "Brachyura", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "All the world's oceans from the shore to the deep sea and hydrothermal vents, plus rocky and sandy coasts, mangroves, salt marshes, estuaries, rivers, lakes, and damp tropical forest and mountainsides far inland, with a few species spending almost their whole adult lives on land and returning to the sea only to release their larvae.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crab" }, { "slug": "eagle", "title": "Eagle", "scientific_name": "Accipitridae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, in almost every open or wooded habitat, including mountains, tundra, steppe, savanna, rainforest, wetlands, coasts, and farmland, with sea and fish eagles tied to lakes, rivers, and shores and booted eagles ranging over forest and open country.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eagle" }, { "slug": "mole", "title": "Mole", "scientific_name": "Talpidae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "North America, Europe, and Asia, in soils that are deep and moist enough to tunnel and rich enough in worms and grubs, meaning grassland, pasture, gardens, deciduous woodland, and river banks; moles are absent from very dry, sandy, frozen, or waterlogged ground and from most of the Southern Hemisphere.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mole" }, { "slug": "penguin", "title": "Penguin", "scientific_name": "Spheniscidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "polar", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Southern Hemisphere only, from the coasts and pack ice of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands north along the cold-current coasts of South America, southern Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand, with one species on the Galapagos Islands at the equator.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/penguin" }, { "slug": "python", "title": "Python", "scientific_name": "Pythonidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia, in rainforest, savanna, scrub, rocky hills, farmland, swamps, and the edges of towns, with several species strong swimmers and others spending much of their time in trees.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/python" }, { "slug": "salmon", "title": "Salmon", "scientific_name": "Oncorhynchus and Salmo", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The cooler waters of the Northern Hemisphere, with Atlantic salmon in the North Atlantic and the rivers of eastern North America and western Europe, and Pacific salmon around the rim of the North Pacific from California and Japan north to Alaska and the Russian Far East; salmon have also been introduced to the Great Lakes, Patagonia, and New Zealand.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/salmon" }, { "slug": "spider", "title": "Spider", "scientific_name": "Araneae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and virtually every land habitat, from tropical forest and desert to farmland, caves, mountaintops, the intertidal zone, and the insides of houses, with one species, the diving bell spider, living its whole life underwater and others found on the surface of ponds and streams.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spider" }, { "slug": "tadpole", "title": "Tadpole", "scientific_name": "Anura", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh water almost everywhere frogs occur, meaning every continent except Antarctica, in ponds, lake margins, ditches, flooded fields, slow streams, rock pools, water-filled tree holes, and the pools held by bromeliad plants, from lowland wetlands to high mountain lakes and from the tropics to the edge of the Arctic.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tadpole" }, { "slug": "true-frog", "title": "True Frog", "scientific_name": "Ranidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and native to most of the world apart from southern South America, the West Indies, and most of Australia, in and around still and slow fresh water, wet meadows, marshes, ditches, streams, and damp woodland, from lowland ponds to high mountains and from the tropics into the Arctic.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/true-frog" }, { "slug": "tuna", "title": "Tuna", "scientific_name": "Thunnini", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "All tropical, subtropical, and temperate seas worldwide, in the open ocean from the surface to over 1,000 m deep, with bluefin tuna ranging into cold, near-polar water thanks to their warm-bloodedness and skipjack and yellowfin concentrated in the warm tropics.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tuna" }, { "slug": "turtle", "title": "Turtle", "scientific_name": "Testudines", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "ocean", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and all the world's tropical and temperate oceans, with sea turtles crossing entire ocean basins, tortoises on dry land from deserts to islands, and freshwater turtles in rivers, lakes, swamps, and ponds; they are absent only from the far north and the coldest mountains.", "published": "2026-11-06", "updated": "2026-11-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/turtle" }, { "slug": "ant", "title": "Ant", "scientific_name": "Formicidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every land habitat, including rainforest, grassland, desert, wetland margins, mountains, farmland, and inside buildings, with nests in soil, wood, leaf litter, plant cavities, and, for a few, no fixed nest at all.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ant" }, { "slug": "bat", "title": "Bat", "scientific_name": "Chiroptera", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and most islands, in rainforest, temperate woodland, grassland, desert, and towns, roosting by day in caves, mines, hollow trees, foliage, rock crevices, and buildings, with many temperate species hibernating or migrating for winter.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bat" }, { "slug": "chameleon", "title": "Chameleon", "scientific_name": "Chamaeleonidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest, woodland, scrub, and savanna of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, with a smaller number of species in North Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, India, and Sri Lanka; a few have been introduced to Hawaii, Florida, and California.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chameleon" }, { "slug": "crocodile", "title": "Crocodile", "scientific_name": "Crocodylidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical fresh and brackish waters worldwide, including rivers, lakes, swamps, mangroves, and estuaries across Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Americas, with the saltwater crocodile also ranging far out to sea between islands.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crocodile" }, { "slug": "eel", "title": "Eel", "scientific_name": "Anguilliformes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm and temperate seas worldwide, from tropical reefs and estuaries to the deep sea, with the freshwater eels also occupying rivers, lakes, ditches, and wetlands across Europe, the Americas, East Asia, Australia, and many islands.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eel" }, { "slug": "frog", "title": "Frog", "scientific_name": "Anura", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh water and damp habitats on every continent except Antarctica, including ponds, marshes, streams, rainforest, cloud forest, grassland, gardens, and, for the hardiest species, semi-desert and the edge of the Arctic.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/frog" }, { "slug": "octopus", "title": "Octopus", "scientific_name": "Octopoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean, from tide pools and shallow reefs to the deep sea floor and the open water column, and from the tropics to polar seas; octopuses are absent only from fresh water.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/octopus" }, { "slug": "owl", "title": "Owl", "scientific_name": "Strigiformes", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and most large islands, in forests, woodland, grassland, farmland, desert, tundra, marsh, and towns, from sea level to high mountains, with different species filling the night-hunting role in almost every land habitat.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/owl" }, { "slug": "ray", "title": "Ray", "scientific_name": "Batoidea", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every ocean from the tropics to cold seas, mostly on or near sandy, muddy, and reef bottoms from the shallows to the deep sea, with the manta and devil rays roaming open water, and a number of stingray species living permanently in the rivers of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ray" }, { "slug": "salamander", "title": "Salamander", "scientific_name": "Caudata", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, damp habitats of the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in North America, Europe, and northern Asia, with one family reaching into Central and South America, including forest floors, mountain streams, springs, caves, ponds, and marshes.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/salamander" }, { "slug": "shark", "title": "Shark", "scientific_name": "Selachimorpha", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every ocean, from the tropics to polar seas and from shallow reefs, estuaries, and even some rivers to the deep sea below 3,000 m; a few species, such as the bull shark, move freely into fresh water.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shark" }, { "slug": "tree-frog", "title": "Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Hylidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Woodland, rainforest, cloud forest, wooded wetlands, scrub, and gardens across the Americas, Australia, Europe, and Asia, wherever there are trees or tall plants near still, fish-free water for breeding.", "published": "2026-11-03", "updated": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tree-frog" }, { "slug": "caterpillar", "title": "Caterpillar", "scientific_name": "Lepidoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Everywhere butterflies and moths live, which is every continent except Antarctica and nearly every land habitat, from Arctic tundra and high mountains to deserts, wetlands, forests, farmland, and inside houses and stored food.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caterpillar" }, { "slug": "catfish", "title": "Catfish", "scientific_name": "Siluriformes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh water on every continent except Antarctica, in rivers, lakes, swamps, ditches, caves, and estuaries, plus a small number of species in coastal seas; the greatest diversity is in the rivers of South America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/catfish" }, { "slug": "flatfish", "title": "Flatfish", "scientific_name": "Pleuronectiformes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandy, muddy, and gravelly sea floors of every ocean, from the shoreline and estuaries to the deep sea and from the tropics to polar waters, with a few species entering fresh water; most live on the continental shelf.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flatfish" }, { "slug": "gecko", "title": "Gecko", "scientific_name": "Gekkota", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm regions worldwide, on every continent except Antarctica, in rainforest, dry forest, desert, savanna, rocky country, and on and inside human buildings, from sea level into the mountains; geckos are absent only from the coldest areas.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gecko" }, { "slug": "gull", "title": "Gull", "scientific_name": "Laridae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coasts, estuaries, islands, lakes, rivers, farmland, landfill sites, and city centres across every continent including Antarctica, with the greatest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; many species migrate, and non-breeding birds wander widely.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gull" }, { "slug": "iguana", "title": "Iguana", "scientific_name": "Iguanidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Americas from Mexico and the Caribbean through Central America to Paraguay and the Galapagos Islands, plus native rock iguanas on Fiji and Tonga, in rainforest, dry forest, mangroves, rocky coasts, and increasingly in towns and gardens; introduced populations occur on several continents.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/iguana" }, { "slug": "least-weasel", "title": "Least Weasel", "scientific_name": "Mustela nivalis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, farmland, hedgerows, woodland, moorland, marsh, dunes, and gardens across Europe, North Africa, temperate and northern Asia, and North America, from sea level to high mountains; introduced to New Zealand, Malta, and some other islands.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/least-weasel" }, { "slug": "newt", "title": "Newt", "scientific_name": "Pleurodelinae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Ponds, ditches, canals, marshes, and slow streams and the damp woodland, grassland, and gardens around them, across Europe, North Africa, much of Asia, and North America, from lowlands into mountains.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/newt" }, { "slug": "potoo", "title": "Potoo", "scientific_name": "Nyctibiidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland and foothill forest, forest edge, and wooded savanna from southern Mexico through Central America and across most of tropical South America to northern Argentina, plus some Caribbean islands.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/potoo" }, { "slug": "skink", "title": "Skink", "scientific_name": "Scincidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Grassland, forest, heath, desert, rocky slopes, gardens, and leaf litter across every continent except Antarctica, from sea level to high mountains, with a strong concentration of species in Australia and the islands of the Indo-Pacific.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/skink" }, { "slug": "slug", "title": "Slug", "scientific_name": "Gastropoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Damp habitats worldwide, including woodland, grassland, hedgerows, gardens, farmland, caves, and the seashore, wherever there is enough moisture and cover; slugs are most active at night, in wet weather, and in the cooler seasons.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/slug" }, { "slug": "toad", "title": "Toad", "scientific_name": "Bufonidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Woodland, farmland, gardens, heath, grassland, and desert on every continent except Antarctica, with true toads absent as natives from Australia and Madagascar; breeding takes place in ponds, ditches, slow streams, and temporary pools.", "published": "2026-11-01", "updated": "2026-11-01", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/toad" }, { "slug": "caecilian", "title": "Caecilian", "scientific_name": "Gymnophiona", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Moist tropical soils, leaf litter, and streams of Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Seychelles, and southern and south-eastern Asia, from lowland rainforest into hill country, with a few fully aquatic species in rivers and ponds.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caecilian" }, { "slug": "crocodile-monitor", "title": "Crocodile Monitor", "scientific_name": "Varanus salvadorii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland rainforest, swamp forest, mangroves, and riverine forest across the island of New Guinea, in both the Indonesian provinces of Papua and the country of Papua New Guinea, mainly below about 650 m elevation.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crocodile-monitor" }, { "slug": "dugong", "title": "Dugong", "scientific_name": "Dugong dugon", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm, shallow, seagrass-rich coastal waters and reef lagoons across the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea through the Persian Gulf, South and Southeast Asia, and the western Pacific islands to northern Australia and Vanuatu.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dugong" }, { "slug": "glow-worm", "title": "Glow-worm", "scientific_name": "Lampyris noctiluca", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rough grassland, chalk downland, railway and road embankments, hedge banks, heathland, and open woodland across Europe and into western and central Asia, from lowlands into hill country, wherever there are snails for the larvae and dark nights for the adults.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/glow-worm" }, { "slug": "great-crested-grebe", "title": "Great Crested Grebe", "scientific_name": "Podiceps cristatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open fresh water across Europe, much of Asia, parts of Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, breeding on reed-fringed lakes, large ponds, slow rivers, and reservoirs, and wintering on larger lakes, estuaries, and sheltered coasts.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-crested-grebe" }, { "slug": "lumpfish", "title": "Lumpfish", "scientific_name": "Cyclopterus lumpus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The North Atlantic and adjoining Arctic waters on both sides of the ocean, from the Arctic coasts of Canada and Europe south to the Bay of Fundy in the west and to Portugal in the east, from the shoreline down to around 300 m or more.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lumpfish" }, { "slug": "mole-cricket", "title": "Mole Cricket", "scientific_name": "Gryllotalpidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Damp soils of grassland, meadows, marsh edges, riverbanks, gardens, farmland, and managed turf on every continent except Antarctica, with the greatest number of species in the warm regions of the Americas, Africa, and Asia.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mole-cricket" }, { "slug": "mudskipper", "title": "Mudskipper", "scientific_name": "Oxudercinae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Intertidal mudflats, mangrove forests, and estuaries of the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, from East and West Africa through South and Southeast Asia to southern Japan, northern Australia, and the western Pacific islands.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mudskipper" }, { "slug": "northern-corroboree-frog", "title": "Northern Corroboree Frog", "scientific_name": "Pseudophryne pengilleyi", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-alpine and montane sphagnum bogs, wet heath, and snow gum woodland of the Brindabella and Fiery Ranges on the border of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, at roughly 750 to 1,800 m elevation.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-corroboree-frog" }, { "slug": "ocellated-lizard", "title": "Ocellated Lizard", "scientific_name": "Timon lepidus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean and south-central France, and the extreme north-west of Italy, in warm, dry, open habitats with scrub, rocks, or old walls for cover, from sea level into the hills.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ocellated-lizard" }, { "slug": "rook", "title": "Rook", "scientific_name": "Corvus frugilegus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Farmland with tall trees, pasture, parkland, and river valleys across Europe and temperate Asia, from Britain and Ireland east to the Pacific coast of Russia; northern and eastern populations move south and west in winter.", "published": "2026-10-30", "updated": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rook" }, { "slug": "stick-insect", "title": "Stick Insect", "scientific_name": "Phasmatodea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Mainly tropical and subtropical forests worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Southeast Asia, Australia, and South America, plus a smaller number of species in temperate regions including a few in southern Europe and introduced 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"conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Grassland, meadow, scrub, forest floor, caves, deserts, and the edges of human settlement on every continent except Antarctica, with the richest diversity in the warm tropics and subtropics; several species live inside houses in cool climates.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cricket" }, { "slug": "damselfly", "title": "Damselfly", "scientific_name": "Zygoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh water and its margins on every continent except Antarctica, breeding in ponds, lakes, marshes, ditches, canals, streams, rivers, and even water trapped in plants, with the greatest variety in warm, wet tropical regions.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/damselfly" }, { "slug": "grayling", "title": "Grayling", "scientific_name": "Thymallus thymallus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold, clean, fast rivers and some clear lakes across northern and central Europe, from Britain and France east through Scandinavia and the Alpine countries to Russia; a river fish of the middle reaches, above the coarse-fish zone and often overlapping with trout.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grayling" }, { "slug": "great-plains-toad", "title": "Great Plains Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus cognatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Great Plains and arid interior of North America, from the Canadian Prairie provinces south through the central United States to northern Mexico and west into the desert south-west, in short-grass and mixed-grass prairie, farmland, and semi-desert with diggable soil.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-plains-toad" }, { "slug": "house-mouse", "title": "House Mouse", "scientific_name": "Mus musculus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Almost worldwide alongside people, in houses, farms, warehouses, and cities, and also in fields, hedgerows, and grassland; some populations live entirely wild away from buildings, while others rarely leave them, and it is absent only from the coldest and most remote places.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/house-mouse" }, { "slug": "jackdaw", "title": "Jackdaw", "scientific_name": "Corvus monedula", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in farmland with old trees, pasture, parkland, sea cliffs, quarries, villages, and towns; northern and eastern populations move south and west for the winter.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jackdaw" }, { "slug": "jefferson-salamander", "title": "Jefferson Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma jeffersonianum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Deciduous and mixed forest of the north-eastern United States and extreme southern Ontario, from New England and New York west to Indiana and Kentucky and south along the Appalachians, breeding in temporary woodland pools.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jefferson-salamander" }, { "slug": "moorish-gecko", "title": "Moorish Gecko", "scientific_name": "Tarentola mauritanica", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The Mediterranean Basin and the Atlantic coast of Iberia and north-west Africa, on rock outcrops, cliffs, ruins, dry-stone walls, and the walls and roofs of houses and other buildings; introduced and established in parts of the Americas and on Atlantic islands.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/moorish-gecko" }, { "slug": "roach", "title": "Roach", "scientific_name": "Rutilus rutilus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and slightly brackish water across most of Europe and much of northern and central Asia, in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, canals, and the slower and middle reaches of rivers; widely introduced to other regions.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/roach" }, { "slug": "sand-lizard", "title": "Sand Lizard", "scientific_name": "Lacerta agilis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A broad band of Europe and western and central Asia, from southern England, France, and Iberia east across central Europe and Russia to Mongolia and north-western China, in sandy heaths, dunes, dry grassland, steppe, forest clearings, and railway and roadside banks.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sand-lizard" }, { "slug": "smooth-snake", "title": "Smooth Snake", "scientific_name": "Coronella austriaca", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across much of Europe from southern England and Iberia to the Baltic, the Balkans, and western Asia, in dry, sunny, structurally rich places such as lowland heath, scrubby grassland, woodland edges and clearings, hedge banks, dry-stone walls, quarries, and railway embankments.", "published": "2026-10-26", "updated": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/smooth-snake" }, { "slug": "blue-tit", "title": "Blue Tit", "scientific_name": "Cyanistes caeruleus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Woodland, hedgerows, parks, orchards, and gardens across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and east into western Asia; it is a resident, non-migratory bird through nearly all of this range.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-tit" }, { "slug": "common-wall-lizard", "title": "Common Wall Lizard", "scientific_name": "Podarcis muralis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Central and southern Europe from northern Spain and France through Italy and the Balkans, in rocky and stony places, dry-stone walls, vineyards, railway embankments, ruins, and rockeries; widely introduced to Britain, Germany, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-wall-lizard" }, { "slug": "dragonfly", "title": "Dragonfly", "scientific_name": "Anisoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh water and its surroundings on every continent except Antarctica, breeding in ponds, lakes, marshes, rivers, streams, ditches, and temporary pools, with the greatest diversity in the warm wetlands of the tropics.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dragonfly" }, { "slug": "earthworm", "title": "Earthworm", "scientific_name": "Lumbricus terrestris", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Soils worldwide wherever conditions are moist and not permanently frozen; the common earthworm is native to western Europe and has been carried by people to North America, and to temperate regions on every inhabited continent.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/earthworm" }, { "slug": "eastern-chipmunk", "title": "Eastern Chipmunk", "scientific_name": "Tamias striatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous and mixed forests, forest edges, hedgerows, rocky areas, parks, and suburban gardens across eastern North America, from south-eastern Canada through the north-eastern and mid-western United States to the southern Appalachians.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-chipmunk" }, { "slug": "european-perch", "title": "European Perch", "scientific_name": "Perca fluviatilis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and slightly brackish water across most of Europe and northern Asia, from Britain and Ireland east to Siberia, in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, canals, and the slower reaches of rivers; widely introduced to other continents.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-perch" }, { "slug": "european-tree-frog", "title": "European Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Hyla arborea", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Continental Europe from northern Spain, France, and the Low Countries east to Russia and south through the Balkans, in damp woodland edges, scrub, reed beds, wet meadows, and gardens near fish-free ponds; absent as a native from Britain.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-tree-frog" }, { "slug": "grasshopper", "title": "Grasshopper", "scientific_name": "Caelifera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Grasslands, meadows, savannas, scrub, forest edges, deserts, and mountains on every continent except Antarctica, with the greatest diversity in warm, open, sunny habitats in the tropics and subtropics.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grasshopper" }, { "slug": "plains-spadefoot", "title": "Plains Spadefoot", "scientific_name": "Spea bombifrons", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Great Plains of North America, from southern Canada through the central United States to northern Mexico and into the desert south-west, in short-grass and mixed-grass prairie, sand hills, and semi-desert with loose, diggable soil.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/plains-spadefoot" }, { "slug": "three-spined-stickleback", "title": "Three-spined Stickleback", "scientific_name": "Gasterosteus aculeatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh, brackish, and inshore coastal waters right around the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, northern Asia, and North America, in ponds, ditches, streams, lake margins, estuaries, and rock pools, from the far north to about the latitude of the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/three-spined-stickleback" }, { "slug": "viviparous-lizard", "title": "Viviparous Lizard", "scientific_name": "Zootoca vivipara", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across Europe and northern Asia, from Ireland, Britain, and northern Iberia to the Pacific coast of Russia and northern Japan, in heath, moor, bog, rough grassland, woodland edges, dunes, road verges, and mountains up to around 3,000 m.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/viviparous-lizard" }, { "slug": "wood-pigeon", "title": "Wood Pigeon", "scientific_name": "Columba palumbus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Woodland, farmland, hedgerows, parks, and gardens across Europe, North Africa, and into western Asia; northern and eastern populations migrate south and west in winter, while those in milder regions are resident.", "published": "2026-10-24", "updated": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wood-pigeon" }, { "slug": "american-crow", "title": "American Crow", "scientific_name": "Corvus brachyrhynchos", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Throughout most of the United States and southern Canada, in almost every open and semi-open habitat including farmland, woodland edges, river valleys, parks, suburbs, and city centres, from sea level to the mountains.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-crow" }, { "slug": "atlantic-mackerel", "title": "Atlantic Mackerel", "scientific_name": "Scomber scombrus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Both sides of the North Atlantic, from Labrador and the Gulf of St Lawrence to Cape Hatteras in the west, and from Iceland and Norway to North Africa and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea in the east.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-mackerel" }, { "slug": "barn-swallow", "title": "Barn Swallow", "scientific_name": "Hirundo rustica", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds across North America, Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia in open farmland, meadows, and coasts near water and buildings; winters in South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/barn-swallow" }, { "slug": "brook-trout", "title": "Brook Trout", "scientific_name": "Salvelinus fontinalis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native to eastern North America from Labrador and the Hudson Bay drainage south through the Great Lakes and the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia; introduced widely across western North America and on other continents.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brook-trout" }, { "slug": "crayfish", "title": "Crayfish", "scientific_name": "Astacoidea and Parastacoidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh water almost worldwide, in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, ditches, caves, and floodplain burrows, with the greatest diversity in the south-eastern United States and in southern Australia and New Zealand; native crayfish are absent from most of Africa.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crayfish" }, { "slug": "elk", "title": "Elk", "scientific_name": "Cervus canadensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America from Canada to New Mexico, with reintroduced herds across parts of the eastern United States, plus temperate and mountain forests and grasslands of Central and East Asia including Mongolia, southern Siberia, and western China.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/elk" }, { "slug": "european-adder", "title": "European Adder", "scientific_name": "Vipera berus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Across Europe and northern Asia, from Britain, France, and northern Iberia through Scandinavia and Russia to the Pacific coast, in heathland, moorland, 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"stable", "range": "Native to the Mediterranean Basin and western Europe; introduced and well established in North and South America, southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and many oceanic islands, wherever gardens, farmland, and mild damp conditions occur.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/garden-snail" }, { "slug": "grass-snake", "title": "Grass Snake", "scientific_name": "Natrix natrix", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Across most of Europe into western Asia and North Africa, in damp habitats including pond and river margins, wet meadows, marshes, ditches, woodland edges, hedgerows, and gardens, from lowlands into hill country.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grass-snake" }, { "slug": "great-tit", "title": "Great Tit", "scientific_name": "Parus major", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Woodland, parks, hedgerows, and gardens across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and east across temperate Asia; it is a resident, non-migratory bird through most of this range.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-tit" }, { "slug": "palmate-newt", "title": "Palmate Newt", "scientific_name": "Lissotriton helveticus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western Europe, from Britain and northern Iberia across France and the Low Countries to western Germany and Switzerland, breeding in ponds, ditches, bog pools, and mountain lakes and living on land in damp wooded and heathy country nearby.", "published": "2026-10-22", "updated": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/palmate-newt" }, { "slug": "copes-gray-treefrog", "title": "Cope's Gray Treefrog", "scientific_name": "Hyla chrysoscelis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland, swamp forest, and wooded suburbs across the central and south-eastern United States, from the Great Lakes and the Dakotas south to the Gulf coast and Florida, breeding in shallow ponds, ditches, and flooded fields.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/copes-gray-treefrog" }, { "slug": "flower-urchin", "title": "Flower Urchin", "scientific_name": "Toxopneustes pileolus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Shallow tropical reefs, rubble, sand, and seagrass beds throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan, Australia, and islands of the western and central Pacific.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flower-urchin" }, { "slug": "gooseneck-barnacle", "title": "Gooseneck Barnacle", "scientific_name": "Pollicipes pollicipes", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky, strongly wave-exposed shores of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Brittany and, rarely, south-west Britain and Ireland south along the coasts of Iberia to Morocco and Senegal.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gooseneck-barnacle" }, { "slug": "great-auk", "title": "Great Auk", "scientific_name": "Pinguinus impennis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Formerly the cold coastal waters and rocky breeding islands of the North Atlantic, from the north-eastern United States and Atlantic Canada to Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Norway, Britain, Ireland, and probably northern Spain.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-auk" }, { "slug": "mexican-free-tailed-bat", "title": "Mexican Free-tailed Bat", "scientific_name": "Tadarida brasiliensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southern United States through Mexico, Central America, much of South America to central Chile and Argentina, and the Caribbean, roosting in caves, mines, bridges, and buildings and foraging over open country.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mexican-free-tailed-bat" }, { "slug": "palm-cockatoo", "title": "Palm Cockatoo", "scientific_name": "Probosciger aterrimus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest, monsoon forest, gallery forest, and adjacent savanna woodland of New Guinea and nearby islands, the Aru Islands, and the Cape York Peninsula of far northern Queensland, Australia.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/palm-cockatoo" }, { "slug": "ring-necked-snake", "title": "Ring-necked Snake", "scientific_name": "Diadophis punctatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Moist woodland, rocky hillsides, grassland edges, gardens, and forest clearings across most of the United States, into southern Canada and parts of the Mexican highlands, from sea level to montane elevations.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ring-necked-snake" }, { "slug": "sheltopusik", "title": "Sheltopusik", "scientific_name": "Pseudopus apodus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Dry grassland, open woodland, scrubby hillsides, vineyards, and rocky slopes from the Balkans and the northern Adriatic coast east through southern Ukraine, the Caucasus, Turkey, and the Middle East to Central Asia.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sheltopusik" }, { "slug": "tench", "title": "Tench", "scientific_name": "Tinca tinca", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to still and slow fresh waters across most of Europe and into western Asia; widely introduced for angling and food to other regions including North America, southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tench" }, { "slug": "tennessee-cave-salamander", "title": "Tennessee Cave Salamander", "scientific_name": "Gyrinophilus palleucus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Underground streams and pools in limestone caves of the Highland Rim and Cumberland Plateau in central Tennessee, northern Alabama, and north-western Georgia.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tennessee-cave-salamander" 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from Quebec and the Maritimes south through New England and New York to Virginia, and west toward the Great Lakes.", "published": "2026-10-18", "updated": "2026-10-18", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/two-lined-salamander" }, { "slug": "anegada-iguana", "title": "Anegada Iguana", "scientific_name": "Cyclura pinguis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Coastal scrub and dry forest on Anegada, in the British Virgin Islands, and on a few nearby cays where populations have been established.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anegada-iguana" }, { "slug": "annular-seabream", "title": "Annular Seabream", "scientific_name": "Diplodus annularis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Seagrass beds, sand, and rocky ground of the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/annular-seabream" }, { "slug": "antiguan-racer", "title": "Antiguan Racer", "scientific_name": "Alsophis antiguae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Small islands and coastal scrub off the northeast coast of Antigua, in the eastern Caribbean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/antiguan-racer" }, { "slug": "aruba-island-rattlesnake", "title": "Aruba Island Rattlesnake", "scientific_name": "Crotalus unicolor", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Dry, rocky scrub in the east of the Caribbean island of Aruba.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/aruba-island-rattlesnake" }, { "slug": "ashy-mining-bee", "title": "Ashy Mining Bee", "scientific_name": "Andrena cineraria", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, quarries, heaths, and grassland with bare ground across much of Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ashy-mining-bee" }, { "slug": "ballan-wrasse", "title": "Ballan Wrasse", "scientific_name": "Labrus bergylta", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky shores, kelp forests, and reefs of the north-eastern 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/barrel-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "bath-sponge", "title": "Bath Sponge", "scientific_name": "Spongia officinalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rocky seabeds and seagrass meadows of the Mediterranean, from shallow water to moderate depths.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bath-sponge" }, { "slug": "beadlet-anemone", "title": "Beadlet Anemone", "scientific_name": "Actinia equina", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky shores and rock pools of the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/beadlet-anemone" }, { "slug": "bee-fly", 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"conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Open water over the continental slope of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to the Iberian coast and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-whiting" }, { "slug": "bluebottle", "title": "Bluebottle", "scientific_name": "Calliphora vomitoria", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Gardens, farmland, woodland, and buildings across Europe, Asia, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bluebottle" }, { "slug": "brook-lamprey", "title": "Brook Lamprey", "scientific_name": "Lampetra planeri", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Clean, gravelly streams and rivers across north-western and central Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brook-lamprey" }, { "slug": "brown-shrimp", "title": "Brown Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Crangon crangon", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandy and muddy shallows, estuaries, and tidal flats of the north-eastern Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-shrimp" }, { "slug": "burmese-star-tortoise", "title": "Burmese Star Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Geochelone platynota", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Dry forest, scrub, 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"2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-bream" }, { "slug": "common-carder-bee", "title": "Common Carder Bee", "scientific_name": "Bombus pascuorum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, meadows, hedgerows, and woodland edges across Europe and northern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-carder-bee" }, { "slug": "common-cockle", "title": "Common Cockle", "scientific_name": "Cerastoderma edule", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandflats and muddy estuaries of the northeast Atlantic, from Norway and the Baltic south to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": 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"Sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and slope in the north-eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to West Africa, and parts of the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cuckoo-ray" }, { "slug": "cuckoo-wrasse", "title": "Cuckoo Wrasse", "scientific_name": "Labrus mixtus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky reefs and kelp forests of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to northwest Africa, and parts of the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cuckoo-wrasse" }, { "slug": "dog-whelk", "title": "Dog Whelk", "scientific_name": "Nucella lapillus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Rocky shores of the northeast Atlantic, from Norway and Iceland south to Portugal, and on the northwest Atlantic coast.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dog-whelk" }, { "slug": "dor-beetle", "title": "Dor Beetle", "scientific_name": "Geotrupes stercorarius", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Pastures and grasslands with livestock dung across Europe and parts of Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dor-beetle" }, { "slug": "drone-fly", "title": "Drone Fly", "scientific_name": "Eristalis tenax", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, farmland, and wetlands across Europe, Asia, 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"updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/edible-crab" }, { "slug": "egyptian-tortoise", "title": "Egyptian Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Testudo kleinmanni", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal desert and scrub in northeastern Libya and northwestern Egypt, with small remaining populations in Israel.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/egyptian-tortoise" }, { "slug": "elongated-tortoise", "title": "Elongated Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Indotestudo elongata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical forest, bamboo, and scrub from northeastern India and Nepal through Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina to southern China.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/elongated-tortoise" }, { "slug": "european-barracuda", "title": "European Barracuda", "scientific_name": "Sphyraena sphyraena", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal and open waters of the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-barracuda" }, { "slug": "european-bitterling", "title": "European Bitterling", "scientific_name": "Rhodeus amarus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, ditches, and slow rivers with freshwater mussels across much of central and eastern Europe, and introduced elsewhere.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-bitterling" }, { "slug": "european-bullhead", "title": "European Bullhead", "scientific_name": "Cottus gobio", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Clear, stony streams, rivers, and lake shores across Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-bullhead" }, { "slug": "european-flat-oyster", "title": "European Flat Oyster", "scientific_name": "Ostrea edulis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sheltered coastal waters, estuaries, and shallow seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, from Norway to Morocco.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-flat-oyster" }, { "slug": "european-garfish", "title": "European Garfish", "scientific_name": "Belone belone", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Open and coastal waters of the north-eastern Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-garfish" }, { "slug": "european-hake", "title": "European Hake", "scientific_name": "Merluccius merluccius", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Continental shelf and slope waters of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to West Africa, and the Mediterranean and Black Sea.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-hake" }, { "slug": "european-hornet", "title": "European Hornet", "scientific_name": "Vespa crabro", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Woodland, hedgerows, and parks across Europe and western Asia, with an introduced population in the eastern United States.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-hornet" }, { "slug": "european-lobster", "title": "European Lobster", "scientific_name": "Homarus gammarus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, and parts of the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-lobster" }, { "slug": "european-plaice", "title": "European Plaice", "scientific_name": "Pleuronectes platessa", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy and muddy bottoms of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and the Barents Sea to the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-plaice" }, { "slug": "european-sea-bass", "title": "European Sea Bass", "scientific_name": "Dicentrarchus labrax", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal waters of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, and the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-sea-bass" }, { "slug": "european-smelt", "title": "European Smelt", "scientific_name": "Osmerus eperlanus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Estuaries, coastal waters, and the lower reaches of rivers around the North Sea and Baltic, and some lakes in northern Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-smelt" }, { "slug": "european-spiny-lobster", "title": "European Spiny Lobster", "scientific_name": "Palinurus elephas", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rocky seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to Morocco, usually in water from 10 to about 70 m deep, and sometimes 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"updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/five-bearded-rockling" }, { "slug": "flapper-skate", "title": "Flapper Skate", "scientific_name": "Dipturus intermedius", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rocky and sandy seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to the Bay of Biscay, now mainly in western Scotland and Ireland.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flapper-skate" }, { "slug": "flathead-catfish", "title": "Flathead Catfish", "scientific_name": "Pylodictis olivaris", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river basins and Gulf drainages from the western Great Lakes and the 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"conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Clean, cold, fast-flowing rivers of north-western Europe and north-eastern North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/freshwater-pearl-mussel" }, { "slug": "freshwater-shrimp", "title": "Freshwater Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Gammarus pulex", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Streams, rivers, and lakes with clean, flowing water across Europe, and introduced to some other regions.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/freshwater-shrimp" }, { "slug": "garden-bumblebee", "title": "Garden Bumblebee", "scientific_name": "Bombus hortorum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, meadows, hedgerows, and heaths across Europe and northern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/garden-bumblebee" }, { "slug": "geometric-tortoise", "title": "Geometric Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Psammobates geometricus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Remnant lowland renosterveld shrubland in the Western Cape of South Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/geometric-tortoise" }, { "slug": "giant-woodwasp", "title": "Giant Woodwasp", "scientific_name": "Urocerus gigas", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Conifer forests and timber across Europe, Asia, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-woodwasp" }, { "slug": "gilthead-seabream", "title": "Gilthead Seabream", "scientific_name": "Sparus aurata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal waters, seagrass beds, and lagoons of the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gilthead-seabream" }, { "slug": "golden-coin-turtle", "title": "Golden Coin Turtle", "scientific_name": "Cuora trifasciata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest streams and wet ground in southern China and northern Vietnam.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-coin-turtle" }, { "slug": "goldenrod-crab-spider", "title": "Goldenrod Crab Spider", "scientific_name": "Misumena vatia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Meadows, gardens, and woodland edges across Europe, Asia, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goldenrod-crab-spider" }, { "slug": "great-green-bush-cricket", "title": "Great Green Bush-cricket", "scientific_name": "Tettigonia viridissima", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Meadows, hedgerows, scrub, and gardens across Europe and parts of Asia, and rare in southern Britain.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-green-bush-cricket" }, { "slug": "great-pond-snail", "title": "Great Pond Snail", "scientific_name": "Lymnaea stagnalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, lakes, ditches, and slow rivers across Europe, northern Asia, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-pond-snail" }, { "slug": "great-silver-water-beetle", "title": "Great Silver Water Beetle", "scientific_name": "Hydrophilus piceus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Still, weedy ponds, ditches, and pools across Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": 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"range": "Sandy and muddy tidal flats of the north-eastern Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Baltic.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lugworm" }, { "slug": "mandarin-duck", "title": "Mandarin Duck", "scientific_name": "Aix galericulata", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to eastern Russia, north-eastern China, Japan, and Korea, breeding on wooded rivers and lakes and wintering farther south; introduced and naturalised in Britain, Ireland, and parts of western Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mandarin-duck" }, { "slug": "marble-gall-wasp", "title": "Marble Gall Wasp", "scientific_name": "Andricus kollari", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Oak trees across southern and central Europe, and introduced to Britain and other places.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marble-gall-wasp" }, { "slug": "marmalade-hoverfly", "title": "Marmalade Hoverfly", "scientific_name": "Episyrphus balteatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, hedgerows, and farmland across Europe, northern Asia, and North Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marmalade-hoverfly" }, { "slug": "mauve-stinger", "title": "Mauve Stinger", "scientific_name": "Pelagia noctiluca", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Open waters of the 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"Freshwater marshes, lakes, slow rivers, and man-made reservoirs across the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and south-eastern Iran, mainly in the lowlands but locally up to about 600 metres.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mugger-crocodile" }, { "slug": "noble-chafer", "title": "Noble Chafer", "scientific_name": "Gnorimus nobilis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Old orchards, parkland, and woodland with veteran trees across Europe, with scattered populations in Britain.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/noble-chafer" }, { "slug": "noble-pen-shell", "title": "Noble Pen Shell", "scientific_name": "Pinna nobilis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Critically 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"Rosemary Beetle", "scientific_name": "Chrysolina americana", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Gardens, herb beds, and scrubland of southern Europe, now established in southern England and other parts of north-western Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rosemary-beetle" }, { "slug": "roti-island-snake-necked-turtle", "title": "Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle", "scientific_name": "Chelodina mccordi", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Seasonal swamps and pools on Roti Island in eastern Indonesia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/roti-island-snake-necked-turtle" }, { "slug": "rubber-boa", "title": "Rubber Boa", "scientific_name": "Charina bottae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America, from southern British Columbia south through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to northern and central California, and east into Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, in wooded and brushy country.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rubber-boa" }, { "slug": "ruby-tailed-wasp", "title": "Ruby-tailed Wasp", "scientific_name": "Chrysis ignita", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sunny walls, banks, dunes, and gardens across Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ruby-tailed-wasp" }, { "slug": "rudd", "title": "Rudd", "scientific_name": "Scardinius erythrophthalmus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lakes, ponds, and slow rivers across most of Europe and western Asia, introduced to North America and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rudd" }, { "slug": "ruffe", "title": "Ruffe", "scientific_name": "Gymnocephalus cernua", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lakes, slow rivers, and brackish waters across Europe and northern Asia, and introduced to the Great Lakes of North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ruffe" }, { "slug": "salema", "title": "Salema", "scientific_name": "Sarpa salpa", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky shores and seagrass beds of the eastern Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to South Africa, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/salema" }, { "slug": "sand-goby", "title": "Sand Goby", "scientific_name": "Pomatoschistus minutus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy shallows and estuaries of the north-eastern Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sand-goby" }, { "slug": "sargo", "title": "Sargo", "scientific_name": "Diplodus sargus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky coasts, reefs, and harbour walls of the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to South Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sargo" }, { "slug": "seal-salamander", "title": "Seal Salamander", "scientific_name": "Desmognathus monticola", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Appalachian Mountains and associated plateaus of the eastern United States, from south-western Pennsylvania south through the Virginias and Carolinas to northern Georgia and Alabama, along shaded seeps and small streams.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/seal-salamander" }, { "slug": "shanny", "title": "Shanny", "scientific_name": "Lipophrys pholis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky shores and rock pools of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shanny" }, { "slug": "signal-crayfish", "title": "Signal Crayfish", "scientific_name": "Pacifastacus leniusculus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to rivers and lakes of north-western North America, and invasive across much of Europe and Japan.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/signal-crayfish" }, { "slug": "silver-bream", "title": "Silver Bream", "scientific_name": "Blicca bjoerkna", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow rivers, canals, and lakes across much of central, northern, and eastern Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/silver-bream" }, { "slug": "slipper-limpet", "title": "Slipper Limpet", "scientific_name": "Crepidula fornicata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to the east coast of North America, and invasive in sheltered coastal waters of north-western Europe and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/slipper-limpet" }, { "slug": "small-eyed-ray", "title": "Small-eyed Ray", "scientific_name": "Raja microocellata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Shallow sandy seabeds, estuaries, and bays of the north-eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles and the English Channel to Portugal.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/small-eyed-ray" }, { "slug": "small-spotted-catshark", "title": "Small-spotted Catshark", "scientific_name": "Scyliorhinus canicula", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy, muddy, and rocky sea beds of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, from Norway to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/small-spotted-catshark" }, { "slug": "snakelocks-anemone", "title": "Snakelocks Anemone", "scientific_name": "Anemonia viridis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rock pools and shallow rocky seas of the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snakelocks-anemone" }, { "slug": "spined-loach", "title": "Spined Loach", "scientific_name": "Cobitis taenia", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandy streams, rivers, and ponds across Europe and parts of Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spined-loach" }, { "slug": "spiny-spider-crab", "title": "Spiny Spider Crab", "scientific_name": "Maja brachydactyla", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky ground, weed, and sandy seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spiny-spider-crab" }, { "slug": "spotted-lanternfly", "title": "Spotted Lanternfly", "scientific_name": "Lycorma delicatula", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to eastern China and parts of Vietnam; introduced and established in South Korea, Japan, and the eastern and midwestern United States, where its range continues to expand each year.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-lanternfly" }, { "slug": "spotted-ray", "title": "Spotted Ray", "scientific_name": "Raja montagui", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy, gravelly, and muddy bottoms of the north-eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles and the North Sea to West Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-ray" }, { "slug": "spurdog", "title": "Spurdog", "scientific_name": "Squalus acanthias", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the North Pacific, and the Southern Hemisphere, from the shore to deep water.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spurdog" }, { "slug": "starry-ray", "title": "Starry Ray", "scientific_name": "Amblyraja radiata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold waters of the North Atlantic, from the coasts of North America to Greenland, Iceland, and northern Europe, on sand, gravel, and mud.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/starry-ray" }, { "slug": "stone-loach", "title": "Stone Loach", "scientific_name": "Barbatula barbatula", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Clear, gravelly streams and rivers across Europe and northern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stone-loach" }, { "slug": "sunbleak", "title": "Sunbleak", "scientific_name": "Leucaspius delineatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, lakes, ditches, and 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"updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tawny-mining-bee" }, { "slug": "thicklip-grey-mullet", "title": "Thicklip Grey Mullet", "scientific_name": "Chelon labrosus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal waters, harbours, and estuaries of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Senegal, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thicklip-grey-mullet" }, { "slug": "thornback-ray", "title": "Thornback Ray", "scientific_name": "Raja clavata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sandy and muddy sea beds of the north-eastern Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Mediterranean, from Iceland and Norway to South Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thornback-ray" }, { "slug": "tompot-blenny", "title": "Tompot Blenny", "scientific_name": "Parablennius gattorugine", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky reefs of the north-eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles to Morocco, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tompot-blenny" }, { "slug": "tope", "title": "Tope", "scientific_name": "Galeorhinus galeus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate waters of the north-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the south-western Atlantic, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, from the shore to deep water.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tope" }, { "slug": "topmouth-gudgeon", "title": "Topmouth Gudgeon", "scientific_name": "Pseudorasbora parva", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to eastern Asia, and an invasive species in rivers, lakes, and ponds across Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/topmouth-gudgeon" }, { "slug": "tree-bumblebee", "title": "Tree Bumblebee", "scientific_name": "Bombus hypnorum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland edges, parks, and gardens across much of Europe and northern Asia, now widespread in Britain.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tree-bumblebee" }, { "slug": "two-spot-ladybird", "title": "Two-spot Ladybird", "scientific_name": "Adalia bipunctata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, and parks across Europe, northern Asia, and North America.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/two-spot-ladybird" }, { "slug": "undulate-ray", "title": "Undulate Ray", "scientific_name": "Raja undulata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sandy and gravelly seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles and the English Channel to West Africa, and parts of the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/undulate-ray" }, { "slug": "velvet-swimming-crab", "title": "Velvet Swimming Crab", "scientific_name": "Necora puber", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rocky shores and shallow seabeds of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/velvet-swimming-crab" }, { "slug": "vimba-bream", "title": "Vimba Bream", "scientific_name": "Vimba vimba", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters of the Baltic, North, Black, and Caspian Sea basins in northern, central, and eastern Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vimba-bream" }, { "slug": "vine-weevil", "title": "Vine Weevil", "scientific_name": "Otiorhynchus sulcatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Gardens, nurseries, and greenhouses across Europe, and introduced to North America, Australia, and other regions.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vine-weevil" }, { "slug": "violet-sea-snail", "title": "Violet Sea Snail", "scientific_name": "Janthina janthina", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The surface of warm and temperate oceans around the world, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans, and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/violet-sea-snail" }, { "slug": "wasp-beetle", "title": "Wasp Beetle", "scientific_name": "Clytus arietis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Woodland edges, hedgerows, and gardens across Europe and into Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wasp-beetle" }, { "slug": "water-louse", "title": "Water Louse", "scientific_name": "Asellus aquaticus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, lakes, canals, and slow rivers across Europe and northern Asia, and introduced elsewhere.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-louse" }, { "slug": "western-capercaillie", "title": "Western Capercaillie", "scientific_name": "Tetrao urogallus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Mature conifer and mixed forest across northern and montane Europe and Asia, from Scotland and Scandinavia through the Alps, Pyrenees, and Carpathians and east across the Russian taiga to Lake Baikal.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-capercaillie" }, { "slug": "white-clawed-crayfish", "title": "White-clawed Crayfish", "scientific_name": "Austropotamobius pallipes", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Clean, hard-water streams and rivers with stony beds in Britain, Ireland, and western Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-clawed-crayfish" }, { "slug": "white-tailed-bumblebee", "title": "White-tailed Bumblebee", "scientific_name": "Bombus lucorum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Gardens, meadows, heaths, and mountains across Europe and northern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-tailed-bumblebee" }, { "slug": "whiting", "title": "Whiting", "scientific_name": "Merlangius merlangus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandy and muddy bottoms of the north-eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to the Iberian coast, and parts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whiting" }, { "slug": "wyoming-toad", "title": "Wyoming Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus baxteri", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct in the Wild", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Endemic to the Laramie Basin in Albany County, south-eastern Wyoming, where reintroduced populations occupy a handful of protected lakes, ponds, and irrigation wetlands on the short-grass plain.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wyoming-toad" }, { "slug": "zander", "title": "Zander", "scientific_name": "Sander lucioperca", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Murky lakes, large rivers, and brackish waters of central and eastern Europe, introduced across much of the rest of Europe.", "published": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/zander" }, { "slug": "bog-turtle", "title": "Bog Turtle", "scientific_name": "Glyptemys muhlenbergii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The eastern United States in two separate regions, a northern one from western Massachusetts and eastern New York south through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware, and a southern one in the southern Appalachians of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, in groundwater-fed bogs, fens, and wet meadows.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bog-turtle" }, { "slug": "eastern-kingsnake", "title": "Eastern Kingsnake", "scientific_name": "Lampropeltis getula", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], 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to perch and nest in and open ground to hunt over.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fork-tailed-drongo" }, { "slug": "hamiltons-frog", "title": "Hamilton's Frog", "scientific_name": "Leiopelma hamiltoni", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Marlborough Sounds area at the northern tip of the South Island of New Zealand, on Stephens Island (Takapourewa), Maud Island (Te Hoiere), and a small number of other predator-free islands and fenced mainland sites, in cool, damp native forest and scrub with deep rock piles and logs.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hamiltons-frog" }, { "slug": "marsupial-mole", "title": "Marsupial Mole", "scientific_name": "Notoryctes typhlops", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The sandy deserts of central and western Australia, including the Great Sandy, Great Victoria, Gibson, Tanami, and Simpson deserts and adjoining dune country, in areas of deep, loose, wind-blown sand, especially along and between the dunes.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marsupial-mole" }, { "slug": "oceanic-whitetip-shark", "title": "Oceanic Whitetip Shark", "scientific_name": "Carcharhinus longimanus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The warm surface waters of all tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide, generally between about 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south, in the open sea away from continental shelves, from the surface down to about 200 m.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/oceanic-whitetip-shark" }, { "slug": "red-billed-quelea", "title": "Red-billed Quelea", "scientific_name": "Quelea quelea", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, across the semi-arid grasslands, savannas, and farmland of the Sahel and East Africa and south to South Africa, avoiding dense forest and true desert, and following seasonal rains across the continent.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-billed-quelea" }, { "slug": "sea-pig", "title": "Sea Pig", "scientific_name": "Scotoplanes globosa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep sea floor of all the world's oceans, on the soft muddy abyssal plains generally between about 1,000 and 6,000 m deep, and locally abundant around organic-rich sites such as whale falls and areas of high surface productivity.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-pig" }, { "slug": "walking-catfish", "title": "Walking Catfish", "scientific_name": "Clarias batrachus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka through Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina to the Malay Peninsula; introduced and established in Florida and reported from other warm regions, in still and slow fresh water including swamps, ponds, ditches, canals, flooded fields, and rice paddies.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/walking-catfish" }, { "slug": "wandering-salamander", "title": "Wandering Salamander", "scientific_name": "Aneides vagrans", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The northern California coast, from around Sonoma County north to the Oregon border, and a small area of coastal Oregon, in coast redwood and mixed evergreen forest, both on the ground under logs and bark and high in the canopy of large old redwoods.", "published": "2026-10-13", "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wandering-salamander" }, { "slug": "yellow-perch", "title": "Yellow Perch", "scientific_name": "Perca flavescens", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Northern North America, native from the Atlantic provinces of Canada and the eastern United States west across the Great Lakes and the northern plains to the Rocky 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"conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern coast and ranges of Australia, from southeastern Queensland through New South Wales into Victoria, in wet and dry sclerophyll forest, rainforest, and woodland with a well-developed litter layer, fallen logs, and standing dead trees for nesting.", "published": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-antechinus" }, { "slug": "coachwhip", "title": "Coachwhip", "scientific_name": "Masticophis flagellum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southern United States from coast to coast, from Florida and the Carolinas west through Texas and the Southwest to central California, and south into central Mexico, in open, dry, sunny country including desert, sandhills, prairie, scrub, open pine woodland, and old fields.", 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the world's oceans, from shallow coral and rocky reefs to the deep sea, with feather stars most conspicuous on tropical and subtropical reefs, where they perch on high points at night, and stalked sea lilies confined mostly to deep water below about 100 m.", "published": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/feather-star" }, { "slug": "innkeeper-worm", "title": "Innkeeper Worm", "scientific_name": "Urechis caupo", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Pacific coast of North America from southern Oregon to Baja California, in the mud and sand of sheltered bays, estuaries, and open coast, from the middle intertidal zone down into shallow subtidal water.", "published": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/innkeeper-worm" }, { "slug": "jararaca", "title": "Jararaca", "scientific_name": "Bothrops jararaca", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Southeastern Brazil and adjacent northeastern Argentina and Paraguay, in the Atlantic Forest and its edges, cerrado, pasture, coffee and banana plantations, sugarcane fields, and rural gardens, from sea level into the hills.", "published": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jararaca" }, { "slug": "northern-sea-robin", "title": "Northern Sea Robin", "scientific_name": "Prionotus carolinus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The western Atlantic coast of North America from Nova Scotia and the Gulf of Maine south to Florida and into the northern Gulf of Mexico, on sand, mud, and shell bottoms from the shoreline out 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"carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm-temperate and subtropical coastal waters worldwide except the eastern Pacific, from the surf zone to about 200 m, over sandy bottoms, around rocky and coral reefs, in gullies, and at shipwrecks, on the coasts of the Americas, West Africa, the Mediterranean, South Africa, Japan, and Australia.", "published": "2026-10-11", "updated": "2026-10-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sand-tiger-shark" }, { "slug": "shovel-nosed-salamander", "title": "Shovel-nosed Salamander", "scientific_name": "Desmognathus marmoratus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, chiefly western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and adjacent Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina, in 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"2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mongolian-gerbil" }, { "slug": "monocled-cobra", "title": "Monocled Cobra", "scientific_name": "Naja kaouthia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetlands, rice paddies, and forest edges in eastern India, Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, and southern China.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/monocled-cobra" }, { "slug": "montpellier-snake", "title": "Montpellier Snake", "scientific_name": "Malpolon monspessulanus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Dry scrub, rocky slopes, and sandy ground around the western Mediterranean, including Iberia, southern France, and North Africa.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/montpellier-snake" }, { "slug": "morelets-crocodile", "title": "Morelet's Crocodile", "scientific_name": "Crocodylus moreletii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Swamps, lagoons, rivers, and lakes in eastern Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/morelets-crocodile" }, { "slug": "mountain-pygmy-possum", "title": "Mountain Pygmy Possum", "scientific_name": "Burramys parvus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The alpine and subalpine boulder fields of the Australian Alps, restricted to Mount Higginbotham to Mount Loch, the Bogong High Plains, and 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"2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/richardsons-ground-squirrel" }, { "slug": "ringlet", "title": "Ringlet", "scientific_name": "Aphantopus hyperantus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Damp grassland, hedgerows, and woodland rides across Europe and much of temperate Asia.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ringlet" }, { "slug": "rinkhals", "title": "Rinkhals", "scientific_name": "Hemachatus haemachatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland and mountain slopes in South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": 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"omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland and prairie habitat across the Great Plains and nearby parts of central North America.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thirteen-lined-ground-squirrel" }, { "slug": "three-striped-night-monkey", "title": "Three-striped Night Monkey", "scientific_name": "Aotus trivirgatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rainforest in northern South America north of the Amazon.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/three-striped-night-monkey" }, { "slug": "tiger-snake", "title": "Tiger Snake", "scientific_name": "Notechis scutatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least 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"Forest and rainforest habitat across parts of western, central, eastern, and southern Africa.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tree-hyrax" }, { "slug": "tufted-ground-squirrel", "title": "Tufted Ground Squirrel", "scientific_name": "Rheithrosciurus macrotis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest on the island of Borneo.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tufted-ground-squirrel" }, { "slug": "ulysses-butterfly", "title": "Ulysses Butterfly", "scientific_name": "Papilio ulysses", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical rainforest in northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/violet-ground-beetle" }, { "slug": "visayan-warty-pig", "title": "Visayan Warty Pig", "scientific_name": "Sus cebifrons", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest remnants on the islands of Negros and Panay in the central Philippines.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/visayan-warty-pig" }, { "slug": "wall-brown", "title": "Wall Brown", "scientific_name": "Lasiommata megera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Dry grassland, sunny walls, quarries, and coastal ground across Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wall-brown" }, { "slug": "water-python", "title": "Water Python", "scientific_name": "Liasis fuscus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Floodplains, billabongs, creeks, and grassland across tropical northern Australia and southern New Guinea.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-python" }, { "slug": "western-brown-snake", "title": "Western Brown Snake", "scientific_name": "Pseudonaja nuchalis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid scrub, grassland, and woodland across central, northern, and western Australia.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-long-beaked-echidna" }, { "slug": "western-mastiff-bat", "title": "Western Mastiff Bat", "scientific_name": "Eumops perotis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Desert, scrub, and rocky canyon country in the southwestern United States and Mexico.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-mastiff-bat" }, { "slug": "western-swamp-turtle", "title": "Western Swamp Turtle", "scientific_name": "Pseudemydura umbrina", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "A handful of seasonal swamps near Perth, in Western Australia.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-swamp-turtle" }, { "slug": "white-admiral", "title": "White Admiral", "scientific_name": "Limenitis camilla", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shady woodland rides and clearings across Europe and eastward into temperate Asia.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-admiral" }, { "slug": "white-lipped-peccary", "title": "White-lipped Peccary", "scientific_name": "Tayassu pecari", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest from southern Mexico through Central America to northern Argentina, with the largest populations in the Amazon and Pantanal.", "published": "2026-10-10", "updated": "2026-10-10", "url": 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"range": "The southwestern United States, especially California, Arizona, and Baja California, and adjoining parts of Mexico, in oak and mixed woodland and desert scrub, living under the bark of dead trees and logs and in rock crevices.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/diabolical-ironclad-beetle" }, { "slug": "great-bustard", "title": "Great Bustard", "scientific_name": "Otis tarda", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fragmented across the open plains and steppes of Europe and central Asia, from Spain and Portugal through central and eastern Europe to Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China, in natural grassland, steppe, and low-intensity farmland with cereals and fallow.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-bustard" }, { 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Rwanda, and Burundi, in moist forest floor, swamp forest, and old plantations with deep leaf litter.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hero-shrew" }, { "slug": "horsehair-worm", "title": "Horsehair Worm", "scientific_name": "Nematomorpha", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide except Antarctica, in fresh water and damp terrestrial habitats, with the parasitic larvae inside crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, cockroaches, and mantises, and the free-living adults in streams, ponds, ditches, puddles, and water containers.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/horsehair-worm" }, { "slug": "pygmy-salamander", "title": "Pygmy Salamander", "scientific_name": "Desmognathus wrighti", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", 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"updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-hills-salamander" }, { "slug": "white-sturgeon", "title": "White Sturgeon", "scientific_name": "Acipenser transmontanus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Pacific coast of North America and its large rivers from the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska south to central California, with major populations in the Fraser, Columbia, Snake, and Sacramento-San Joaquin systems, in deep river pools, estuaries, and inshore coastal waters.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-sturgeon" }, { "slug": "wobbegong", "title": "Wobbegong", "scientific_name": "Orectolobus maculatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Temperate and subtropical coastal waters of Australia, mainly the southern and eastern coasts, on rocky reefs, coral reefs, seagrass beds, jetty pilings, and sandy channels from the shallows down to about 100 m.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wobbegong" }, { "slug": "wryneck", "title": "Wryneck", "scientific_name": "Jynx torquilla", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds across Europe and temperate Asia from Iberia and Scandinavia east to Japan, in open woodland, orchards, parkland, heath, and grassland with scattered trees and plenty of ground-dwelling ants; winters in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.", "published": "2026-10-09", "updated": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wryneck" }, { "slug": "american-bittern", "title": "American Bittern", "scientific_name": "Botaurus lentiginosus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds across Canada and the northern and central United States in large freshwater and brackish marshes with tall emergent plants, and winters in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America, including coastal marshes and, occasionally, damp fields and ditches.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-bittern" }, { "slug": "arctic-ground-squirrel", "title": "Arctic Ground Squirrel", "scientific_name": "Urocitellus parryii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Arctic and alpine tundra and subarctic meadows of northeastern Siberia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada, in well-drained soil on river terraces, ridges, and slopes where burrows can be dug above the permafrost and standing water.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/arctic-ground-squirrel" }, { "slug": "atlantic-menhaden", "title": "Atlantic Menhaden", "scientific_name": "Brevoortia tyrannus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Atlantic coast of North America from Nova Scotia to northern Florida, in coastal and estuarine waters, forming large surface schools that migrate north in spring and summer and south and offshore in autumn and winter.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-menhaden" }, { "slug": "cicada-killer", "title": "Cicada Killer", "scientific_name": "Sphecius speciosus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], 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"decreasing", "range": "The Gulf coastal plain of the southeastern United States, historically from eastern Louisiana across southern Mississippi to Alabama, now restricted to a few longleaf pine sites with fish-free breeding ponds in Harrison, Perry, and Jackson counties in Mississippi.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dusky-gopher-frog" }, { "slug": "eastern-spadefoot", "title": "Eastern Spadefoot", "scientific_name": "Scaphiopus holbrookii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern United States from southern New England and New York south to Florida and west to the Mississippi River and eastern Louisiana, in areas with sandy or otherwise loose, well-drained soil, including pine and oak woodland, floodplain forest, farm fields, and coastal dunes.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-spadefoot" }, { "slug": "freshwater-drum", "title": "Freshwater Drum", "scientific_name": "Aplodinotus grunniens", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Central and eastern North America and south into Mexico and Guatemala, in the Great Lakes, the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio River systems, Hudson Bay drainages, and Gulf coast rivers, over sand, gravel, and mud bottoms in large rivers, reservoirs, and lakes.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/freshwater-drum" }, { "slug": "northern-water-snake", "title": "Northern Water Snake", "scientific_name": "Nerodia sipedon", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern and 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/side-blotched-lizard" }, { "slug": "wood-turtle", "title": "Wood Turtle", "scientific_name": "Glyptemys insculpta", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Northeastern North America from Nova Scotia and the Great Lakes region south through New England and the mid-Atlantic to northern Virginia and west to Minnesota and Iowa, along clear rivers and streams with sandy or gravel banks and adjoining forest, floodplain, and meadow.", "published": "2026-10-07", "updated": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wood-turtle" }, { "slug": "american-dipper", "title": "American Dipper", "scientific_name": "Cinclus mexicanus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America from 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"bonefish", "title": "Bonefish", "scientific_name": "Albula vulpes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm shallow seas around the world, concentrated in the western Atlantic from Florida and the Bahamas through the Caribbean, on sand and seagrass flats, in mangrove creeks, and over shallow reefs, usually in water less than 2 m deep.", "published": "2026-10-06", "updated": "2026-10-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bonefish" }, { "slug": "common-poorwill", "title": "Common Poorwill", "scientific_name": "Phalaenoptilus nuttallii", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America from southern British Columbia and the northern Great Basin south through the western United States to central Mexico, in arid 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"Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America from Washington and Idaho south through Oregon, California, and Nevada into northwestern Baja California and western Utah, from sea level to about 3,000 m, in open woodland, chaparral, grassland, sagebrush, farmland, and gardens, wherever there are rocks, logs, or fences to bask on.", "published": "2026-10-06", "updated": "2026-10-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-fence-lizard" }, { "slug": "african-linsang", "title": "African Linsang", "scientific_name": "Poiana richardsonii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Rainforest habitat across parts of Central Africa.", "published": "2026-10-05", "updated": "2026-10-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-linsang" }, { "slug": "alderfly", "title": "Alderfly", "scientific_name": "Sialidae", "group": 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"The Falkland Islands and a few small islands off Tierra del Fuego.", "published": "2026-10-02", "updated": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/striated-caracara" }, { "slug": "tambaqui", "title": "Tambaqui", "scientific_name": "Colossoma macropomum", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rivers and seasonally flooded forest across the Amazon basin of South America.", "published": "2026-10-02", "updated": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tambaqui" }, { "slug": "three-wattled-bellbird", "title": "Three-wattled Bellbird", "scientific_name": "Procnias tricarunculatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and highland forest across Central America, with seasonal altitudinal movement.", 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tropical-screech-owl" }, { "slug": "variable-hawk", "title": "Variable Hawk", "scientific_name": "Geranoaetus polyosoma", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open terrain from the high Andes through Patagonia, across much of western and southern South America.", "published": "2026-10-02", "updated": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/variable-hawk" }, { "slug": "vasa-parrot", "title": "Vasa Parrot", "scientific_name": "Coracopsis vasa", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest habitat across Madagascar.", "published": "2026-10-02", "updated": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vasa-parrot" }, { "slug": "walleye", "title": "Walleye", "scientific_name": "Sander 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"2026-09-30", "updated": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jamess-flamingo" }, { "slug": "leopard-tortoise", "title": "Leopard Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Stigmochelys pardalis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern and southern Africa from South Sudan and Ethiopia south through East Africa to South Africa and Namibia, in savanna, grassland, thornveld, and semi-desert, from sea level to about 2,900 m.", "published": "2026-09-30", "updated": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leopard-tortoise" }, { "slug": "lesser-grison", "title": "Lesser Grison", "scientific_name": "Galictis cuja", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, forest, and desert habitat across a 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/new-zealand-storm-petrel" }, { "slug": "northern-mockingbird", "title": "Northern Mockingbird", "scientific_name": "Mimus polyglottos", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across the United States, into southern Canada, throughout Mexico, and on many Caribbean islands, in open habitats with scattered shrubs and trees, including farmland, desert edges, parks, and suburbs.", "published": "2026-09-30", "updated": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-mockingbird" }, { "slug": "northern-pike", "title": "Northern Pike", "scientific_name": "Esox lucius", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and brackish water across the northern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia, in weedy lake 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"2026-09-28", "updated": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/faceless-fish" }, { "slug": "falanouc", "title": "Falanouc", "scientific_name": "Eupleres goudotii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Humid forest habitat scattered across parts of Madagascar.", "published": "2026-09-28", "updated": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/falanouc" }, { "slug": "fallow-deer", "title": "Fallow Deer", "scientific_name": "Dama dama", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest and grassland habitat across Europe, originally native to the Mediterranean and Middle East.", "published": "2026-09-28", "updated": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fallow-deer" }, { "slug": 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"title": "Heaviside's Dolphin", "scientific_name": "Cephalorhynchus heavisidii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal ocean waters across a narrow range spanning parts of Namibia and South Africa.", "published": "2026-09-25", "updated": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/heaviside-dolphin" }, { "slug": "hectors-dolphin", "title": "Hector's Dolphin", "scientific_name": "Cephalorhynchus hectori", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Shallow coastal ocean waters around the South Island and, via its Maui dolphin subspecies, the North Island of New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-25", "updated": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hectors-dolphin" }, { "slug": "herring", "title": 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hooded-seal" }, { "slug": "hourglass-dolphin", "title": "Hourglass Dolphin", "scientific_name": "Lagenorhynchus cruciger", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Cold circumpolar waters surrounding Antarctica, typically found at subantarctic to Antarctic latitudes.", "published": "2026-09-25", "updated": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hourglass-dolphin" }, { "slug": "indian-flying-fox", "title": "Indian Flying Fox", "scientific_name": "Pteropus giganteus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest and wetland habitat across the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.", "published": "2026-09-25", "updated": "2026-09-25", "url": 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"2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cutlip-minnow" }, { "slug": "cutthroat-trout", "title": "Cutthroat Trout", "scientific_name": "Oncorhynchus clarkii", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold streams, rivers, and lakes across a broad range of western North America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cutthroat-trout" }, { "slug": "diamond-killifish", "title": "Diamond Killifish", "scientific_name": "Fundulus xenicus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Salt marsh pools and channels along a narrow stretch of the Gulf Coast of the United States.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/diamond-killifish" }, { "slug": "dodo", "title": "Dodo", "scientific_name": "Raphus cucullatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Formerly the island of Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean, in lowland and coastal forest; it occurred nowhere else on Earth.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dodo" }, { "slug": "eastern-carpenter-bee", "title": "Eastern Carpenter Bee", "scientific_name": "Xylocopa virginica", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest edge and wooded habitat across a broad range of the eastern United States.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-carpenter-bee" }, { "slug": 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occidentalis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Old-growth and mature forest across a range of the western United States, including the Pacific Northwest and parts of the Southwest.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-owl" }, { "slug": "sprague-pipit", "title": "Sprague's Pipit", "scientific_name": "Anthus spragueii", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native short-grass and mixed-grass prairie across the northern Great Plains of the United States and adjacent Canada.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sprague-pipit" }, { "slug": "stellers-jay", "title": "Steller's Jay", "scientific_name": "Cyanocitta stelleri", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coniferous forest and mountain woodland across a broad range of western North America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stellers-jay" }, { "slug": "striped-mullet", "title": "Striped Mullet", "scientific_name": "Mugil cephalus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal and estuarine waters across tropical and temperate regions worldwide, including extensive coastlines of North America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/striped-mullet" }, { "slug": "striped-swamp-snake", "title": "Striped Swamp Snake", "scientific_name": "Liodytes pygaea", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Densely vegetated wetland habitat across a range of the southeastern United States.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/striped-swamp-snake" }, { "slug": "texas-cooter", "title": "Texas Cooter", "scientific_name": "Pseudemys texana", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rivers and associated wetland habitat across a range concentrated in central Texas.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/texas-cooter" }, { "slug": "threespine-stickleback", "title": "Threespine Stickleback", "scientific_name": "Gasterosteus aculeatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal marine, estuarine, and freshwater habitat across a broad range of the Northern Hemisphere, including extensive coastal and inland waters of North America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/threespine-stickleback" }, { "slug": "tree-swallow", "title": "Tree Swallow", "scientific_name": "Tachycineta bicolor", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Open habitat near water across a broad range of North America, nesting in tree cavities and nest boxes near lakes, marshes, and fields.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tree-swallow" }, { "slug": "twin-spotted-spiny-lizard", "title": "Twin-Spotted Spiny Lizard", "scientific_name": "Sceloporus bimaculosus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Desert grassland and adjacent scrub habitat across parts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/twin-spotted-spiny-lizard" }, { "slug": "virginia-opossum", "title": "Virginia Opossum", "scientific_name": "Didelphis virginiana", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "North and Central America, from Costa Rica north through Mexico and the eastern and central United States into southern Canada, in woodland, farmland, scrub, and towns and suburbs.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/virginia-opossum" }, { "slug": "western-fox-snake", "title": "Western Fox Snake", "scientific_name": "Pantherophis vulpinus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Prairie and wetland-edge habitat across a range of the upper midwestern United States.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-fox-snake" }, { "slug": "western-narrowmouth-toad", "title": "Western Narrowmouth Toad", "scientific_name": "Gastrophryne olivacea", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, scrubland, and dry woodland habitat across a broad range of the central and southwestern United States.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-narrowmouth-toad" }, { "slug": "western-red-backed-salamander", "title": "Western Red-Backed Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodon vehiculum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest habitat across a range spanning coastal Washington, Oregon, and adjacent parts of British Columbia.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-red-backed-salamander" }, { "slug": "white-breasted-nuthatch", "title": "White-Breasted Nuthatch", "scientific_name": "Sitta carolinensis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous and mixed forest across a broad range spanning most of the United States and southern Canada.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-breasted-nuthatch" }, { "slug": "wood-thrush", "title": "Wood Thrush", "scientific_name": "Hylocichla mustelina", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Mature deciduous forest across a broad range of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, wintering in Central America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wood-thrush" }, { "slug": "zebra-longwing", "title": "Zebra Longwing", "scientific_name": "Heliconius charithonia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest habitat containing passionflower vines across the southeastern United States, Mexico, and Central America.", "published": "2026-09-24", "updated": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/zebra-longwing" }, { "slug": "acorn-woodpecker", "title": "Acorn Woodpecker", "scientific_name": "Melanerpes formicivorus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Oak and pine-oak woodland from Oregon and California through the south-western United States and Mexico to the mountains of Central America and the northern Andes of Colombia.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/acorn-woodpecker" }, { "slug": "african-crested-rat", "title": "African Crested Rat", "scientific_name": "Lophiomys imhausi", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The highlands of East Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia through Kenya to Tanzania and into Somalia, in montane forest, dense scrub, and rocky country from around 1,200 to 3,300 m.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-crested-rat" }, { "slug": "cleaner-wrasse", "title": "Cleaner Wrasse", "scientific_name": "Labroides dimidiatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa across to the central Pacific and from southern Japan to Australia, on reef flats, slopes, and lagoons.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cleaner-wrasse" }, { "slug": "fig-wasp", "title": "Fig Wasp", "scientific_name": "Blastophaga psenes", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The tropics and warmer subtropics worldwide, wherever fig trees grow, from rainforest to savanna to city streets; this species pollinates the common edible fig around the Mediterranean and beyond.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fig-wasp" }, { "slug": "flea", "title": "Flea", "scientific_name": "Ctenocephalides felis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide wherever suitable hosts live, from wild birds and mammals to domestic cats, dogs, and livestock; the cat flea, the commonest species on pets and people, is found on every inhabited continent.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flea" }, { "slug": "helmeted-water-toad", "title": "Helmeted Water Toad", "scientific_name": "Calyptocephalella gayi", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Central Chile, from around the Coquimbo region south to the Bío Bío region, in lowland and foothill wetlands including natural lakes and ponds, marshes, and artificial reservoirs and irrigation channels.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/helmeted-water-toad" }, { "slug": "honeypot-ant", "title": "Honeypot Ant", "scientific_name": "Myrmecocystus mexicanus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deserts and dry grasslands on several continents; this species is found in the arid south-western United States and northern Mexico, with other honeypot ants across Australia, southern Africa, and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/honeypot-ant" }, { "slug": "kemps-ridley-sea-turtle", "title": "Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle", "scientific_name": "Lepidochelys kempii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Gulf of Mexico and the western North Atlantic; adults are concentrated in the Gulf, while juveniles range up the eastern seaboard of the United States as far as New England and occasionally cross to Europe.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle" }, { "slug": "needlefish", "title": "Needlefish", "scientific_name": "Tylosurus crocodilus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate coastal waters around the world, over reefs, lagoons, seagrass beds, and open shallows, with some needlefish species also living in estuaries and fresh water.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/needlefish" }, { "slug": "passenger-pigeon", "title": "Passenger Pigeon", "scientific_name": "Ectopistes migratorius", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Historically the deciduous forests of eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic and from the Gulf states north into Canada, with birds ranging widely to track the annual nut crop.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/passenger-pigeon" }, { "slug": "regal-horned-lizard", "title": "Regal Horned Lizard", "scientific_name": "Phrynosoma solare", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Sonoran Desert of south-central Arizona in the United States and the states of Sonora and Sinaloa in north-western Mexico, in desert flats, washes, and gentle rocky slopes with harvester ant colonies.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/regal-horned-lizard" }, { "slug": "spectacled-salamander", "title": "Spectacled Salamander", "scientific_name": "Salamandrina perspicillata", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Apennine peninsula of Italy, in the northern and central regions, in broadleaf and mixed forest with cool, clean streams, from near sea level to about 1,500 m; a second species replaces it in the south.", "published": "2026-09-23", "updated": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spectacled-salamander" }, { "slug": "alpine-salamander", "title": "Alpine Salamander", "scientific_name": "Salamandra atra", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The European Alps and the Dinaric Alps of the western Balkans, from about 400 to 2,800 m elevation, in mountain forest, subalpine meadow, and rocky slopes with high rainfall.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/alpine-salamander" }, { "slug": "desert-iguana", "title": "Desert Iguana", "scientific_name": "Dipsosaurus dorsalis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the south-western United States and north-western Mexico, including Baja California and some Gulf of California islands, in sandy flats and washes with creosote bush.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/desert-iguana" }, { "slug": "elephant-trunk-snake", "title": "Elephant Trunk Snake", "scientific_name": "Acrochordus javanicus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Southeast Asia, in the fresh and brackish waters of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and nearby areas, in rivers, lakes, rice paddies, mangroves, estuaries, and inshore coastal waters.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/elephant-trunk-snake" }, { "slug": "feathertail-glider", "title": "Feathertail Glider", "scientific_name": "Acrobates pygmaeus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern Australia, from far northern Queensland south through New South Wales and Victoria to south-eastern South Australia, in eucalypt forest and woodland with a shrubby understorey.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/feathertail-glider" }, { "slug": "flashlight-fish", "title": "Flashlight Fish", "scientific_name": "Anomalops katoptron", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa across to the central Pacific, on coral reefs with caves, overhangs, and steep drop-offs.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flashlight-fish" }, { "slug": "giant-palm-salamander", "title": "Giant Palm Salamander", "scientific_name": "Bolitoglossa dofleini", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Caribbean slopes of Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, in humid lowland and lower montane broadleaf forest, from near sea level to around 1,500 m.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-palm-salamander" }, { "slug": "mariana-snailfish", "title": "Mariana Snailfish", "scientific_name": "Pseudoliparis swirei", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, on and just above the trench floor, mainly between about 6,000 and 8,000 m depth.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mariana-snailfish" }, { "slug": "mosquito", "title": "Mosquito", "scientific_name": "Anopheles gambiae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide except Antarctica and a few isolated islands, wherever there is standing or slow-moving water for the larvae; Anopheles gambiae, the main African malaria vector, is centred on sub-Saharan Africa.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mosquito" }, { "slug": "peanut-head-bug", "title": "Peanut-head Bug", "scientific_name": "Fulgora laternaria", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical forests from southern Mexico through Central America and much of northern and central South America, on the trunks of large trees in lowland and foothill rainforest.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/peanut-head-bug" }, { "slug": "ruff", "title": "Ruff", "scientific_name": "Calidris pugnax", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds across the wet tundra and marshes of northern Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Russian Far East; winters in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and, in small numbers, western Europe and Australasia.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ruff" }, { "slug": "saw-scaled-viper", "title": "Saw-scaled Viper", "scientific_name": "Echis carinatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Dry regions from the Middle East and Central Asia through Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka; the wider genus Echis extends across the Sahel, North Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/saw-scaled-viper" }, { "slug": "vogelkop-bowerbird", "title": "Vogelkop Bowerbird", "scientific_name": "Amblyornis inornata", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The mountains of the Bird's Head, or Vogelkop, Peninsula and the nearby Fakfak and Kumawa ranges of Western New Guinea, in the Indonesian province of West Papua, in mossy montane forest at around 1,000 to 2,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-22", "updated": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vogelkop-bowerbird" }, { "slug": "atolla-jellyfish", "title": "Atolla Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Atolla wyvillei", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep open ocean worldwide, mainly in the twilight and midnight zones from roughly 500 to 5,000 m, in cold, dark water far below the reach of sunlight.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atolla-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "capuchinbird", "title": "Capuchinbird", "scientific_name": "Perissocephalus tricolor", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "North-eastern South America, in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil, in humid lowland and foothill rainforest, typically in the interior of tall forest.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/capuchinbird" }, { "slug": "climbing-perch", "title": "Climbing Perch", "scientific_name": "Anabas testudineus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka through Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Indochina to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines; introduced elsewhere, notably to New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/climbing-perch" }, { "slug": "crucifix-frog", "title": "Crucifix Frog", "scientific_name": "Notaden bennettii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Inland eastern Australia, in the black-soil floodplains and claypans of central and northern New South Wales and central and southern Queensland.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crucifix-frog" }, { "slug": "decorator-crab", "title": "Decorator Crab", "scientific_name": "Camposcia retusa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, on coral and rocky reefs, rubble, and seagrass, from the shallows to moderate depths, with different decorator-crab species in every ocean.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/decorator-crab" }, { "slug": "flying-gecko", "title": "Flying Gecko", "scientific_name": "Ptychozoon kuhli", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and nearby islands, in lowland and hill rainforest and adjacent wooded areas, living on tree trunks and larger branches.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-gecko" }, { "slug": "limpkin", "title": "Limpkin", "scientific_name": "Aramus guarauna", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "From Florida and, increasingly, the south-eastern United States, through the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America to much of tropical South America, in freshwater marshes, swamps, and wooded wetland edges.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/limpkin" }, { "slug": "mussurana", "title": "Mussurana", "scientific_name": "Clelia clelia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From southern Mexico through Central America and across tropical South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina, in rainforest, gallery forest, savanna, grassland, and farmland.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mussurana" }, { "slug": "plainfin-midshipman", "title": "Plainfin Midshipman", "scientific_name": "Porichthys notatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern Pacific from southern Alaska to Baja California and the Gulf of California, from the intertidal zone down to a few hundred metres, moving into the shallows to breed in spring and summer.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/plainfin-midshipman" }, { "slug": "plains-wanderer", "title": "Plains-wanderer", "scientific_name": "Pedionomus torquatus", "group": "birds", 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tayra" }, { "slug": "water-holding-frog", "title": "Water-holding Frog", "scientific_name": "Cyclorana platycephala", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "desert", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid inland Australia, in claypans, floodplains, gilgai depressions, and temporary swamps across large parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales.", "published": "2026-09-21", "updated": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-holding-frog" }, { "slug": "brown-tree-snake", "title": "Brown Tree Snake", "scientific_name": "Boiga irregularis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to the coasts of northern and eastern Australia, eastern 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"phantasmal-poison-frog", "title": "Phantasmal Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Epipedobates anthonyi", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The western Andean foothills of southern Ecuador, mainly in El Oro and Azuay provinces, extending just across the border into far northern Peru, in humid forest and forest edge from about 200 to 1,800 m.", "published": "2026-09-20", "updated": "2026-09-20", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/phantasmal-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "port-jackson-shark", "title": "Port Jackson Shark", "scientific_name": "Heterodontus portusjacksoni", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The temperate coastal waters of southern Australia, from southern Queensland around to central Western Australia 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"conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina, in humid forest, savanna, pasture, and gardens, with related railroad-worm beetles across the warmer parts of the Americas.", "published": "2026-09-20", "updated": "2026-09-20", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/railroad-worm" }, { "slug": "redback-spider", "title": "Redback Spider", "scientific_name": "Latrodectus hasselti", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native throughout Australia, in bushland and especially in and around towns and cities; introduced and locally established in New Zealand, Japan, and several other countries.", "published": "2026-09-20", "updated": "2026-09-20", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/redback-spider" }, { "slug": "swell-shark", "title": "Swell Shark", "scientific_name": "Cephaloscyllium ventriosum", 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-bellbird" }, { "slug": "wrybill", "title": "Wrybill", "scientific_name": "Anarhynchus frontalis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to New Zealand, breeding on the braided rivers of Canterbury and Otago in the eastern South Island and wintering mainly on the harbours and estuaries of the northern North Island.", "published": "2026-09-20", "updated": "2026-09-20", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wrybill" }, { "slug": "acadian-flycatcher", "title": "Acadian Flycatcher", "scientific_name": "Empidonax virescens", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Mature deciduous forest interior across a broad range of the eastern United States, migrating to Central and South America for winter.", "published": "2026-09-19", "updated": "2026-09-19", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/acadian-flycatcher" }, { "slug": "alabama-red-bellied-cooter", "title": "Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter", "scientific_name": "Pseudemys alabamensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rivers, lakes, and other coastal wetland habitat around Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in coastal Alabama.", "published": "2026-09-19", "updated": "2026-09-19", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/alabama-red-bellied-cooter" }, { "slug": "alabama-waterdog", "title": "Alabama Waterdog", "scientific_name": "Necturus alabamensis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Slow-moving river and stream habitat within a small number of river systems in Alabama 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"decreasing", "range": "Desert scrub, rocky canyon, and mountain habitat across the Baja California peninsula of Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-19", "updated": "2026-09-19", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/baja-california-ratsnake" }, { "slug": "barred-tiger-salamander", "title": "Barred Tiger Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma mavortium", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland and other open habitat across a broad range of western and central North America, from Canada south into Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-19", "updated": "2026-09-19", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/barred-tiger-salamander" }, { "slug": "bells-vireo", "title": "Bell's Vireo", "scientific_name": "Vireo bellii", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", 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"2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crested-anole" }, { "slug": "eastern-meadowlark", "title": "Eastern Meadowlark", "scientific_name": "Sturnella magna", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Grassland, pasture, and open agricultural habitat across the eastern and central United States, Mexico, and Central America.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-meadowlark" }, { "slug": "emerald-shiner", "title": "Emerald Shiner", "scientific_name": "Notropis atherinoides", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Large lakes and rivers across a broad range of North America, including the Great Lakes and major river systems.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/emerald-shiner" }, { "slug": "escambia-map-turtle", "title": "Escambia Map Turtle", "scientific_name": "Graptemys ernsti", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "River systems across the Florida Panhandle and adjacent southern Alabama, largely within the Escambia River drainage.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/escambia-map-turtle" }, { "slug": "fiji-crested-iguana", "title": "Fiji Crested Iguana", "scientific_name": "Brachylophus vitiensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Western Fiji, on a small number of dry-forest islands including Yadua Taba, Macuata, Monuriki, and parts of the 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edges, grassland, and shrubby habitat across a broad range of North America.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/song-sparrow" }, { "slug": "southeastern-five-lined-skink", "title": "Southeastern Five-Lined Skink", "scientific_name": "Plestiodon inexpectatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest and sandy coastal habitat across the southeastern United States.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southeastern-five-lined-skink" }, { "slug": "southern-carmine-bee-eater", "title": "Southern Carmine Bee-eater", "scientific_name": "Merops nubicoides", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Southern and south-central Africa, breeding mainly in the south and moving seasonally through countries including Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-carmine-bee-eater" }, { "slug": "southern-crawfish-frog", "title": "Southern Crawfish Frog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates areolatus areolatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Grassland and prairie habitat across parts of the south-central United States.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-crawfish-frog" }, { "slug": "southern-dusky-salamander", "title": "Southern Dusky Salamander", "scientific_name": "Desmognathus auriculatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Scattered remaining wetland and floodplain habitat across the southeastern coastal plain of the United States.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-dusky-salamander" }, { "slug": "spicebush-swallowtail", "title": "Spicebush Swallowtail", "scientific_name": "Papilio troilus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest and woodland edge habitat across a broad range of eastern North America.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spicebush-swallowtail" }, { "slug": "stonecat", "title": "Stonecat", "scientific_name": "Noturus flavus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Clean, rocky streams and rivers across a broad range of the eastern and central United States and adjacent Canada.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stonecat" }, { "slug": "table-mountain-ghost-frog", "title": "Table Mountain Ghost Frog", "scientific_name": "Heleophryne rosei", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The eastern and southern slopes of Table Mountain above Cape Town, South Africa, in and beside clear, fast-flowing perennial streams from near sea level to the plateau.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/table-mountain-ghost-frog" }, { "slug": "texas-alligator-lizard", "title": "Texas Alligator Lizard", "scientific_name": "Gerrhonotus infernalis", "group": "reptiles", 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"conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coniferous and mixed forest across Canada and the northern United States for breeding, wintering across a broad range further south.", "published": "2026-09-17", "updated": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/yellow-rumped-warbler" }, { "slug": "aldabra-giant-tortoise", "title": "Aldabra Giant Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Aldabrachelys gigantea", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, in the western Indian Ocean, with introduced and managed populations on other Seychelles and Mascarene islands and in captivity worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/aldabra-giant-tortoise" }, { "slug": "atlantic-tarpon", "title": "Atlantic Tarpon", "scientific_name": "Megalops atlanticus", "group": "fish", 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"Madoqua kirkii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Horn of Africa and East Africa, with Kirk's dik-dik in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, and Ethiopia, and a separate population in Namibia and Angola, in dry thornbush and scrub.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dik-dik" }, { "slug": "giraffe-weevil", "title": "Giraffe Weevil", "scientific_name": "Trachelophorus giraffa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Endemic to Madagascar, in humid lowland and montane forest where its host plants grow, mainly in the east and north of the island.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giraffe-weevil" }, { "slug": "hula-painted-frog", "title": "Hula Painted Frog", "scientific_name": "Latonia nigriventer", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Hula Valley in northern Israel, in permanent and seasonal freshwater marsh with dense vegetation; historically the species also occurred just across the border in Syria.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hula-painted-frog" }, { "slug": "kihansi-spray-toad", "title": "Kihansi Spray Toad", "scientific_name": "Nectophrynoides asperginis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct in the Wild", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Endemic to the spray zone of the Kihansi Falls in the Udzungwa Mountains of eastern Tanzania, at around 900 m elevation; it occurs naturally nowhere 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"Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical forests of Southeast Asia and northern Australia for this species, with other members of the genus Portia across Africa, South Asia, and the western Pacific.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/portia-spider" }, { "slug": "sailfin-dragon", "title": "Sailfin Dragon", "scientific_name": "Hydrosaurus pustulatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Philippines for this species, along rivers and coasts of many of the islands; other Hydrosaurus species occur in Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and nearby islands.", "published": "2026-09-16", "updated": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sailfin-dragon" }, { "slug": "annas-hummingbird", "title": "Anna's Hummingbird", "scientific_name": "Calypte 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"stable", "range": "Middle America and the Caribbean, from central Mexico south through Central America to western Panama, plus Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola, with occasional records in southern Texas.", "published": "2026-09-15", "updated": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-jacana" }, { "slug": "payara", "title": "Payara", "scientific_name": "Hydrolycus scomberoides", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Amazon and Orinoco river basins of South America, favouring fast-flowing stretches, rapids, and the pools below waterfalls and at major river junctions.", "published": "2026-09-15", "updated": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/payara" }, { "slug": "rosyface-shiner", "title": "Rosyface Shiner", "scientific_name": "Notropis rubellus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], 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"Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Central Africa, in scattered populations across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, and northwestern Tanzania, in rainforest, forest clearings, and swampy grassland near water.", "published": "2026-09-15", "updated": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spiny-bush-viper" }, { "slug": "spotfin-shiner", "title": "Spotfin Shiner", "scientific_name": "Cyprinella spiloptera", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Streams and small rivers across a broad range of the eastern and central United States and adjacent Canada.", "published": "2026-09-15", "updated": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotfin-shiner" }, { "slug": "sungazer", "title": "Sungazer", "scientific_name": "Smaug giganteus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": 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"Venus's Flower Basket", "scientific_name": "Euplectella aspergillum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep waters of the western Pacific Ocean, particularly around the Philippines and Japan, on soft sediment of the continental slope and deeper seafloor.", "published": "2026-09-15", "updated": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/venus-flower-basket" }, { "slug": "american-avocet", "title": "American Avocet", "scientific_name": "Recurvirostra americana", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Alkaline lakes, salt flats, and shallow wetlands across western North America.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-avocet" }, { "slug": "american-oystercatcher", "title": "American Oystercatcher", "scientific_name": "Haematopus palliatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Sandy and rocky coastal habitat along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North and South America.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-oystercatcher" }, { "slug": "arctic-char", "title": "Arctic Char", "scientific_name": "Salvelinus alpinus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "polar", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Cold lakes, rivers, and coastal waters across the circumpolar Arctic.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/arctic-char" }, { "slug": "arrow-crab", "title": "Arrow Crab", "scientific_name": "Stenorhynchus seticornis", "group": 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blackside-darter" }, { "slug": "blanco-blind-salamander", "title": "Blanco Blind Salamander", "scientific_name": "Eurycea robusta", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Presumed groundwater habitat associated with the Blanco River area near San Marcos, Texas, though the species has not been redocumented since its original discovery.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blanco-blind-salamander" }, { "slug": "blanket-octopus", "title": "Blanket Octopus", "scientific_name": "Tremoctopus violaceus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical open ocean around the world, in the sunlit surface layer far from coasts, with related 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"2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bobolink" }, { "slug": "boll-weevil", "title": "Boll Weevil", "scientific_name": "Anthonomus grandis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cotton-growing regions across Mexico, Central America, and the southern United States.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/boll-weevil" }, { "slug": "brazilian-wandering-spider", "title": "Brazilian Wandering Spider", "scientific_name": "Phoneutria nigriventer", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Central and South America, with the medically important species concentrated in southern and southeastern Brazil and parts of Paraguay, Uruguay, and 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"Grassland, forest edge, and temporary wetland habitat across the eastern and central United States.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/upland-chorus-frog" }, { "slug": "valdina-farms-salamander", "title": "Valdina Farms Salamander", "scientific_name": "Eurycea troglodytes", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A limited cave and sinkhole system in Medina County, central Texas.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/valdina-farms-salamander" }, { "slug": "van-dykes-salamander", "title": "Van Dyke's Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodon vandykei", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal mountain 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"2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whelk" }, { "slug": "white-catfish", "title": "White Catfish", "scientific_name": "Ameiurus catus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rivers, ponds, and reservoirs across the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain of the United States, with introduced populations on the West Coast.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-catfish" }, { "slug": "white-sucker", "title": "White Sucker", "scientific_name": "Catostomus commersonii", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lakes, rivers, and streams across most of Canada and the northern and central United States.", "published": "2026-09-14", "updated": "2026-09-14", "url": 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"2026-09-12", "updated": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lemon-shark" }, { "slug": "leopard-lizard", "title": "Leopard Lizard", "scientific_name": "Gambelia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid desert and grassland habitat across parts of the western United States and Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-12", "updated": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leopard-lizard" }, { "slug": "little-devil-poison-frog", "title": "Little Devil Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Oophaga sylvatica", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest habitat across parts of western Ecuador and Colombia, generally humid lowland and foothill forest.", "published": "2026-09-12", "updated": 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"2026-09-12", "updated": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whip-poor-will" }, { "slug": "whirligig-beetle", "title": "Whirligig Beetle", "scientific_name": "Gyrinidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Freshwater ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams across every continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-09-12", "updated": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whirligig-beetle" }, { "slug": "white-marlin", "title": "White Marlin", "scientific_name": "Kajikia albida", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, generally found well offshore in open water.", "published": "2026-09-12", "updated": "2026-09-12", "url": 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[ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Cold temperate and polar ocean waters, as well as deeper areas of tropical oceans worldwide, generally on elevated structure exposed to strong currents.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/basket-star" }, { "slug": "bedbug", "title": "Bedbug", "scientific_name": "Cimex lectularius", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Worldwide wherever people sleep, especially in and around beds and seating in homes, hotels, hostels, dormitories, hospitals, shelters, and public transport, hiding in mattress and box-spring seams, bed frames, furniture joints, skirting boards, electrical fittings, and wall voids, with the temperate common bedbug and the tropical bedbug overlapping 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"scientific_name": "Sylvia atricapilla", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of North Africa, breeding in deciduous and mixed woodland with a dense understorey, scrub, hedgerows, and overgrown gardens, and wintering traditionally around the Mediterranean basin and sub-Saharan Africa, with a growing population from north-western Europe now wintering instead in Britain and Ireland.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blackcap" }, { "slug": "blacktip-shark", "title": "Blacktip Shark", "scientific_name": "Carcharhinus limbatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, 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"conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical, subtropical, and temperate coastal waters worldwide, including coral reefs, rocky shorelines, and tide pools, with different species occupying habitats from the shallow intertidal zone to somewhat deeper reef environments.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blenny" }, { "slug": "blind-snake", "title": "Blind Snake", "scientific_name": "Typhlopidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm regions worldwide, throughout the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas and into some warm temperate areas, living underground and in leaf litter, rotting logs, ant and termite nests, garden soil, and under stones, from rainforest to dry savanna, with the Brahminy blind snake now established on every 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"Psocoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Worldwide except the coldest polar regions, indoors in damp buildings, especially newly constructed or poorly ventilated ones, among stored books, papers, and food, and outdoors on tree bark, leaves, dead wood, rocks, and in leaf litter and grass, wherever mould, algae, lichen, or fungal growth provides food.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/booklouse" }, { "slug": "bowerbird", "title": "Bowerbird", "scientific_name": "Ptilonorhynchidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rainforest and dense forest across Australia and New Guinea, with individual species and their bower styles varying considerably by region, generally favouring forest with an open understorey suitable for constructing and maintaining a bower.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bowerbird" }, { "slug": "boxer-crab", "title": "Boxer Crab", "scientific_name": "Lybia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs and other structured coastal marine habitat across the Indo-Pacific region, generally in close association with the small sea anemones the species carries throughout its life.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/boxer-crab" }, { "slug": "brain-coral", "title": "Brain Coral", "scientific_name": "Diploria", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coral reefs in warm, shallow tropical waters, particularly across the Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brain-coral" }, { "slug": "brazilian-rainbow-boa", "title": "Brazilian Rainbow Boa", "scientific_name": "Epicrates cenchria", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland rainforest, forest edge, and adjacent open and disturbed habitats across much of northern and central South America, including the Amazon Basin of Brazil and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brazilian-rainbow-boa" }, { "slug": "bristle-worm", "title": "Bristle Worm", "scientific_name": "Polychaeta", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], 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"slug": "bushviper", "title": "Bush Viper", "scientific_name": "Atheris", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical forest and forest edge across Central and East Africa, generally in the canopy and understorey vegetation of rainforest and moist forest habitat, with individual species often having relatively restricted, localised distributions within this broader range.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bushviper" }, { "slug": "by-the-wind-sailor", "title": "By-the-Wind Sailor", "scientific_name": "Velella velella", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Surface waters of warm and temperate oceans worldwide, drifting wherever prevailing wind and current patterns carry colonies, with periodic mass strandings on beaches following sustained onshore winds.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/by-the-wind-sailor" }, { "slug": "caddisfly", "title": "Caddisfly", "scientific_name": "Trichoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh water almost worldwide except Antarctica, with the larvae living in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, and some temporary pools, particularly favouring clean, well-oxygenated, flowing water, and winged adults found near that same water, usually only briefly and mostly at night, often drawn to lights close to rivers and lakes", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caddisfly" }, { "slug": "camel-cricket", "title": "Camel Cricket", "scientific_name": 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across the north, the Carolina chickadee in the southeast, the mountain and chestnut-backed chickadees in the West, and the boreal and grey-headed chickadees in the far northern conifer forest.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chickadee" }, { "slug": "chinese-crocodile-lizard", "title": "Chinese Crocodile Lizard", "scientific_name": "Shinisaurus crocodilurus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, shaded streams and pools in subtropical broadleaf forest in a few mountainous areas of southern China, particularly Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, and adjacent parts of northern Vietnam.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinese-crocodile-lizard" }, { "slug": "chiton", "title": "Chiton", "scientific_name": "Polyplacophora", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal marine habitats worldwide, from cold temperate coastlines to tropical reefs, generally clinging to rock surfaces, coral rubble, or other hard substrate in areas with algae available for grazing.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chiton" }, { "slug": "civet", "title": "Civet", "scientific_name": "Viverridae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, in tropical and subtropical forest, rainforest, savanna woodland, and increasingly farmland, plantations, and forest edge, with different species specialised for ground-dwelling life in 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"conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs throughout tropical oceans worldwide, generally at fixed cleaning station locations visible and accessible to client fish.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cleaner-shrimp" }, { "slug": "cobia", "title": "Cobia", "scientific_name": "Rachycentron canadum", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, including the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, generally found nearshore around reefs, wrecks, and other structure rather than far offshore.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cobia" }, { "slug": "columbia-spotted-frog", "title": "Columbia Spotted Frog", "scientific_name": "Rana luteiventris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", 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"2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/curlew" }, { "slug": "curly-tailed-lizard", "title": "Curly-Tailed Lizard", "scientific_name": "Leiocephalus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal and forest edge habitat across Cuba, the Bahamas, and other Caribbean islands, with some species also introduced to parts of Florida, United States.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/curly-tailed-lizard" }, { "slug": "darwin-frog", "title": "Darwin's Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhinoderma darwinii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The temperate rainforests of southern Chile and a narrow strip of adjacent Argentina, 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dekays-brown-snake" }, { "slug": "discus", "title": "Discus", "scientific_name": "Symphysodon", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The central Amazon basin of Brazil and neighbouring Peru and Colombia, in the still and slow-moving blackwater and clearwater of flooded forest, oxbow lakes, side channels, and quiet river margins, among submerged leaf litter, roots, and fallen branches, avoiding open, fast, or turbid water, with different colour forms in different tributary systems.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/discus" }, { "slug": "diving-beetle", "title": "Diving Beetle", "scientific_name": "Dytiscidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh water almost everywhere except Antarctica, in ponds, lake margins, marshes, ditches, slow streams, temporary pools, bog pools, rock pools, and garden ponds, with the greatest variety in well-vegetated, sunlit, fish-free still water, and some species specialised for cold mountain lakes, saline pools, or underground water.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/diving-beetle" }, { "slug": "drongo", "title": "Drongo", "scientific_name": "Dicruridae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest, forest edge, and savanna across sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and parts of Australia and nearby islands, generally favouring open or semi-open habitat with prominent perches for hunting flying insects.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/drongo" }, { "slug": "dusky-salamander", "title": "Dusky Salamander", "scientific_name": "Desmognathus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Appalachian Mountains and surrounding uplands of the eastern United States, from the Gulf Coast states north into New England and adjacent Canada, in and immediately beside cool, clean, well-shaded streams, seeps, spring runs, and the wet margins of headwater creeks in deciduous and mixed forest, mostly in hilly or mountainous terrain.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dusky-salamander" }, { "slug": "dust-mite", "title": "Dust Mite", "scientific_name": "Dermatophagoides", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", 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and rain pools, alpine and Arctic snowmelt ponds, rock pools, roadside ditches, and salt lakes, from below sea level in desert basins to high mountain tarns, with individual species often restricted to one climate zone or even one cluster of pools.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fairy-shrimp" }, { "slug": "false-gharial", "title": "False Gharial", "scientific_name": "Tomistoma schlegelii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Freshwater swamp forest, peat swamps, and slow-moving rivers across Malaysia, Indonesia, and nearby parts of Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/false-gharial" }, { "slug": "fan-worm", "title": "Fan Worm", "scientific_name": "Sabellidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", 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human structures as basking and lookout perches within these habitats.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fence-lizard" }, { "slug": "fiji-banded-iguana", "title": "Fiji Banded Iguana", "scientific_name": "Brachylophus fasciatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A limited number of islands within Fiji and a small number of neighbouring South Pacific island groups, generally in forest canopy habitat offering both food plants and shelter from ground-based predators.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fiji-banded-iguana" }, { "slug": "file-snake", "title": "File Snake", "scientific_name": "Acrochordus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh, brackish, and shallow coastal salt water from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to the Indo-Australian islands and northern Australia, in rivers, lakes, swamps, rice paddies, mangrove creeks, estuaries, tidal mudflats, and inshore seas over reef and seagrass, with the Arafura file snake in freshwater billabongs and the little file snake mainly in coastal and marine waters.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/file-snake" }, { "slug": "fire-coral", "title": "Fire Coral", "scientific_name": "Millepora", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs and other hard structured surfaces throughout tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide, often growing alongside true reef-building corals.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fire-coral" }, { "slug": "fire-urchin", "title": "Fire Urchin", "scientific_name": "Asthenosoma", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs and adjacent sandy or rocky seafloor habitat across the Indo-Pacific region.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fire-urchin" }, { "slug": "flap-footed-lizard", "title": "Flap-footed Lizard", "scientific_name": "Pygopodidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Australia and New Guinea, occupying desert, semi-arid scrub, grassland, and woodland habitat, with different species specialised for sandy burrowing, leaf litter, or grass tussock habitats depending on the region and specific ecological niche.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flap-footed-lizard" }, { "slug": "flatback-turtle", "title": "Flatback Turtle", "scientific_name": "Natator depressus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal and continental shelf waters of northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea, with nesting restricted to a limited number of beaches across northern Australia.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flatback-turtle" }, { "slug": "florida-worm-lizard", "title": "Florida Worm Lizard", "scientific_name": "Rhineura floridana", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy, well-drained soils across peninsular Florida and a small adjoining part of southern Georgia, generally in areas with sandy scrub, pine flatwoods, or similar habitat supporting an underground insect food supply.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/florida-worm-lizard" }, { "slug": "foam-nest-frog", "title": "Foam-nest Frog", "scientific_name": "Chiromantis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa for the genus Chiromantis, in savanna, bushveld, dry woodland, and forest edge near standing water, and South and Southeast Asia for the similar Polypedates whipping frogs, in forest, plantation, farmland, and gardens, in both cases wherever there are pools or dams with overhanging branches or reeds for nest-building.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/foam-nest-frog" }, { "slug": "four-eyed-fish", "title": "Four-Eyed Fish", "scientific_name": "Anableps", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal, brackish, and freshwater habitats along parts of Central and South America, generally found in still or slow-moving water including mangrove estuaries, coastal lagoons, and ditches.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/four-eyed-fish" }, { "slug": "fringe-toed-lizard", "title": "Fringe-toed Lizard", "scientific_name": "Uma", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Active, wind-blown sand dune systems and areas of loose, fine desert sand in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, with individual species occupying specific, often relatively small and isolated dune fields within this broader desert region.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fringe-toed-lizard" }, { "slug": "frog-eyed-gecko", "title": "Frog-Eyed Gecko", "scientific_name": "Teratoscincus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy desert regions of Central Asia, including parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/frog-eyed-gecko" }, { "slug": "garden-eel", "title": "Garden Eel", "scientific_name": "Heteroconger", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy slopes and flat 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/girdled-lizard" }, { "slug": "gourami", "title": "Gourami", "scientific_name": "Osphronemidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and occasionally brackish water across South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India through Indochina to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and the Philippines, in still and slow water including swamps, marshes, flooded fields, peat bogs, ditches, ponds, lakes, and the sluggish margins of rivers, especially warm, weedy, and often low-oxygen habitats.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gourami" }, { "slug": "grebe", "title": "Grebe", "scientific_name": "Podicipedidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, breeding on freshwater lakes, ponds, marshes, and slow rivers with emergent vegetation, and many species moving to larger lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, and sheltered coasts in winter, from the tropics to the subarctic, with a few species such as the Titicaca and Junin grebes flightless and restricted to one high-altitude lake each.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grebe" }, { "slug": "green-and-golden-bell-frog", "title": "Green and Golden Bell Frog", "scientific_name": "Litoria aurea", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal and near-coastal southeastern Australia, in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, in still or slow-moving water bodies with abundant emergent vegetation 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aquaria.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hydra" }, { "slug": "icefish", "title": "Icefish", "scientific_name": "Channichthyidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica and the waters around some nearby sub-Antarctic islands, in consistently very cold water, generally at depths ranging from relatively shallow coastal areas to deeper offshore waters depending on the species.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/icefish" }, { "slug": "idaho-giant-salamander", "title": "Idaho Giant Salamander", "scientific_name": "Dicamptodon aterrimus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold, forested mountain stream habitat within the Rocky Mountains of central Idaho and adjacent western Montana, United States, an isolated range hundreds of miles from related species' coastal Pacific Northwest habitat.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/idaho-giant-salamander" }, { "slug": "indigo-snake", "title": "Indigo Snake", "scientific_name": "Drymarchon", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Americas from the southeastern United States, mainly Florida and southern Georgia, through Mexico and Central America to central South America, in a wide range of habitats including longleaf pine sandhill, scrub, hardwood hammock, pine flatwoods, tropical dry forest, thorn scrub, farmland, and the edges of marshes and streams, often near the burrows of tortoises and other 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"stable", "range": "Wetland and adjacent grassland habitat from Mexico through Central America and much of South America, generally favouring areas with seasonally fluctuating water levels.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jabiru" }, { "slug": "jacamar", "title": "Jacamar", "scientific_name": "Galbulidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and subtropical forest from Mexico through Central America and much of South America, generally favouring forest edge, clearings, and areas near water where flying insects are abundant.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jacamar" }, { "slug": "jack", "title": "Jack", "scientific_name": "Carangidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], 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"published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jay" }, { "slug": "killifish", "title": "Killifish", "scientific_name": "Cyprinodontiformes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh and brackish water across Africa, Central and South America, parts of North America, southern Europe, and Asia, with annual species specifically in seasonal pools, savanna floodplains, and temporary wetlands that dry up for part of the year, and non-annual species in a wide range of permanent streams, ponds, coastal marshes, and even some hot springs and desert pools.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/killifish" }, { "slug": "knob-tailed-gecko", "title": "Knob-Tailed Gecko", "scientific_name": "Nephrurus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid regions across Australia, generally found in sandy or loamy desert and grassland habitat suitable for burrowing.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/knob-tailed-gecko" }, { "slug": "lancelet", "title": "Lancelet", "scientific_name": "Branchiostoma", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shallow, sandy or gravelly seafloor habitats in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, generally in areas with sediment loose enough for burrowing.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lancelet" }, { "slug": "lanternfish", "title": "Lanternfish", "scientific_name": "Myctophidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ 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"conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh water, damp forest floors and leaf litter, and some marine and brackish habitats on every continent except Antarctica, with the greatest diversity of species, including most blood-feeding leeches, concentrated in warm, humid tropical and subtropical regions such as parts of Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leech" }, { "slug": "legless-lizard", "title": "Legless Lizard", "scientific_name": "Multiple lizard families", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Worldwide except the coldest regions, wherever there is loose soil, sand, leaf litter, or dense low vegetation, with glass lizards and slow worms across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America, flap-footed lizards through Australia and New Guinea, American legless lizards along the Pacific coast of the United States and Mexico, and limb-reduced skinks scattered across the grasslands and forests of every inhabited continent.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/legless-lizard" }, { "slug": "lemur", "title": "Lemur", "scientific_name": "Lemuroidea", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The island of Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa, plus the Comoro Islands where two species were introduced, occupying almost every habitat the island offers, from eastern rainforest and central highland forest to western dry deciduous forest and the arid spiny thicket of the far south, from sea level to above the tree line on the highest massifs.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lemur" }, { "slug": "lesser-siren", "title": "Lesser Siren", "scientific_name": "Siren intermedia", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, ditches, swamps, marshes, and slow streams with soft muddy bottoms and dense vegetation, across the southeastern and central United States and parts of northeastern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lesser-siren" }, { "slug": "limpet", "title": "Limpet", "scientific_name": "Patellogastropoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky intertidal shorelines worldwide, from cold temperate coastlines to tropical shores, generally in the mid to upper intertidal zone where rock is regularly 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"conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous forest, stream edges, springs, and limestone cave entrances across the eastern and central United States, generally in areas providing consistently damp, sheltered conditions and nearby water for breeding.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/long-tailed-salamander" }, { "slug": "macaque", "title": "Macaque", "scientific_name": "Macaca", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "From Morocco, Algeria, and Gibraltar across the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia to eastern China and Japan, with an outlying group on Sulawesi and nearby islands, in almost every habitat from tropical rainforest, mangrove, and swamp to dry scrub, grassland, high mountains with winter snow, temple grounds, farmland, and city centres, from sea level to over 4,000 metres.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/macaque" }, { "slug": "mallorcan-midwife-toad", "title": "Mallorcan Midwife Toad", "scientific_name": "Alytes muletensis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "A small number of steep, narrow limestone gorges and ravines in the Tramuntana mountain range on the island of Mallorca, Spain, plus several additional sites established through reintroduction, in cool, humid microhabitats with rocky pools, seeps, and crevices at higher elevations.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mallorcan-midwife-toad" }, { "slug": "manakin", "title": "Manakin", "scientific_name": "Pipridae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical rainforest across Central America and much of South America, generally favouring forest interior or edge habitat with suitable understorey vegetation and open display perches for lekking.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/manakin" }, { "slug": "map-turtle", "title": "Map Turtle", "scientific_name": "Graptemys", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rivers and large streams of eastern and central North America, from the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi basin south through the Gulf coastal plain, with individual species often restricted to a single river drainage in the southeastern United States, generally favouring large, flowing water with sandbars, 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"Grassland, savanna, forest, and semi-open habitat across Central America and much of South America, with the greatest species diversity found in South America, and some species showing considerable tolerance for agricultural and human-altered landscapes.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ovenbird" }, { "slug": "pacific-halibut", "title": "Pacific Halibut", "scientific_name": "Hippoglossus stenolepis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The North Pacific Ocean, from California north along the coast of North America to Alaska and across to the coasts of Russia and Japan, generally found on or near the sea floor of the continental shelf at a range of depths.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pacific-halibut" }, { "slug": "paddlefish", "title": 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"Wetland, marsh, and adjacent grassland habitat across South America, generally remaining close to reliable water sources.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/screamer" }, { "slug": "sculpin", "title": "Sculpin", "scientific_name": "Cottidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Cold coastal marine waters, tide pools, and estuaries across much of the Northern Hemisphere, along with numerous freshwater sculpin species found in cold, clean streams, rivers, and lakes across North America, Europe, and Asia.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sculpin" }, { "slug": "sea-angel", "title": "Sea Angel", "scientific_name": "Clione limacina", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], 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mangrove shorelines, and adjoining fresh water of the western Atlantic, from the southeastern United States through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to parts of South America.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snook" }, { "slug": "southern-leopard-frog", "title": "Southern Leopard Frog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates sphenocephalus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetlands, grassland, and adjacent habitat across the southeastern United States, with individuals frequently ranging into surrounding fields and even suburban areas.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-leopard-frog" }, { "slug": "southern-toad", "title": "Southern Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus terrestris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ 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rainfall.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/speckled-tortoise" }, { "slug": "spider-tortoise", "title": "Spider Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Pyxis arachnoides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A narrow strip of dry coastal forest and scrub along southwestern Madagascar, an unusually restricted natural range for a tortoise species.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spider-tortoise" }, { "slug": "spotted-turtle", "title": "Spotted Turtle", "scientific_name": "Clemmys guttata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Eastern North America in two main areas, one along the Atlantic coastal plain and piedmont from southern Maine to northern Florida, and one around the lower Great Lakes and the St Lawrence in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, in shallow, clean, still fresh water with soft bottoms and dense vegetation, from sea level to low elevations.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-turtle" }, { "slug": "springtail", "title": "Springtail", "scientific_name": "Collembola", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "polar" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Soil, leaf litter, moss, rotting wood, and the surface of still water almost everywhere land supports life, from tropical rainforest to Arctic tundra and Antarctic rock, from seashore rock crevices to high mountains and deep caves, and in gardens, compost heaps, plant pots, and damp corners of buildings.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/springtail" }, { "slug": "standard-winged-nightjar", "title": "Standard-winged Nightjar", "scientific_name": "Caprimulgus longipennis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Sahel and dry savanna zone of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and south to Uganda and Kenya, breeding in the dry season and moving with the rains.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/standard-winged-nightjar" }, { "slug": "stitchbird", "title": "Stitchbird", "scientific_name": "Notiomystis cincta", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native forest on a small number of predator-free islands and fenced mainland sanctuaries in New Zealand, following translocation from its sole surviving natural population on Little Barrier Island.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stitchbird" }, { "slug": "stonefly", "title": "Stonefly", "scientific_name": "Plecoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold, clean, fast-flowing streams and rivers worldwide except Antarctica, with the greatest diversity in mountain and hill country, and adults found on streamside rocks, vegetation, and structures close to the water they emerged from, generally avoiding warm, slow, or polluted lowland waters that many other aquatic insects can tolerate", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stonefly" }, { "slug": "streamside-salamander", "title": "Streamside Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma barbouri", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Deciduous forest with clean, flowing woodland streams across parts of the central United States, including Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and neighbouring states, generally breeding in specific stream sections with suitable rocky substrate for egg attachment.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/streamside-salamander" }, { "slug": "striped-polecat", "title": "Striped Polecat", "scientific_name": "Ictonyx striatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, savanna, and open woodland across most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Sudan south to South Africa, avoiding dense forest and true desert.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/striped-polecat" }, { "slug": "sunbeam-snake", "title": "Sunbeam Snake", "scientific_name": "Xenopeltis unicolor", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland forest, agricultural land, and disturbed habitats across much of Southeast Asia, generally in areas with loose, moist soil suitable for burrowing.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sunbeam-snake" }, { "slug": "sunbird", "title": "Sunbird", "scientific_name": "Nectariniidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest, woodland, savanna, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and parts of northern Australia and nearby islands, generally in areas with abundant flowering plants providing a reliable nectar source.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sunbird" }, { "slug": "surgeonfish", "title": "Surgeonfish", "scientific_name": "Acanthuridae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and subtropical coral reefs and rocky coastal waters worldwide, in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, generally in shallow, sunlit reef zones where algae growth is abundant.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/surgeonfish" }, { "slug": "swallow", "title": "Swallow", "scientific_name": "Hirundinidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, breeding from the tropics to the edge of the Arctic, in open and semi-open country including farmland, grassland, marshes, lake and river margins, coasts, and towns, and wintering, for the migratory species, mainly in the tropics, with the greatest variety of resident species in Africa.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swallow" }, { "slug": "swiftlet", "title": "Swiftlet", "scientific_name": "Aerodramus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Caves, forest, and coastal areas across Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the western Pacific, generally roosting and nesting in large colonies within dark limestone caves or, increasingly, purpose-built nesting structures.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swiftlet" }, { "slug": "swordtail", "title": "Swordtail", "scientific_name": "Xiphophorus hellerii", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Atlantic slope of Mexico and northern Central America, from Veracruz through Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, in warm, flowing, well-vegetated fresh water including streams, rivers, springs, canals, and ponds from the lowlands into the foothills, plus established feral populations from aquarium releases in warm regions around the world.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swordtail" }, { "slug": "tanager", "title": "Tanager", "scientific_name": "Thraupidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Americas, from southern Canada through the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America to Argentina and Chile, with by far the greatest species diversity concentrated in the tropical forests of Central and South America, particularly the Andes and Amazon basin.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tanager" }, { "slug": "tapaculo", "title": "Tapaculo", "scientific_name": "Rhinocryptidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest understory habitats across South and Central America, from lowland rainforest to high-elevation Andean cloud forest, with the greatest diversity of species found in the Andes region.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tapaculo" }, { "slug": "tetra", "title": "Tetra", "scientific_name": "Characidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Freshwater rivers, streams, and flooded forest habitat across Central and South America, with a smaller number of related species found in African freshwater systems.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tetra" }, { "slug": "three-toed-amphiuma", "title": "Three-toed Amphiuma", "scientific_name": "Amphiuma tridactylum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Swamps, ditches, ponds, and other still or slow-moving freshwater wetland habitat across the south-central United States, generally in areas with soft mud bottoms and dense aquatic vegetation providing cover.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/three-toed-amphiuma" }, { "slug": "thrips", "title": "Thrips", "scientific_name": "Thysanoptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Worldwide except the coldest polar regions, on almost every kind of flowering plant, in gardens, farmland, greenhouses, grassland, and forest, with many pest species spread far beyond their native range through the international trade in plants, cut flowers, and produce, and populations building up fastest in warm, humid conditions", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thrips" }, { "slug": "thrush", "title": "Thrush", "scientific_name": "Turdidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, from Arctic tundra scrub to tropical rainforest, with the greatest diversity in forest and woodland but many species equally at home in farmland, parks, gardens, moorland, and mountains, and numerous species undertaking long seasonal migrations between temperate and tropical regions.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thrush" }, { "slug": "tilefish", "title": "Tilefish", "scientific_name": "Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The continental shelf and upper slope of the western Atlantic Ocean, from the northeastern United States and Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, generally at significant depth over soft sediment suitable for burrowing.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tilefish" }, { "slug": "tinamou", "title": "Tinamou", "scientific_name": "Tinamidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "A wide range of habitats across Central and South America, including tropical rainforest, grassland, and scrub, with specific habitat preference varying by species.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tinamou" }, { "slug": "tody", "title": "Tody", "scientific_name": "Todus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forest and woodland habitat across specific islands of the Caribbean, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, with each tody species restricted to its own particular island or islands.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tody" }, { "slug": "tongue-worm", "title": "Tongue Worm", "scientific_name": "Pentastomida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Found wherever suitable reptile hosts occur, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, with adult tongue worms residing within the respiratory systems of host snakes, lizards, or crocodilians.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tongue-worm" }, { "slug": "toothfish", "title": "Toothfish", "scientific_name": "Dissostichus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Southern Ocean and sub-Antarctic waters surrounding Antarctica, including areas around South Georgia, the Ross Sea, and other sub-Antarctic island groups, generally at depths ranging from the continental shelf to deeper offshore waters.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/toothfish" }, { "slug": "torrent-frog", "title": "Torrent Frog", "scientific_name": "Amolops and relatives", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fast-flowing streams, cascades, and waterfall splash zones in forested hills and mountains across the wetter parts of the world, including the Andes and Central American highlands, the Guiana and Brazilian shields, montane East and West Africa, the Western Ghats of India, the Himalayas and mountains of China 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"tree-hole-frog", "title": "Tree-hole Frog", "scientific_name": "Metaphrynella sundana", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of Borneo, in Southeast Asia, closely tied to mature forest containing trees with naturally occurring water-filled cavities or hollows suitable for shelter and breeding.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tree-hole-frog" }, { "slug": "treecreeper", "title": "Treecreeper", "scientific_name": "Certhia", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forest across the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia, generally favouring mature woodland with large trees offering plenty of textured bark 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"conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temporary fresh water on every continent except Antarctica, in rain pools, desert playas, vernal pools, flooded pasture, ditches, rice paddies, and rock basins that fill after rain or snowmelt and later dry out, from deserts to cool temperate grassland, with different species native to the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and the animal absent from permanent lakes and rivers because fish there eat it.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/triops" }, { "slug": "umbrellabird", "title": "Umbrellabird", "scientific_name": "Cephalopterus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical rainforest across parts of Central and South America, with specific range and habitat preference varying by individual umbrellabird species.", "published": "2026-09-11", 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Pakistan to northwestern India, in arid and semi-arid desert, rocky hillsides, and stony or sandy plains with sparse vegetation, generally avoiding fine loose sand dunes in favour of firmer ground suitable for digging a permanent burrow.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/uromastyx" }, { "slug": "vampire-flying-frog", "title": "Vampire Flying Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhacophorus vampyrus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Montane rainforest of southern Vietnam, in a relatively limited and still incompletely documented area, associated with trees containing suitable water-filled cavities used for breeding.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vampire-flying-frog" }, { "slug": "vine-snake", "title": "Vine Snake", 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into South America, with the greatest species diversity found in Central and South American tropical forest, and many temperate-breeding species migrating south for the winter.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vireo" }, { "slug": "wagtail", "title": "Wagtail", "scientific_name": "Motacilla", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetland edges, rivers, grassland, farmland, and open urban areas across Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a smaller number of species also reaching parts of Alaska, generally favouring short vegetation or bare ground near water.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wagtail" }, { "slug": "wallace-flying-frog", "title": "Wallace's Flying Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhacophorus nigropalmatus", "group": "amphibians", 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species also in brackish coastal lagoons, inland salt lakes, and hot or mineral-rich springs, from lowland ponds to high mountain lakes.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-boatman" }, { "slug": "water-flea", "title": "Water Flea", "scientific_name": "Daphnia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, lakes, ditches, temporary pools, and other still or slow-moving fresh water almost everywhere in the world except Antarctica, from garden ponds and cattle troughs to large natural lakes, generally most abundant in nutrient-rich water with plenty of algae and other microscopic food available", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-flea" }, { "slug": "water-scorpion", "title": "Water Scorpion", "scientific_name": "Nepidae", "group": 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fresh water, so lakes, ponds, marshes, swamps, slow rivers, streams, canals, and reservoirs, with several species in brackish coastal marshes and mangroves, and the genus absent from the arid west and high mountains.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/water-snake" }, { "slug": "web-toed-salamander", "title": "Web-toed Salamander", "scientific_name": "Hydromantes", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Two widely separated areas. In North America, the mountains of California, chiefly the central and southern Sierra Nevada and some adjacent limestone country, on shaded cliffs, in talus, and around caves and seeps. In Europe, the Alpes-Maritimes of France, much of the Italian peninsula, and Sardinia, mainly in and around limestone caves, gorges, and damp rock faces.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/web-toed-salamander" }, { "slug": "webless-salamander", "title": "Webless Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodon websteri", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous forest across a relatively limited part of the southeastern United States, generally sheltering under logs, leaf litter, and loose bark in cool, consistently moist microhabitats.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/webless-salamander" }, { "slug": "western-spadefoot", "title": "Western Spadefoot", "scientific_name": "Spea hammondii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Grassland, chaparral, and dry scrub habitats across much of California and northern Baja California, generally breeding in temporary pools formed after heavy seasonal rainfall.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-spadefoot" }, { "slug": "white-winged-chough", "title": "White-Winged Chough", "scientific_name": "Corcorax melanorhamphos", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open woodland, forest edge, and grassland habitat across southeastern Australia, generally remaining in family groups defending a shared ground-based territory.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/white-winged-chough" }, { "slug": "woma-python", "title": "Woma Python", "scientific_name": "Aspidites ramsayi", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid desert and grassland habitat across much of central and western Australia.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/woma-python" }, { "slug": "woodcreeper", "title": "Woodcreeper", "scientific_name": "Dendrocolaptidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and subtropical forest across Central America and much of South America, generally favouring forest interior with mature trees offering abundant bark surface and epiphyte growth for foraging.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/woodcreeper" }, { "slug": "woodhouses-toad", "title": "Woodhouse's Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus woodhousii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "A wide range of habitats across the central United States, including river floodplains, grassland, semi-arid scrub, agricultural land, and urban parks, generally breeding in permanent or temporary water bodies including ponds, ditches, and slow river backwaters.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/woodhouses-toad" }, { "slug": "wren", "title": "Wren", "scientific_name": "Troglodytidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Throughout the Americas from the tree line in Canada and Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, with the greatest diversity in Central and northern South America, plus the Eurasian wren across Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, occupying dense low cover in almost every habitat, from rainforest and temperate woodland to scrub, marsh reedbeds, deserts with cactus, rocky coasts, and gardens.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wren" }, { "slug": "yellowfin-tuna", "title": "Yellowfin Tuna", "scientific_name": "Thunnus albacares", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, generally in open water near the surface, though capable of diving to significant depths, and often associating with floating objects or dolphin schools.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/yellowfin-tuna" }, { "slug": "yosemite-toad", "title": "Yosemite Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus canorus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "High-elevation wet meadows of the central Sierra Nevada in California, United States, generally restricted to elevations above roughly 6,000 feet within and around Yosemite National Park.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/yosemite-toad" }, { "slug": "zebra-tailed-lizard", "title": "Zebra-tailed Lizard", "scientific_name": "Callisaurus draconoides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open desert flats, washes, and sparsely vegetated arid terrain across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, generally favouring flat, open ground with loose sand or gravel substrate rather than dense vegetation or heavily rocky terrain.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/zebra-tailed-lizard" }, { "slug": "zigzag-salamander", "title": "Zigzag Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodon dorsalis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous forest and wooded, often limestone-rich, rocky slopes and ravines across parts of the central and eastern United States, sheltering under logs, leaf litter, loose bark, and rock crevices in cool, consistently moist microhabitats.", "published": "2026-09-11", "updated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/zigzag-salamander" }, { "slug": "achoque", "title": "Achoque", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma dumerilii", "group": 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Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The coastal plain of the southeastern United States, from Virginia south through Florida and west to eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma, in still and slow fresh water such as swamps, cypress sloughs, drainage ditches, roadside pools, marshes, and the muddy margins of lakes and slow streams, especially where there is thick vegetation and a soft bottom.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/amphiuma" }, { "slug": "anaconda", "title": "Anaconda", "scientific_name": "Eunectes", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical South America east of the Andes, with the green anaconda through the Amazon and Orinoco basins and the Guianas, the yellow anaconda in the Paraguay, Parana, and lower Paraguay River systems south to northern Argentina, the dark-spotted anaconda in the Guianas and northern Brazil, and the Bolivian anaconda in the seasonally flooded savannas of northeastern Bolivia, always in or beside swamps, marshes, flooded grassland, oxbow lakes, and slow rivers.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anaconda" }, { "slug": "anchovy", "title": "Anchovy", "scientific_name": "Engraulidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal and shelf waters of temperate and tropical seas worldwide, concentrated in productive upwelling zones such as the Pacific coast of South America, the coast of West Africa, the Mediterranean and Black Sea, and the coasts of California and Japan, with most species staying within a few tens of kilometres of shore and some entering estuaries and river mouths.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anchovy" }, { "slug": "anole", "title": "Anole", "scientific_name": "Dactyloidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Americas, from the southeastern United States through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, with the greatest diversity in the tropics and an extraordinary concentration of species on the Greater Antilles, in rainforest, dry forest, scrub, gardens, and city walls and fences.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anole" }, { "slug": "ape", "title": "Ape", "scientific_name": "Hominoidea", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical forests of central and western Africa for gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, the islands of Borneo and Sumatra for orangutans, and the rainforests of Southeast Asia from northeastern India and southern China through Indochina to Borneo and Java for the gibbons, generally in lowland and hill rainforest and, for some gorillas and gibbons, montane and bamboo forest, with humans, the seventh ape, worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ape" }, { "slug": "arowana", "title": "Arowana", "scientific_name": "Osteoglossidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical fresh waters of four continents, with the silver and black arowanas in the Amazon and Orinoco basins and the Guianas, the African arowana across the rivers 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Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, always close to permanent water in tropical rainforest, gallery forest, riverbanks, swamp edges, and mangroves, from sea level to around 1200 m, and often seen basking on branches and rocks along forest streams.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/basilisk-lizard" }, { "slug": "bass", "title": "Bass", "scientific_name": "Micropterus, Morone, and others", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh and coastal waters of every continent except Antarctica, with the black basses native to North America and introduced worldwide, temperate basses in the North Atlantic and its rivers, sea basses and groupers throughout warm and temperate seas, and various fish called bass native to Europe, Africa, Australia, and South America.", 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"savanna" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Australia, across the arid and semi-arid interior and much of the east, with the central or inland bearded dragon occupying the vast dry heart of the continent and other species in the east, southeast, and far north, in desert, dry woodland, scrub, rocky ranges, spinifex grassland, and farmland, wherever there are elevated basking sites such as rocks, logs, fence posts, and low branches.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bearded-dragon" }, { "slug": "beaver", "title": "Beaver", "scientific_name": "Castor", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "North America from arctic Canada to northern Mexico for the North American beaver, and across Europe and temperate Asia for the Eurasian beaver, wherever there is year-round water and woody vegetation, including rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, and drainage ditches, from lowland farmland to mountain valleys, and increasingly in suburban and urban green space.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/beaver" }, { "slug": "bird-of-paradise", "title": "Bird-of-paradise", "scientific_name": "Paradisaeidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The island of New Guinea and its satellite islands, with a few species in the Moluccas of eastern Indonesia and in far northeastern Australia, in lowland, hill, and montane rainforest from sea level to the high mountain forests near the treeline at around 3500 m, with different species partitioned by elevation and by lowland versus mountain forest, and the greatest diversity in the central highlands of New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bird-of-paradise" }, { "slug": "box-turtle", "title": "Box Turtle", "scientific_name": "Terrapene", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The eastern and central United States and northern Mexico, in deciduous and mixed woodland, woodland edge, meadows, floodplains, and tallgrass prairie for the ornate box turtle, generally in areas with loose soil for nesting and hibernation, leaf litter and logs for shelter, and shallow water or damp ground to soak in during hot weather.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/box-turtle" }, { "slug": "brine-shrimp", "title": "Brine Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Artemia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Salt lakes, coastal salt pans, and solar salt-production ponds worldwide except Antarctica, wherever water is much saltier than the sea and stays warm enough for at least part of the year, with major populations in the Great Salt Lake of Utah, the salt ponds of San Francisco Bay, the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern salterns, and inland salt lakes across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brine-shrimp" }, { "slug": "bullfrog", "title": "Bullfrog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates, Pyxicephalus, and others", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "North America for the American bullfrog and introduced on several continents, sub-Saharan Africa for the African bullfrog, the Indian subcontinent for the Indian bullfrog, and South America and Australia for other frogs called bullfrogs, in and around ponds, lakes, marshes, ditches, slow rivers, and seasonal pools, with the burrowing species also spending much of the year underground in dry grassland and savanna.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bullfrog" }, { "slug": "butterfly", "title": "Butterfly", "scientific_name": "Papilionoidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every land habitat with flowering plants, from lowland rainforest and wildflower meadow to alpine scree, desert margin, salt marsh, and city parks, with by far the greatest variety in the tropics, especially the forests of South America and Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/butterfly" }, { "slug": "caiman", "title": "Caiman", "scientific_name": "Caimaninae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Central and South America, from southern Mexico through Central America and across tropical South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina, in fresh and brackish wetlands including rivers, oxbow lakes, flooded forest, marshes, swamps, and farm ponds, with the spectacled caiman also established as an introduced species in Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caiman" }, { "slug": "california-newt", "title": "California Newt", "scientific_name": "Taricha torosa", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Coast Ranges of California, from around Mendocino County south to San Diego County, and marginally into the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, in oak woodland, chaparral, grassland, and mixed forest below about 2000 m, with the adults spending the dry season on land and moving to slow streams, ponds, and reservoirs to breed.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/california-newt" }, { "slug": "cascades-frog", "title": "Cascades Frog", "scientific_name": "Rana cascadae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The mountains of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, from the North Cascades of Washington south through the Oregon Cascades to the Klamath Mountains and the southern Cascades and Trinity Alps of northern California, plus the Olympic Mountains, generally between about 600 and 2700 m elevation in and around ponds, lakes, meadows, bogs, and slow streams within coniferous forest and subalpine parkland.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cascades-frog" }, { "slug": "cassowary", "title": "Cassowary", "scientific_name": "Casuarius", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical rainforests of New Guinea and nearby islands, the Aru Islands, and the wet tropics of far north Queensland in Australia, with the southern cassowary in lowland and upland rainforest, adjacent woodland, mangroves, and fruiting gardens up to about 1100 m, the dwarf cassowary in mountain forest to 3000 m, and the northern cassowary in northern New Guinea lowlands.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cassowary" }, { "slug": "centipede", "title": "Centipede", "scientific_name": "Chilopoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and one of the few animal groups found on almost all land, from Arctic tundra and high mountains to hot deserts, rainforest, caves, seashores, and city gardens, always in damp, dark, sheltered places such as leaf litter, soil, rotting wood, under stones and bark, and in cracks and drains, since centipedes lose water quickly and avoid the open and the sun.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/centipede" }, { "slug": "chinese-water-dragon", "title": "Chinese Water Dragon", "scientific_name": "Physignathus cocincinus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Mainland Southeast Asia, from southern China including Guangxi and Yunnan through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand to eastern Myanmar, in evergreen and semi-evergreen forest and bamboo along the banks of streams, rivers, and lakes from the lowlands into the hills, plus an introduced population established in Hong Kong and reports of escaped or released dragons breeding in Florida.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinese-water-dragon" }, { "slug": "chorus-frog", "title": "Chorus Frog", "scientific_name": "Pseudacris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "North America, from the Gulf of Mexico north across the United States and through much of Canada to the edge of the boreal forest and the subarctic, and into the Rocky Mountains at high elevation, in wet meadows, marshes, flooded grassland, roadside ditches, prairie potholes, bog edges, and open woodland with temporary pools, generally in more open habitat than the true tree frogs.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chorus-frog" }, { "slug": "christmas-tree-worm", "title": "Christmas Tree Worm", "scientific_name": "Spirobranchus giganteus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical coral reefs worldwide, embedded in living hard corals from shallow water down to around 30 metres, particularly common on massive brain and star corals.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/christmas-tree-worm" }, { "slug": "cicada", "title": "Cicada", "scientific_name": "Cicadidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, in the warm and temperate zones, with the greatest diversity in tropical and subtropical woodland and savanna, and species also common in temperate deciduous forest, scrubland, grassland with scattered trees, orchards, parks, and suburban gardens, anywhere with woody plants for the nymphs to feed on and for the adults to sing and lay eggs in.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cicada" }, { "slug": "cichlid", "title": "Cichlid", "scientific_name": "Cichlidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh and brackish waters of Africa, Madagascar, the Levant, southern India and Sri Lanka, and the Americas from Texas to Argentina, in lakes, rivers, streams, floodplains, and crater lakes, with the greatest diversity by far in the East African Great Lakes of Victoria, Malawi, and Tanganyika, plus many species now established outside their native ranges through the aquarium trade and fish farming.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cichlid" }, { "slug": "cockroach", "title": "Cockroach", "scientific_name": "Blattodea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every land habitat, from tropical rainforest floor and desert to caves, mountains, ant and termite nests, seashores, and the insides of buildings, with the greatest diversity in the warm tropics and only a small number of species reaching cold temperate regions, mostly by living alongside people.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cockroach" }, { "slug": "common-death-adder", "title": "Common Death Adder", "scientific_name": "Acanthophis antarcticus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Much of Australia except the wettest and driest extremes, plus southern New Guinea, in forest, woodland, heath, and grassland with a good layer of ground litter for concealment.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-death-adder" }, { "slug": "copperhead", "title": "Copperhead", "scientific_name": "Agkistrodon contortrix", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern and central United States, from southern New England and New York west to Nebraska and south to the Gulf Coast and into the trans-Pecos region of Texas, in deciduous and mixed forest, rocky wooded hillsides, forest edges, old fields, canyon bottoms, and the wooded margins of swamps and streams, and readily persisting in wooded residential neighbourhoods within its range.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/copperhead" }, { "slug": "coral", "title": "Coral", "scientific_name": "Anthozoa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm, clear, sunlit, shallow tropical and subtropical seas for the reef-building corals, chiefly a belt around the equator including the Indo-Pacific, the Coral Triangle of Southeast Asia, the Red Sea, and the Caribbean, plus cold-water and deep-sea corals that build reefs and gardens without sunlight in cold, dark water down to several thousand metres in every ocean, including off Norway, Scotland, and the deep Atlantic.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coral" }, { "slug": "coral-snake", "title": "Coral Snake", "scientific_name": "Micrurus and Micruroides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Americas, from the southeastern and southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to central Argentina, in pine and hardwood forest, tropical rainforest, dry scrub, savanna, 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"url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/corroboree-frog" }, { "slug": "cricket-frog", "title": "Cricket Frog", "scientific_name": "Acris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The central and eastern United States and extreme northeastern Mexico, from the Gulf Coast north historically to the Great Lakes and west into the Great Plains, in and around the sunny, shallow, vegetated edges of ponds, lakes, slow streams, ditches, marshes, and seeps, usually in the open rather than under forest cover, and rarely far from permanent water.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cricket-frog" }, { "slug": "crow", "title": "Crow", "scientific_name": "Corvidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and South America, and native to almost every habitat with trees or cliffs for nesting, including boreal, temperate, and tropical forest, farmland, moorland, desert edge, mountains up to the snowline, coasts, and the centres of large cities, with some species among the most widespread and adaptable birds on Earth.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crow" }, { "slug": "cuckoo", "title": "Cuckoo", "scientific_name": "Cuculidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, in almost every wooded and open habitat including rainforest, temperate woodland, savanna, reedbeds, scrub, desert for the roadrunners, and farmland and gardens, with the migratory species 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"scientific_name": "Delphinidae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the tropics to cold temperate seas, plus estuaries, coastal lagoons, and, for the river dolphins and some coastal Delphinidae, far up large rivers such as the Amazon, Ganges, and Yangtze, with different species specialised for the open ocean, continental shelves, coastal shallows, or fresh water.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dolphin" }, { "slug": "duck", "title": "Duck", "scientific_name": "Anatidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and almost every wetland habitat, from Arctic tundra pools and boreal lakes to tropical marshes, rivers, estuaries, coastal bays, and city park ponds, with many species making long seasonal migrations and a few, such as some teal and the torrent duck, specialised for fast mountain streams.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/duck" }, { "slug": "dwarf-clawed-frog", "title": "Dwarf Clawed Frog", "scientific_name": "Hymenochirus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The forested lowlands of west and central Africa, from Nigeria and Cameroon across the Congo basin to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in warm, still or slow, shallow fresh water including forest pools, swamps, flooded areas, ditches, and the quiet margins of streams and rivers, generally under a closed forest canopy.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dwarf-clawed-frog" }, { "slug": "earwig", "title": "Earwig", "scientific_name": "Dermaptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and most abundant and diverse in the tropics and subtropics, in gardens, farmland, grassland, woodland, leaf litter, riverbanks, seashores, caves, and buildings, essentially anywhere with moisture and sheltered crevices, with the widespread European earwig now a cosmopolitan species carried around the world in plants, produce, and cargo.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/earwig" }, { "slug": "edible-frog", "title": "Edible Frog", "scientific_name": "Pelophylax kl. esculentus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Still and slow-moving fresh water across much of central and eastern Europe, from France and the Low Countries east into Russia, wherever suitable ponds, lakes, and marshes occur alongside its parent species.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/edible-frog" }, { "slug": "falcon", "title": "Falcon", "scientific_name": "Falconidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and among the most cosmopolitan of all birds, with the peregrine falcon breeding on all continents except Antarctica and on many islands, in habitats from Arctic tundra and open ocean cliffs to desert, grassland, farmland, tropical forest, and the centres of large cities.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/falcon" }, { "slug": "finch", "title": "Finch", "scientific_name": "Fringillidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia and introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii, in nearly every wooded and open habitat including boreal and mountain conifer forest, temperate woodland, farmland, scrub, desert edge, and gardens, from sea level to the high Andes and Himalayas, with the Hawaiian honeycreepers radiating across the forests of a single archipelago.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/finch" }, { "slug": "fire-bellied-newt", "title": "Fire-bellied Newt", "scientific_name": "Cynops", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ 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toad from Denmark and Germany east to the Urals and the yellow-bellied toad across central and southern Europe, and in Asia the oriental fire-bellied toad through northeast China, Korea, and southeast Russia plus further species in southern China and Southeast Asia, generally in or beside still or slow water including ponds, ditches, flooded meadows, puddles, and quiet stream pools.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fire-bellied-toad" }, { "slug": "firefly-squid", "title": "Firefly Squid", "scientific_name": "Watasenia scintillans", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deep waters of the western Pacific around Japan, spending the day at depths of around 200 to 400 metres and rising toward the surface at night, with the famous spawning aggregation in Toyama Bay.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/firefly-squid" }, { "slug": "fly", "title": "Fly", "scientific_name": "Diptera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent including Antarctica, where a wingless midge is the largest purely terrestrial animal, and almost every habitat from the deep-sea shore and hot springs to alpine snowfields, deserts, caves, and the insides of buildings, with larvae developing in fresh and salt water, wet soil, dung, carcasses, fungi, plant stems, and the bodies of other animals.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fly" }, { "slug": "flying-frog", "title": "Flying Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhacophoridae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, southern China, Japan, and mainland and island Southeast Asia, in lowland and montane rainforest, monsoon forest, bamboo, plantations, and gardens, mostly in the trees and shrubs around still or slow water, from the lowlands to over 2,000 m in the mountains.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-frog" }, { "slug": "flying-snake", "title": "Flying Snake", "scientific_name": "Chrysopelea", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "South and Southeast Asia, from Sri Lanka and India through Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam to southern China, and across the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, and the Philippines, in lowland and hill rainforest, monsoon forest, mangroves, plantations, parks, and wooded gardens, generally below about 1000 m, wherever there are trees close enough together to glide between.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-snake" }, { "slug": "fox", "title": "Fox", "scientific_name": "Vulpini", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, with the red fox alone spanning most of the Northern Hemisphere plus introduced populations in Australia, and other foxes filling deserts, the Arctic tundra, the South American pampas and Andes, and the grasslands and scrub of Africa and central Asia, including farmland, city suburbs, and even the centres of large cities.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fox" }, { "slug": "funnel-web-spider", "title": "Funnel-web Spider", "scientific_name": "Atracidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Eastern and southern Australia, from southern Queensland through New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria to South Australia and Tasmania, in moist forest, woodland, heath, and suburban gardens, with burrows in sheltered, humid spots under rocks and logs, in rockeries and garden beds, in tree hollows and buttresses for the arboreal species, and the Sydney funnel-web concentrated within roughly 150 km of Sydney.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/funnel-web-spider" }, { "slug": "gar", "title": "Gar", "scientific_name": "Lepisosteidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": 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woodland, prairie, farmland, vacant lots, and gardens, usually near water and cover, from sea level to around 3,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/garter-snake" }, { "slug": "goliath-grouper", "title": "Goliath Grouper", "scientific_name": "Epinephelus itajara", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Warm shallow waters of the western Atlantic from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico through the Caribbean to Brazil, and the eastern Atlantic off West Africa, on reefs, wrecks, and mangrove-lined estuaries.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goliath-grouper" }, { "slug": "goose", "title": "Goose", "scientific_name": "Anserinae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Northern Hemisphere for almost all species, breeding on Arctic and temperate tundra, marsh, moorland, and lake islands and wintering on estuaries, floodplains, farmland, and coastal marsh across North America, Europe, and Asia, with the nene confined to the Hawaiian Islands and a few other geese in the tropics; several species also introduced widely.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goose" }, { "slug": "gorilla", "title": "Gorilla", "scientific_name": "Gorilla", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Equatorial Africa, in two separated blocks, with the western gorilla in the lowland rainforests and swamp forests of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Cross River region of Nigeria, and the eastern gorilla in the lowland and montane forests of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda, from sea level up to about 4000 m in the Virunga volcanoes.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gorilla" }, { "slug": "gray-tree-frog", "title": "Gray Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Hyla versicolor", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern United States and southeastern Canada, from the Gulf Coast and central Texas north to southern Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes and west to the eastern Great Plains, in deciduous and mixed woodland, forest edge, old fields with scattered trees, swamps, and wooded suburbs, spending the warm months high in trees and shrubs and descending to shallow, sunlit, fish-free ponds, swamps, and flooded ditches to breed.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gray-tree-frog" }, { "slug": "green-salamander", "title": "Green Salamander", "scientific_name": "Aneides aeneus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Appalachian Mountains and adjacent uplands of the eastern United States, from Pennsylvania and Ohio south to Alabama and Georgia, with a separate disjunct population in the Blue Ridge escarpment area.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-salamander" }, { "slug": "green-toad", "title": "Green Toad", "scientific_name": "Bufotes viridis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "From central and eastern Europe, southern Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean islands east through the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia to western China and Mongolia, and south into North Africa and the Middle East, in steppe, semi-desert, farmland, dunes, river valleys, gravel pits, and towns, generally in open, warm, sparsely vegetated ground with access to shallow standing water for breeding, and up to around 4500 m in the mountains of Central Asia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-toad" }, { "slug": "greenhouse-frog", "title": "Greenhouse Frog", "scientific_name": "Eleutherodactylus planirostris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to Cuba, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and nearby islands, and introduced and established across the southeastern United States from Florida to Texas and Louisiana, in Hawaii, Guam, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Hong Kong, and other warm regions, in gardens, plant nurseries, greenhouses, parks, agricultural land, hammock forest, and disturbed woodland, wherever the ground stays moist and frost is rare.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greenhouse-frog" }, { "slug": "grouper", "title": "Grouper", "scientific_name": "Epinephelinae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate seas worldwide, over coral and rocky reefs, wrecks, ledges, seagrass, and mangrove and estuary channels, from shallow inshore water down to around 200 m or more, with the greatest number of species on Indo-Pacific reefs and important fisheries in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grouper" }, { "slug": "grouse", "title": "Grouse", "scientific_name": "Tetraoninae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The cold and temperate Northern Hemisphere, across the boreal and mountain forests, tundra, moorland, sagebrush steppe, and prairie of North America, Europe, and northern Asia, from the Arctic tree line and high alpine zones down into temperate woodland and heath, with no grouse native to the Southern Hemisphere.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grouse" }, { "slug": "guppy", "title": "Guppy", "scientific_name": "Poecilia reticulata", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to fresh and brackish water in northeastern South America, including Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northern Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago, and on several Caribbean islands, in streams, ditches, ponds, canals, and pools, and introduced and now established across warm regions of every inhabited continent, from Florida and Mexico to Africa, southern Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/guppy" }, { "slug": "hare", "title": "Hare", "scientific_name": "Lepus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America, with introduced populations in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and on many islands, in open 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Canada through the central and eastern United States into northern Mexico, in sandy prairie, open woodland, scrub, farmland edges, river floodplains, and coastal dunes, always in loose, well-drained soils that the snake can dig into and that support the toads it feeds on.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hognose-snake" }, { "slug": "hooded-pitohui", "title": "Hooded Pitohui", "scientific_name": "Pitohui dichrous", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forests of New Guinea, from lowland rainforest up into hill and lower montane forest, across most of the main island in both Indonesian and Papua New Guinean territory.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hooded-pitohui" }, { "slug": "hornbill", "title": "Hornbill", "scientific_name": "Bucerotidae", 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swamp margins, and suburban gardens, from below sea level to over 3,000 m in the mountains.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kingsnake" }, { "slug": "kiwi", "title": "Kiwi", "scientific_name": "Apteryx", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "New Zealand only, on the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and several smaller offshore islands, in native forest, scrub, tussock grassland, and rough farmland, and in the case of the great spotted kiwi up into subalpine herbfields above the treeline, wherever there is soft ground to probe and dense cover for daytime burrows.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kiwi" }, { "slug": "krill", "title": "Krill", "scientific_name": "Euphausiacea", "group": "invertebrates", 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the tropics, with sea-run species spending their adult lives in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Southern Ocean coasts and migrating into rivers to spawn, and many wholly freshwater species in the streams, rivers, and lakes of North America, Europe, northern Asia, southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lamprey" }, { "slug": "leaf-sheep-nudibranch", "title": "Leaf Sheep Nudibranch", "scientific_name": "Costasiella kuroshimae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shallow, sheltered coastal waters of the tropical western Pacific, including Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and nearby regions, on beds of its host alga.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leaf-sheep-nudibranch" }, { "slug": "leopard-frog", "title": "Leopard Frog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates pipiens and relatives", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "North America, from northern Canada south through the United States into Mexico depending on the species, in and around permanent and temporary fresh water including marshes, wet meadows, pond and lake margins, slow streams, ditches, and flooded fields, often feeding well away from water in damp grassland during summer, which is the origin of the names meadow frog and grass frog.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leopard-frog" }, { "slug": "lizard", "title": "Lizard", "scientific_name": "Lacertilia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and far more widespread on islands than snakes, in nearly every land habitat from rainforest canopy and desert dune to high mountains, coastal rocks, and the inside of buildings, with a few species entering the sea to feed and the greatest diversity in warm arid and tropical regions.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lizard" }, { "slug": "lobster", "title": "Lobster", "scientific_name": "Nephropidae and Palinuridae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean, with clawed lobsters on cold and temperate rocky and muddy sea floors of the North Atlantic and, for other genera, deeper water worldwide, and spiny and slipper lobsters on tropical and warm-temperate reefs, rubble, and rocky ledges, from the shoreline to well over 500 m deep, all sheltering by day in crevices and burrows and foraging at night.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lobster" }, { "slug": "loon", "title": "Loon", "scientific_name": "Gavia", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Northern Hemisphere, breeding on clear freshwater lakes and large ponds across the boreal forest and tundra of North America, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, and Siberia, and wintering on coastal seas, bays, and large ice-free lakes and reservoirs further south, from the northern United States and the Baltic to the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of China and Japan.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/loon" }, { "slug": "lungfish", "title": "Lungfish", "scientific_name": "Dipnoi", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Fresh water in Africa, in the Nile, Congo, Zambezi, Niger, and other river and lake systems south of the Sahara; in South America, in the Amazon, Paraguay, and Parana basins; and in Australia, only in the Mary and Burnett rivers of southeast Queensland and a few stocked systems, always in still and slow water such as swamps, floodplains, backwaters, and weedy river margins.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lungfish" }, { "slug": "lungless-salamander", "title": "Lungless Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodontidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Americas above all, from southern Canada through the eastern and western United States and the mountains of Mexico and Central America to the Andes and the Amazon basin, with a small number of species in southern Europe and one genus in South Korea, always in cool moist microhabitats such as forest floor, leaf litter, rotting logs, rock seeps, streamsides, and caves.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lungless-salamander" }, { "slug": "lyrebird", "title": "Lyrebird", "scientific_name": "Menura", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The moist forests of eastern Australia, with the superb lyrebird in wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest, and fern gullies from southern Victoria through New South Wales into southeast Queensland, and introduced to Tasmania, and Albert's lyrebird restricted to a small band of subtropical and warm-temperate rainforest around the New South Wales and Queensland border, both species favouring cool, shaded, damp forest with deep leaf litter.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lyrebird" }, { "slug": "mackerel", "title": "Mackerel", "scientific_name": "Scomber and relatives", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean and Black seas, in the open water of continental shelves and the upper open ocean, usually within a few hundred kilometres of coasts, with strong seasonal migrations between feeding and overwintering areas and, in the tropics, more localised movements.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mackerel" }, { "slug": "magpie", "title": "Magpie", "scientific_name": "Pica", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Eurasian magpie ranges across Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, and closely related black-billed and yellow-billed magpies occur in western North America, in open and semi-open country including farmland with hedges and copses, grassland with scattered trees, scrub, parks, gardens, and city edges, generally avoiding dense forest and treeless open ground, with the other, unrelated magpies spread across Australia, southern Asia, and Africa.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/magpie" }, { "slug": "mamba", "title": "Mamba", "scientific_name": "Dendroaspis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, with the black mamba across the savannas, open woodland, and rocky hills of eastern and southern Africa and into the Sahel, and the three green mambas in the coastal forests, thickets, and wooded gardens of West, Central, and East Africa, from sea level into the hills.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mamba" }, { "slug": "mantella", "title": "Mantella", "scientific_name": "Mantella", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to Madagascar, mostly in the humid evergreen rainforest belt down the eastern side of the island and in isolated massifs, with a few species in the drier west and in high-altitude marshes, from sea level to around 1800 m, always near slow-moving or standing water for the tadpoles, and several species confined to a single small forest fragment.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mantella" }, { "slug": "mantis", "title": "Mantis", "scientific_name": "Mantodea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and most diverse in the warm tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, in rainforest, dry forest, savanna, grassland, scrub, desert, and gardens, on foliage, flowers, tree trunks, and the ground, with only a small number of species reaching cool temperate regions.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mantis" }, { "slug": "mantis-shrimp", "title": "Mantis Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Stomatopoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, with a smaller number of species in warm-temperate waters, from the intertidal zone to depths of several hundred metres, living in burrows they dig in sand and mud or in cavities and crevices in coral and rock, with the greatest diversity on Indo-Pacific coral reefs.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mantis-shrimp" }, { "slug": "mexican-mole-lizard", "title": "Mexican Mole Lizard", "scientific_name": "Bipes biporus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Baja California peninsula of Mexico, in areas of loose, sandy or loamy soil in desert scrub and dry tropical forest, from near the coast to inland valleys.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mexican-mole-lizard" }, { "slug": "midwife-toad", "title": "Midwife Toad", "scientific_name": "Alytidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Western Europe and northwest Africa, with the common midwife toad from the Iberian Peninsula and France east into Germany and Switzerland and the other species confined to Iberia, the Balearic island of Majorca, and Morocco, in stony hillsides, old walls, quarries, gardens, riverbanks, and montane meadows, always near ponds, springs, cattle troughs, or slow streams for the tadpoles.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/midwife-toad" }, { "slug": "millipede", "title": "Millipede", "scientific_name": "Diplopoda", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and nearly every land habitat that has moisture and decaying plant material, including tropical and temperate forest, grassland, wetland margins, deserts after rain, caves, and gardens, always in damp, dark places such as leaf litter, soil, under logs and bark, and in compost, since millipedes lose water quickly through the cuticle.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/millipede" }, { "slug": "mockingbird", "title": "Mockingbird", "scientific_name": "Mimus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Americas, with the northern mockingbird across the United States, southern Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America, and the other Mimus species through South America and on the Galapagos, in open and semi-open habitats including scrub, desert edge, grassland with shrubs, forest edge, parks, gardens, hedgerows, farmland, and coastal thickets, generally avoiding dense unbroken forest.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mockingbird" }, { "slug": "monkey", "title": "Monkey", "scientific_name": "Simiiformes (excluding apes)", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, with New World monkeys from southern Mexico through Central and South America to northern Argentina, and Old World monkeys across sub-Saharan Africa, a small population in Gibraltar, 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"updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mossy-frog" }, { "slug": "narrow-mouthed-frog", "title": "Narrow-mouthed Frog", "scientific_name": "Microhylidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The warm regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and northern Australia, in rainforest leaf litter and soil, savanna, grassland, and gardens, with many species burrowing or living in ant and termite nests and only emerging to breed after rain.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/narrow-mouthed-frog" }, { "slug": "nautilus", "title": "Nautilus", "scientific_name": "Nautilidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Andaman Sea and Indonesia through the Philippines, New Guinea, and northern Australia to Fiji and Samoa, living along the steep outer slopes of coral reefs and oceanic islands, mostly between about 100 and 500 m deep, restricted to water cooler than roughly 25 degrees Celsius and shallower than around 800 m, where the shell would implode.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/nautilus" }, { "slug": "nudibranch", "title": "Nudibranch", "scientific_name": "Nudibranchia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean on Earth, from tropical coral reefs to polar seas and from tide pools and kelp forests to hydrothermal vents and the deep sea floor, with by far the greatest diversity in shallow warm water on Indo-Pacific reefs, and a few species that leave the bottom entirely to drift or swim in the open ocean.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/nudibranch" }, { "slug": "oarfish", "title": "Oarfish", "scientific_name": "Regalecus glesne", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The open ocean worldwide in temperate and tropical latitudes, from about 40 degrees north to 40 degrees south, in the mesopelagic and upper bathypelagic zones at depths of roughly 200 to 1000 m, occasionally coming near the surface or being carried into shallow coastal water when sick, injured, disoriented, or dying, which is when people encounter them.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/oarfish" }, { "slug": "oregon-spotted-frog", "title": "Oregon Spotted Frog", "scientific_name": "Rana pretiosa", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Pacific Northwest of North America, historically from the Fraser Valley of southwest British Columbia south through the Puget lowlands and the Willamette Valley of Oregon to the Pit River drainage of northeastern California, now reduced to isolated sites, chiefly in the Cascade Range foothills of central Oregon and southern Washington, in marshes, wet meadows, slow spring-fed channels, and the shallow vegetated margins of ponds and lakes.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/oregon-spotted-frog" }, { "slug": "oscar-fish", "title": "Oscar Fish", "scientific_name": "Astronotus ocellatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", 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otter to the rivers of the Amazon and Orinoco, and the others spread across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/otter" }, { "slug": "oyster", "title": "Oyster", "scientific_name": "Ostreidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate and tropical coasts worldwide, in the intertidal zone and shallow subtidal down to a few metres, in estuaries, bays, tidal creeks, mangroves, and on rocky shores, wherever there is firm attachment, moderate salinity, and enough tidal flow to bring food, with different species native to Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa, and the fast-growing Pacific oyster now farmed and naturalised far outside its original range.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": 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American white pelican breeding on prairie lakes and wintering on southern coasts, the brown and Peruvian pelicans on the American coasts, the great white and pink-backed pelicans across Africa, the Dalmatian and great white in southeast Europe and central Asia, and the Australian pelican throughout Australia and New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pelican" }, { "slug": "perch", "title": "Perch", "scientific_name": "Percidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The cool and temperate fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere, with the true perches, pikeperch, and ruffe native across Europe and northern Asia and the yellow perch, walleye, sauger, and darters native to North America, in lakes, ponds, slow rivers, and the brackish upper parts of estuaries, and several species widely 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Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The cool and cold fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere, across North America, Europe, and northern Asia, in lakes, slow rivers, backwaters, reservoirs, and brackish coastal lagoons such as the Baltic, favouring clear, vegetated, weedy margins from the lowlands into the subarctic, and widely introduced beyond its native range for sport.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pike" }, { "slug": "pineconefish", "title": "Pineconefish", "scientific_name": "Monocentris japonica", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky and coral reefs of the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, including waters around Japan, Australia, and Southeast Asia, from shallow water down to about 200 metres.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pineconefish" }, { "slug": "piranha", "title": "Piranha", "scientific_name": "Serrasalmidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The fresh waters of tropical South America east of the Andes, in the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraguay, Parana, and Sao Francisco river systems and the rivers of the Guianas, in main river channels, oxbow lakes, floodplain lakes, and seasonally flooded forest, with piranhas also introduced, mostly from aquarium releases, to warm waters in the United States, Europe, and Asia, where cold winters usually prevent them establishing.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/piranha" }, { "slug": "porcupine", "title": "Porcupine", "scientific_name": "Hystricidae and Erethizontidae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], 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with the resplendent quetzal in the cloud forests of southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, and the golden-headed, white-tipped, crested, and pavonine quetzals in the Andean and Amazonian forests of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, generally in humid, mossy, epiphyte-laden montane forest between about 1000 and 3000 m.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/quetzal" }, { "slug": "rabbit", "title": "Rabbit", "scientific_name": "Oryctolagus cuniculus and relatives", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native European rabbits occur in Iberia, western Europe, and northwest Africa, and have been introduced to every continent except Antarctica plus hundreds of islands. The wider rabbit group, around 30 species in the family Leporidae alongside the hares, includes the cottontails of the Americas, the pygmy rabbit of the US Great Basin, the Amami rabbit of Japan, and forest and swamp species across Africa and Asia, in habitats from desert and prairie to rainforest and wetland.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rabbit" }, { "slug": "rain-frog", "title": "Rain Frog", "scientific_name": "Brevicipitidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly the eastern and southern parts of the continent, from the Cape region of South Africa north through the mountains of Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya, in fynbos and other shrubland, grassland, coastal dune scrub, farmland, gardens, and montane and lowland forest, always where the soil is loose or sandy enough to burrow into.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rain-frog" }, { "slug": "rat-snake", "title": "Rat Snake", "scientific_name": "Pantherophis and relatives", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across the Northern Hemisphere, with North American rat snakes from southern Canada through the eastern and central United States into Mexico, European species such as the Aesculapian and four-lined snakes across southern and central Europe, and a large diversity of Asian rat snakes from the Middle East and India through China and Southeast Asia to Japan, in deciduous and mixed forest, forest edge, farmland, hedgerows, rocky hillsides, marsh borders, and suburban gardens and outbuildings.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rat-snake" }, { "slug": "rattlesnake", "title": "Rattlesnake", "scientific_name": "Crotalus and Sistrurus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Americas only, from southern Canada through the United States and Mexico to Argentina, with by far the greatest diversity in the deserts and dry uplands of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, in desert, chaparral, prairie, rocky hillsides, pine forest, and swamp margins, from below sea level to around 3,500 m.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rattlesnake" }, { "slug": "reed-frog", "title": "Reed Frog", "scientific_name": "Hyperoliidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa above all, from the Sahel south to the Cape, plus Madagascar and the Seychelles, in and around still fresh water such as marshes, seasonal pans, pond margins, flooded grassland, and slow streams, from lowland savanna and farmland to montane forest, wherever emergent reeds, sedges, and grasses grow at the water's edge.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/reed-frog" }, { "slug": "rhea", "title": "Rhea", "scientific_name": "Rhea", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The grasslands and open woodlands of central and eastern South America, with the greater rhea across the pampas, cerrado, and chaco of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina, and the smaller Darwin's rhea in the Patagonian steppe and the high Andean puna of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, in open country with grass and scattered shrubs for cover and feeding, plus a small introduced population in northern Germany.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rhea" }, { "slug": "roadrunner", "title": "Roadrunner", "scientific_name": "Geococcyx", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southwestern and south-central United States from California to western Louisiana and up into Colorado and Kansas, and through most of Mexico, with the lesser roadrunner extending south to Nicaragua, in open and scrubby country including desert, chaparral, grassland with scattered brush, pinyon-juniper woodland, dry washes, and increasingly farmland edges and suburban desert gardens.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/roadrunner" }, { "slug": "robin", "title": "Robin", "scientific_name": "Turdus migratorius and Erithacus rubecula", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The American robin breeds across almost all of North America from Alaska and Canada to central Mexico and winters in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America, while the European robin is resident across most of Europe and into western Asia and North Africa, with northern populations migrating south in winter, both species occupying woodland, woodland edge, hedgerows, parks, gardens, farmland, and, for the American robin, tundra and mountain forest.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/robin" }, { "slug": "sawfish", "title": "Sawfish", "scientific_name": "Pristidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Historically the tropical and warm-temperate coasts and rivers of all warm oceans, from the Americas and West Africa to the Indo-Pacific and Australia, in shallow coastal seas, estuaries, mangrove creeks, lagoons, and well up into freshwater rivers and lakes, generally over sand and mud in water less than about 25 m deep, but now reduced to scattered remnant populations, chiefly in northern Australia and the southeastern United States.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sawfish" }, { "slug": "scorpion", "title": "Scorpion", "scientific_name": "Scorpiones", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, from below sea level in Death Valley to over 5,000 m in the Andes and Himalayas, in deserts, savanna, grassland, tropical forest, temperate woodland, caves, and the intertidal zone, with the greatest diversity in warm arid and semi-arid regions.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/scorpion" }, { "slug": "sea-anemone", "title": "Sea Anemone", "scientific_name": "Actiniaria", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the intertidal zone to the deep sea and from tropical reefs to polar waters, on rock, coral, shells, pilings, kelp holdfasts, and buried in sand and mud, with some species attached to the shells carried by hermit crabs, others living on the backs of crabs, and a few, such as the burrowing anemones, anchored in soft sediment with 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seagrass, and kelp, with grazing species concentrated on shallow rocky reefs and kelp beds, burrowing species in sand and soft rock, and a range of flattened sand dollars and heart urchins living in and on soft sediment.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-urchin" }, { "slug": "seal", "title": "Seal", "scientific_name": "Pinnipedia", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean, with the greatest numbers in the cold, productive waters of the Arctic, the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, and the temperate North Pacific and North Atlantic, and a few species in warm seas, on tropical islands, and in the landlocked Caspian Sea and Lake Baikal, hauling out to breed and moult on beaches, rocky islets, ice floes, and fast ice.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/seal" }, { "slug": "shrimp", "title": "Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Caridea and Dendrobranchiata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the intertidal zone to the deep-sea floor and hydrothermal vents, plus rivers, lakes, caves, estuaries, rice paddies, and temporary desert pools, on every continent, with the greatest diversity on tropical coral reefs and in Southeast Asian fresh waters, and with krill and other planktonic shrimp forming vast swarms in the open ocean, especially around Antarctica.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shrimp" }, { "slug": "sierra-newt", "title": "Sierra Newt", "scientific_name": "Taricha sierrae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The western foothills and lower montane zone of the Sierra Nevada in California, from around Shasta County in the north to Kern County in the south, generally between about 200 and 2000 m elevation, in oak woodland, foothill pine, chaparral, and mixed conifer forest, with the adults on land for much of the year and moving to foothill streams, ponds, and reservoirs to breed.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sierra-newt" }, { "slug": "siren", "title": "Siren", "scientific_name": "Sirenidae", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The southeastern United States and a small area of northeastern Mexico, in still and slow-moving fresh water such as swamps, marshes, ditches, weedy 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snail" }, { "slug": "snake", "title": "Snake", "scientific_name": "Serpentes", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "rainforest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, plus many islands, and absent only from Ireland, Iceland, New Zealand, and the far north, in nearly every habitat including rainforest, desert, grassland, mountains up to about 5,000 m, rivers and lakes, and the open ocean, where the sea snakes spend their entire lives.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snake" }, { "slug": "snakehead", "title": "Snakehead", "scientific_name": "Channidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to tropical and temperate fresh waters of Asia from Iran and Siberia to Indonesia, and to tropical Africa, in slow rivers, floodplains, canals, ponds, ditches, swamps, rice paddies, and lakes with soft bottoms and dense plants, and introduced and established well outside that range, most notably in the eastern United States, with scattered records elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snakehead" }, { "slug": "snapper", "title": "Snapper", "scientific_name": "Lutjanidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, mainly the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, over coral and rocky reefs, wrecks, drop-offs, and continental shelves from shallow water to around 500 m, with the young of many species in mangrove estuaries and seagrass beds, and a few snappers entering fresh water.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snapper" }, { "slug": "snapping-turtle", "title": "Snapping Turtle", "scientific_name": "Chelydridae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "North and Central America, with the common snapping turtle from southern Canada through the eastern and central United States to Ecuador, and the alligator snapping turtle confined to the rivers, lakes, and bayous of the southeastern United States, chiefly the Mississippi drainage and Gulf Coast rivers, always in fresh water with a soft muddy bottom.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snapping-turtle" }, { "slug": "softshell-turtle", "title": "Softshell Turtle", "scientific_name": "Trionychidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "North America, Africa, and Asia, in rivers, large streams, lakes, oxbows, canals, marshes, and the brackish lower reaches of rivers and estuaries, favouring soft mud or sand bottoms in which to bury, with the family absent from South America, Europe, and Australia; several Asian species have also been introduced to Hawaii and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/softshell-turtle" }, { "slug": "solenodon", "title": "Solenodon", "scientific_name": "Solenodon paradoxus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forested and scrubby areas of Hispaniola, shared between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with a closely related species on Cuba; largely nocturnal and sheltering in burrows by day.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/solenodon" }, { "slug": "southern-ground-hornbill", "title": "Southern Ground Hornbill", "scientific_name": "Bucorvus leadbeateri", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Savanna, woodland, and grassland of eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, favouring open country with scattered large trees for nesting.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-ground-hornbill" }, { "slug": "spadefoot-toad", "title": "Spadefoot Toad", "scientific_name": "Pelobatoidea", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "North America, Europe, northwest Africa, and western and central Asia, in sandy and other diggable soils in deserts, sagebrush and short-grass prairie, sand dunes, heathland, farmland, and open woodland, always where seasonal rain fills shallow pools long enough for the fast-developing tadpoles to transform.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spadefoot-toad" }, { "slug": "sparrow", "title": "Sparrow", "scientific_name": "Passeridae and Passerellidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Old World sparrows are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia and introduced worldwide, while New World sparrows range from Alaska and Canada to southern South America; between them they occupy farmland, grassland, marsh, desert scrub, forest edge, mountains, and the centres of towns and cities on every continent except 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Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate and tropical woodlands worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Southeast Asia and South America, and the well-known European stag beetle found across western, central, and southern Europe into western Asia, in oak and other broadleaf woodland, wood pasture, hedgerows, orchards, parks, and mature gardens, always associated with dead wood, rotting stumps, and buried timber for the larvae.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stag-beetle" }, { "slug": "starfish", "title": "Starfish", "scientific_name": "Asteroidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the intertidal zone to the deep abyssal plains and from the tropics to polar seas, on rocky shores, coral and rocky reefs, kelp forests, seagrass, sand and mud bottoms, and hydrothermal vents, but entirely absent from fresh water, which no starfish has ever colonised.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/starfish" }, { "slug": "starling", "title": "Starling", "scientific_name": "Sturnidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, with the greatest diversity in Southeast Asia and Africa, in almost every open and wooded habitat including farmland, grassland, woodland edge, savanna, reedbeds, city centres, and coasts, and with the common starling and common myna now established on every continent except Antarctica through deliberate introduction.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/starling" }, { "slug": "stingray", "title": "Stingray", "scientific_name": "Myliobatoidei", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, with a few species reaching cool-temperate coasts in summer, on sandy and muddy bottoms, seagrass beds, coral flats, and estuaries from the intertidal zone to depths of several hundred metres, plus the entirely freshwater river stingrays of South America and a few euryhaline species that range far up tropical rivers in Africa, Asia, and Australia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stingray" }, { "slug": "stonefish", "title": "Stonefish", "scientific_name": "Synanceia", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and the East African coast across to the western Pacific and northern Australia, in shallow water down to around 40 m, on and around coral and rocky reefs, in tide pools, on rubble and sand flats, in seagrass, and in the muddy bottoms of estuaries and harbours, typically lying partly buried with only the eyes and mouth exposed.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stonefish" }, { "slug": "stork", "title": "Stork", "scientific_name": "Ciconiidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, with the greatest number of species in the tropics of Africa, southern Asia, and South America, in open habitats near water such as marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, river margins, savanna, and, for several species, farmland, rubbish dumps, and the edges of towns and villages.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stork" }, { "slug": "strawberry-poison-frog", "title": "Strawberry Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Oophaga pumilio", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Caribbean lowlands and foothills of Central America, from eastern Nicaragua through Costa Rica to north-western Panama, including the Bocas del Toro archipelago whose islands each hold their own colour form, in wet lowland and premontane forest from near sea level to around 900 m, wherever there is deep leaf litter for foraging and bromeliads or other water-holding plants for raising young.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/strawberry-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "striped-newt", "title": "Striped Newt", "scientific_name": "Notophthalmus perstriatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The lower southeastern United States, in two separated areas, one in the Florida panhandle and adjacent Georgia and one covering parts of northern and central peninsular Florida and southeastern Georgia, in longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, scrub, and xeric hammock with embedded seasonal ponds, and in the surrounding uplands where the newts shelter underground.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/striped-newt" }, { "slug": "sturgeon", "title": "Sturgeon", "scientific_name": "Acipenseridae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Northern Hemisphere only, in the large rivers, lakes, and coastal seas of North America, Europe, and Asia, from the Gulf of Mexico and the North American Pacific coast across the rivers draining to the Black, Caspian, Azov, and Aral seas to the Amur, the Yangtze, and the rivers of Siberia, with many species migrating between fresh and salt water to spawn.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sturgeon" }, { "slug": "swift", "title": "Swift", "scientific_name": "Apodidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and among the most widespread of all birds, breeding from the tropics to the edge of the Arctic and wintering in warm regions, over almost every open landscape including cities, forest, grassland, mountains, and coasts, since a swift feeds wherever flying insects are carried on the wind.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swift" }, { "slug": "taipan", "title": "Taipan", "scientific_name": "Oxyuranus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Australia and southern New Guinea, with the coastal taipan across the northern and northeastern coastal and subcoastal zone from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to New South Wales and in the south of New Guinea, the inland taipan in the arid and semi-arid floodplains and cracking-clay channel country where Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory meet, and the central ranges taipan in the remote desert ranges of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/taipan" }, { "slug": "tarpon", "title": "Tarpon", "scientific_name": "Megalops atlanticus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The warm Atlantic on both sides, from Virginia south through the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Brazil in the west, and from Senegal to Angola in the east, with strays reaching cooler waters in summer and some passing through the Panama Canal into the eastern Pacific, in coastal seas, bays, estuaries, mangrove creeks, coastal rivers, and lagoons, with juveniles in very shallow, warm, often brackish or nearly fresh backwaters.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tarpon" }, { "slug": "tegu", "title": "Tegu", "scientific_name": "Salvator and Tupinambis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Central and eastern South America, with the Argentine black and white tegu from central Brazil through Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia to central Argentina, the gold tegu and other species across the Amazon basin and the Guianas, and the red tegu in the dry Chaco, in habitats from rainforest and gallery forest to savanna, grassland, thorn scrub, and farmland, plus introduced populations in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tegu" }, { "slug": "tick", "title": "Tick", "scientific_name": "Ixodida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Every continent including Antarctica, where seabird ticks live in penguin colonies, and nearly every land habitat, with the greatest numbers in humid forest, woodland edge, scrub, rough grassland, and leaf litter where hosts are common, plus the soft ticks that live in animal burrows, caves, bird nests, and the cracks of old buildings and feed quickly at night.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tick" }, { "slug": "tigerfish", "title": "Tigerfish", "scientific_name": "Hydrocynus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The rivers, floodplains, and large lakes of sub-Saharan Africa, with the goliath tigerfish in the Congo River basin and Lake Tanganyika, and the other species spread across the Nile, Niger, Volta, Senegal, Zambezi, Okavango, and Limpopo systems and lakes such as Kariba and Turkana, generally in well-oxygenated, flowing or open water rather than swamps and backwaters.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tigerfish" }, { "slug": "tilapia", "title": "Tilapia", "scientific_name": "Oreochromis and relatives", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to fresh and brackish water across Africa, the Levant, and parts of the Middle East, in rivers, lakes, floodplains, and coastal lagoons, and introduced and now established in warm regions worldwide, including the southern United States, Mexico, Central and South America, southern and Southeast Asia, southern Europe, and Australia, wherever winter water temperatures stay above about 10 to 12 degrees Celsius.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tilapia" }, { "slug": "toadfish", "title": "Toadfish", "scientific_name": "Batrachoididae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shallow coastal and estuarine waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, mainly in warm-temperate and tropical regions, on mud, sand, rubble, and rocky bottoms, around oyster reefs, pilings, seagrass, and harbour structures, from the intertidal zone to around 100 m, with a few species entering fresh water in Central and South America.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/toadfish" }, { "slug": "tortoise", "title": "Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Testudinidae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and Australia, in deserts, dry scrub, savanna, grassland, dry forest, and Mediterranean hillsides, plus a few tropical rainforest species, from sea level to over 2,000 m, with the greatest number of species in Africa and a famous concentration of giants on the Galapagos and the islands of the western Indian Ocean.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tortoise" }, { "slug": "toucan", "title": "Toucan", "scientific_name": "Ramphastidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Neotropics, from southern Mexico through Central America and across tropical South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina, with mountain toucans in the Andes, in lowland and montane rainforest, forest edge, gallery forest, and wooded savanna, and increasingly in plantations, parks, and gardens near forest, from sea level to around 3000 m.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/toucan" }, { "slug": "triggerfish", "title": "Triggerfish", "scientific_name": "Balistidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, with a few species reaching cooler temperate waters, on and around coral and rocky reefs, in lagoons, over seagrass and rubble, and in the open ocean for the pelagic species, from the surface to depths of around 100 m, with the greatest diversity in the Indo-Pacific.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/triggerfish" }, { "slug": "vulture", "title": "Vulture", "scientific_name": "Cathartidae and Old World vultures", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica and Australia, with the Old World vultures across Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and southern and central Asia and the New World vultures throughout the Americas from Canada to Tierra del Fuego, in open country such as savanna, steppe, farmland, and desert and in mountains and canyons that generate reliable updrafts, and around towns and rubbish dumps.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vulture" }, { "slug": "weaver", "title": "Weaver", "scientific_name": "Ploceidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa holds the great majority of weaver species, in savanna, grassland, thornveld, wetlands, forest edge, farmland, and towns, with additional species across the Sahel and North Africa, southern Asia from Arabia and India to Southeast Asia, and on Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, plus a few introduced populations, and the group is largely absent from the Americas.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/weaver" }, { "slug": "whale", "title": "Whale", "scientific_name": "Cetacea", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean from the tropics to the edge of the pack ice, and up several large rivers, with baleen whales making long seasonal migrations between cold, productive feeding grounds and warmer breeding grounds, and toothed whales found from shallow coasts and estuaries to the deep open ocean, where some dive below 2,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whale" }, { "slug": "whiptail-lizard", "title": "Whiptail Lizard", "scientific_name": "Aspidoscelis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Americas, from the northern United States through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to Argentina, with the greatest diversity in the arid southwestern United States and Mexico, in deserts, dry grassland, thorn scrub, sand dunes, rocky hillsides, open woodland, and the sandy margins of rivers and fields, always in warm, sunny, well-drained places with loose soil for burrowing.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/whiptail-lizard" }, { "slug": "woodlouse", "title": "Woodlouse", "scientific_name": "Oniscidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and almost every land habitat with some moisture, including forest, grassland, seashore and strandline, deserts, caves, mountains, and gardens, always in damp sheltered spots such as under logs, bark, stones, and leaf litter, in soil and compost, and in the cool corners of buildings, with a few species living on the seashore between the tides.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/woodlouse" }, { "slug": "worm-lizard", "title": "Worm Lizard", "scientific_name": "Amphisbaenia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm regions of the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, with the greatest diversity in South America and sub-Saharan Africa, plus species in the West Indies, Florida, Iberia, North Africa, Anatolia, and the Arabian Peninsula, living underground in loose or friable soil, sand, leaf litter, and the mounds of ants and termites, in habitats from rainforest and savanna to desert and farmland.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/worm-lizard" }, { "slug": "wrasse", "title": "Wrasse", "scientific_name": "Labridae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical, subtropical, and temperate seas worldwide, mostly in shallow water over coral reefs, rocky reefs, seagrass beds, and sandy bottoms from the shoreline to around 100 m, with the greatest diversity on Indo-Pacific coral reefs and a smaller set of species on rocky coasts in cooler regions such as the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wrasse" }, { "slug": "zebrafish", "title": "Zebrafish", "scientific_name": "Danio rerio", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to South Asia, chiefly the Ganges and Brahmaputra river systems of northern and eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, with populations extending into Pakistan, Myanmar, and Bhutan, in shallow, still or slow, often turbid fresh water including rice paddies, irrigation channels, ponds, ditches, floodplain pools, and the margins of streams, generally in warm lowland areas, plus scattered feral populations from aquarium releases elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-10", "updated": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/zebrafish" }, { "slug": "african-rock-python", "title": "African Rock Python", "scientific_name": "Python sebae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa in a broad band of savanna, grassland, forest edge, and rocky country, from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to South Africa, often near water.", "published": "2026-09-09", "updated": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-rock-python" }, { "slug": "argentine-tegu", "title": "Argentine Tegu", "scientific_name": "Salvator merianae", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, savanna, forest edge, and disturbed habitat across central and eastern South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia; introduced and spreading in Florida.", "published": "2026-09-09", "updated": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/argentine-tegu" }, { "slug": "bobbit-worm", "title": "Bobbit Worm", "scientific_name": "Eunice aphroditois", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sandy and gravelly seabeds of tropical and warm-temperate oceans worldwide, from shallow reefs and lagoons down to several tens of metres deep.", "published": "2026-09-09", "updated": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bobbit-worm" }, { "slug": "fangtooth", "title": "Fangtooth", "scientific_name": "Anoplogaster cornuta", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deep waters of tropical and temperate oceans worldwide, typically between 200 and 2,000 metres deep but recorded far deeper, in the open ocean rather than near the seafloor.", "published": "2026-09-09", "updated": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fangtooth" }, { "slug": "john-dory", "title": "John Dory", "scientific_name": "Zeus faber", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal and continental shelf waters of the eastern Atlantic from Norway to South Africa, the Mediterranean, and parts of the Indo-Pacific, usually near the seafloor from shallow water to about 400 metres.", "published": "2026-09-09", "updated": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/john-dory" }, { "slug": "lowland-streaked-tenrec", "title": "Lowland Streaked Tenrec", "scientific_name": "Hemicentetes semispinosus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Humid lowland and lower montane rainforest of eastern Madagascar, including forest edges, clearings, and nearby agricultural 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"scientific_name": "Rupicola peruvianus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Andean cloud forest along the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, from Venezuela and Colombia south through Ecuador, Peru, and into Bolivia.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/andean-cock-of-the-rock" }, { "slug": "atlantic-sturgeon", "title": "Atlantic Sturgeon", "scientific_name": "Acipenser oxyrinchus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal waters and major rivers of eastern North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada south to Florida, spawning in specific freshwater rivers along that range.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-sturgeon" }, { "slug": "blobfish", "title": "Blobfish", "scientific_name": "Psychrolutes marcidus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Deep waters off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, typically at depths of 600 to 1,200 metres on or near the seafloor.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blobfish" }, { "slug": "cedar-waxwing", "title": "Cedar Waxwing", "scientific_name": "Bombycilla cedrorum", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forests, orchards, and suburban areas across most of North America, breeding from southern Canada through the northern United States, wintering as far south as Central America.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cedar-waxwing" }, { "slug": "deaths-head-hawkmoth", "title": "Death's Head Hawkmoth", "scientific_name": "Acherontia atropos", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Africa, the Mediterranean, and parts of the Middle East, with seasonal migrants reaching much of Europe during warmer months, particularly where its nightshade-family host plants and honeybee colonies are both available.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/deaths-head-hawkmoth" }, { "slug": "egyptian-cobra", "title": "Egyptian Cobra", "scientific_name": "Naja haje", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "North and West Africa, from Morocco and Egypt south through the Sahel to West African countries, and into parts of the Arabian Peninsula, in desert, savanna, and farmland habitat.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/egyptian-cobra" }, { "slug": "emerald-tree-boa", "title": "Emerald Tree Boa", "scientific_name": "Corallus caninus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical rainforest of the Amazon Basin, including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas, living almost entirely in the forest canopy.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/emerald-tree-boa" }, { "slug": "ensatina", "title": "Ensatina", "scientific_name": "Ensatina eschscholtzii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Forested regions of the Pacific coast of North America, from British Columbia through California and into northern Baja California, particularly in and around California's Central Valley.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ensatina" }, { "slug": "luna-moth", "title": "Luna Moth", "scientific_name": "Actias luna", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous forests of eastern North America, from southern Canada through the eastern United States, wherever suitable host trees for caterpillars are present.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/luna-moth" }, { "slug": "wasp-spider", "title": "Wasp Spider", "scientific_name": "Argiope bruennichi", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Grasslands, meadows, and scrubland across much of Europe, temperate Asia, and North Africa, with a range that has expanded significantly northward in recent decades.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wasp-spider" }, { "slug": "yellow-bellied-toad", "title": "Yellow-bellied Toad", "scientific_name": "Bombina variegata", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Central and southern Europe, from France and Germany east through the Balkans and into parts of Ukraine and Romania, typically in hilly or upland areas with suitable shallow pools.", "published": "2026-09-08", "updated": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/yellow-bellied-toad" }, { "slug": "atlantic-cod", "title": "Atlantic Cod", "scientific_name": "Gadus morhua", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold and temperate waters of the North Atlantic, from the eastern coast of North America and Greenland to Iceland, the Barents Sea, and the coasts of northern and western Europe.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-cod" }, { "slug": "atlantic-halibut", "title": "Atlantic Halibut", "scientific_name": "Hippoglossus hippoglossus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic, from the eastern coast of North America to Greenland, Iceland, and the coasts of northern Europe, typically over sandy or gravel seabeds.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-halibut" }, { "slug": "eastern-indigo-snake", "title": "Eastern Indigo Snake", "scientific_name": "Drymarchon couperi", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Longleaf pine forests, scrublands, and wetland edges of Florida and southeastern Georgia in the southeastern United States, a much smaller area than its historic range across the wider Southeast.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-indigo-snake" }, { "slug": "galapagos-land-iguana", "title": "Galapagos Land Iguana", "scientific_name": "Conolophus subcristatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Arid lowland and coastal areas of several islands in the 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"carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of New Guinea and nearby islands, spending nearly its entire life in the forest canopy well above the ground.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-tree-monitor" }, { "slug": "leaf-insect", "title": "Leaf Insect", "scientific_name": "Phyllium giganteum", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and neighbouring countries, living among the foliage of forest trees and shrubs.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leaf-insect" }, { "slug": "long-toed-salamander", "title": "Long-toed Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma macrodactylum", 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"https://www.hideshark.com/animals/longhorn-cowfish" }, { "slug": "sally-lightfoot-crab", "title": "Sally Lightfoot Crab", "scientific_name": "Grapsus grapsus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky intertidal shorelines of the eastern Pacific coast, from the Gulf of California and Mexico south through Central America to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands.", "published": "2026-09-07", "updated": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sally-lightfoot-crab" }, { "slug": "wood-duck", "title": "Wood Duck", "scientific_name": "Aix sponsa", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Wooded wetlands, swamps, and rivers across much of North America, breeding from southern Canada through the eastern and western United States, 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"Coastal salt marshes, tidal creeks, and estuaries of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, south around Florida to Texas.", "published": "2026-09-06", "updated": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/diamondback-terrapin" }, { "slug": "dumbo-octopus", "title": "Dumbo Octopus", "scientific_name": "Grimpoteuthis spp.", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deep ocean basins worldwide, typically at depths of 1,000 to over 4,000 metres, with individual species distributed across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.", "published": "2026-09-06", "updated": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dumbo-octopus" }, { "slug": "golden-orb-weaver-spider", "title": "Golden Orb-weaver Spider", "scientific_name": "Trichonephila clavipes", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", 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"updated": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/scalloped-hammerhead-shark" }, { "slug": "sea-cucumber", "title": "Sea Cucumber", "scientific_name": "Holothuroidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Ocean floors worldwide, from shallow tropical reefs and seagrass beds to the deepest ocean trenches, where they are often the most abundant large animal present.", "published": "2026-09-06", "updated": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-cucumber" }, { "slug": "spiny-tailed-lizard", "title": "Spiny-tailed Lizard", "scientific_name": "Uromastyx aegyptia", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Arid deserts and semi-desert regions of North Africa and the Middle East, from Egypt and Sudan east through the 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"conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic, from Norway south to the Mediterranean and northwestern Africa, typically over sandy or fine gravel seabeds from the shallows down to about 150 metres.", "published": "2026-09-06", "updated": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/weeverfish" }, { "slug": "amazonian-giant-centipede", "title": "Amazonian Giant Centipede", "scientific_name": "Scolopendra gigantea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical northern South America — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, the Guianas — plus Trinidad, Curaçao, and other southern Caribbean islands, in rainforest leaf litter, under logs and bark, and in caves.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/amazonian-giant-centipede" }, { 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drop-offs.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-marlin" }, { "slug": "bonnethead-shark", "title": "Bonnethead Shark", "scientific_name": "Sphyrna tiburo", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from the Carolinas to Brazil, and the eastern Pacific from Southern California to Ecuador, in shallow bays, estuaries, and seagrass flats.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bonnethead-shark" }, { "slug": "brown-recluse-spider", "title": "Brown Recluse Spider", "scientific_name": "Loxosceles reclusa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The south-central and southern United States, roughly from Nebraska and Ohio south to Texas and Georgia, in dry, undisturbed natural and human-made shelters; isolated indoor populations occur elsewhere via transported goods.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-recluse-spider" }, { "slug": "burrowing-owl", "title": "Burrowing Owl", "scientific_name": "Athene cunicularia", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Americas — from the Canadian prairies and the western and southern United States through Mexico and Central America to much of South America, plus Florida and several Caribbean islands, in open, treeless, short-vegetation country.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/burrowing-owl" }, { "slug": "cownose-ray", "title": "Cownose Ray", "scientific_name": "Rhinoptera bonasus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The western Atlantic from New England to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, in shallow coastal bays, estuaries, and continental shelf waters, often over sand or seagrass.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cownose-ray" }, { "slug": "cuban-tree-frog", "title": "Cuban Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Osteopilus septentrionalis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands; introduced and now well established in Florida and expanding into neighbouring US Gulf Coast states, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cuban-tree-frog" }, { "slug": "day-gecko", "title": "Madagascar Day Gecko", "scientific_name": "Phelsuma grandis and relatives", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Madagascar and nearby islands including the Comoros and the Seychelles; the giant day gecko has also been introduced to Réunion, Hawaii, and parts of Florida through the pet trade.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/day-gecko" }, { "slug": "egyptian-vulture", "title": "Egyptian Vulture", "scientific_name": "Neophron percnopterus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Southern Europe, North and East Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, in dry open country with cliffs or rocky outcrops for nesting; a resident population in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/egyptian-vulture" }, { "slug": "elf-owl", "title": "Elf Owl", "scientific_name": "Micrathene whitneyi", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and Mexico, in Sonoran desert with saguaro cacti, oak and sycamore canyons, and other arid woodland; winters mainly in central and southern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/elf-owl" }, { "slug": "fire-ant", "title": "Fire Ant", "scientific_name": "Solenopsis invicta", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to central South America (the Paraná River basin); introduced and now widespread across the southern United States, and established in Australia, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Caribbean.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fire-ant" }, { "slug": "giant-trevally", "title": "Giant Trevally", "scientific_name": "Caranx ignobilis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific, from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across to Hawaii and French Polynesia, on coral and rocky reefs, lagoons, atolls, estuaries, and coastal flats, with juveniles entering rivers.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-trevally" }, { "slug": "glass-lizard", "title": "Glass Lizard", "scientific_name": "Ophisaurus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The genus occurs in North America (the southeastern and central United States), North Africa, southern Europe, and across Asia; related legless lizards live in Europe (the slow worm) and Australia.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/glass-lizard" }, { "slug": "golden-lion-tamarin", "title": "Golden Lion Tamarin", "scientific_name": "Leontopithecus rosalia", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "A small area of Atlantic Forest along the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil, in lowland and lower montane rainforest, much of it in protected reserves and restored corridors.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-lion-tamarin" }, { "slug": "hourglass-treefrog", "title": "Hourglass Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Dendropsophus ebraccatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland Central America and northern South America, from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, around ponds, ditches, and slow streams in and near forest.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hourglass-treefrog" }, { "slug": "house-centipede", "title": "House Centipede", "scientific_name": "Scutigera coleoptrata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Originally southern Europe and North Africa, now found across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and beyond, living outdoors under stones, logs, and leaf litter in mild areas and indoors in damp basements, bathrooms, and crawl spaces in colder climates.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/house-centipede" }, { "slug": "howler-monkey", "title": "Howler Monkey", "scientific_name": "Alouatta", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forests from southern Mexico through Central America and across much of tropical South America to northern Argentina, in rainforest, dry forest, gallery forest, and mangroves.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/howler-monkey" }, { "slug": "irukandji-jellyfish", "title": "Irukandji Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Carukia barnesi and relatives", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal and offshore waters of northern Australia, particularly Queensland, with related Irukandji-type jellyfish species recorded more widely across the Indo-Pacific and even in a few other tropical regions worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/irukandji-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "kori-bustard", "title": "Kori Bustard", "scientific_name": "Ardeotis kori", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Open savanna, grassland, and semi-arid scrub of eastern and southern Africa, from the Horn of Africa south through East Africa to South Africa and Namibia, generally avoiding dense woodland and true desert.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kori-bustard" }, { "slug": "namaqua-chameleon", "title": "Namaqua Chameleon", "scientific_name": "Chamaeleo namaquensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Namib Desert of Namibia and southwestern Angola and South Africa, on open sand dunes, gravel plains, and dry riverbeds with scattered low vegetation.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/namaqua-chameleon" }, { "slug": "northern-cricket-frog", "title": "Northern Cricket Frog", "scientific_name": "Acris crepitans", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The central and eastern United States and into northeastern Mexico, from the Great Lakes and New York south to the Gulf and west to the Great Plains, at the sunny edges of still and slow water.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-cricket-frog" }, { "slug": "philippine-eagle", "title": "Philippine Eagle", "scientific_name": "Pithecophaga jefferyi", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the Philippines, in primary and tall secondary lowland to mid-montane rainforest on the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, which holds the largest population.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/philippine-eagle" }, { "slug": "pilotfish", "title": "Pilotfish", "scientific_name": "Naucrates ductor", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and temperate oceans worldwide, generally in the open sea and around offshore islands, wherever sharks, rays, sea turtles, and large ships provide an escort opportunity.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pilotfish" }, { "slug": "proboscis-monkey", "title": "Proboscis Monkey", "scientific_name": "Nasalis larvatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the island of Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei), in coastal mangroves, swamp forest, and riverine lowland rainforest, rarely far from water.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/proboscis-monkey" }, { "slug": "radiated-tortoise", "title": "Radiated Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Astrochelys radiata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the dry spiny forest and thorn scrub of the far south and southwest of Madagascar, historically much more widespread on the island than it is today.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/radiated-tortoise" }, { "slug": "red-salamander", "title": "Red Salamander", "scientific_name": "Pseudotriton ruber", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The eastern United States from southern New York and the Ohio Valley south along the Appalachians and Piedmont to the Gulf states, in and around springs, spring-fed streams, and seepage areas in forest.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-salamander" }, { "slug": "rhinoceros-viper", "title": "Rhinoceros Viper", "scientific_name": "Bitis nasicornis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical rainforest of West and Central Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone east to Uganda and Kenya, typically in humid forest near streams and rivers, giving rise to the alternative name \"river jack.\"", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rhinoceros-viper" }, { "slug": "rock-hyrax", "title": "Rock Hyrax", "scientific_name": "Procavia capensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains", "desert", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East from Israel and the Arabian Peninsula to Lebanon, on rocky hills, cliffs, lava fields, and boulder outcrops from sea level to over 4,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rock-hyrax" }, { "slug": "scarlet-ibis", "title": "Scarlet Ibis", "scientific_name": "Eudocimus ruber", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coastal South America and the southern Caribbean — the Amazon Delta, the Orinoco Delta and coast of Venezuela, the Guianas, and Trinidad, in mangroves, mudflats, and coastal marshes.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/scarlet-ibis" }, { "slug": "surinam-horned-frog", "title": "Surinam Horned Frog", "scientific_name": "Ceratophrys cornuta", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield of northern South America — Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — in rainforest leaf litter near slow water and temporary pools.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/surinam-horned-frog" }, { "slug": "tiger-legged-monkey-frog", "title": "Tiger-legged Monkey Frog", "scientific_name": "Phyllomedusa tomopterna", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and Bolivia, in trees and shrubs near ponds and slow-moving water.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tiger-legged-monkey-frog" }, { "slug": "titan-triggerfish", "title": "Titan Triggerfish", "scientific_name": "Balistoides viridescens", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia, typically in lagoons and outer reef slopes down to about 50 m.", "published": "2026-09-05", "updated": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/titan-triggerfish" }, { "slug": "white-stork", "title": "White Stork", "scientific_name": "Ciconia ciconia", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Breeds across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Central Asia; winters mainly in sub-Saharan 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"stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa wherever there are ants, termites, and diggable soil — savanna, grassland, woodland, and bush, but not true desert or dense rainforest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/aardvark" }, { "slug": "aardwolf", "title": "Aardwolf", "scientific_name": "Proteles cristata", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open, dry grassland and savanna with termite mounds, in two disjunct areas — one from Sudan and Ethiopia to Tanzania, the other across southern Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/aardwolf" }, { "slug": "adelie-penguin", "title": "Adélie Penguin", "scientific_name": "Pygoscelis adeliae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "polar", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The coasts and offshore islands of the entire Antarctic continent, breeding on ice-free rock and foraging in the surrounding pack ice and open ocean; disperses north to the pack-ice edge in winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/adelie-penguin" }, { "slug": "african-bullfrog", "title": "African Bullfrog", "scientific_name": "Pyxicephalus adspersus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Savanna, grassland, and seasonal wetlands across southern and eastern Africa — from South Africa and Namibia north to Kenya.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-bullfrog" }, { "slug": "african-clawed-frog", "title": "African Clawed Frog", "scientific_name": "Xenopus laevis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to ponds, dams, and slow rivers across sub-Saharan Africa, especially southern Africa. Introduced populations in the US, UK, continental Europe, Chile, and Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-clawed-frog" }, { "slug": "african-lungfish", "title": "African Lungfish", "scientific_name": "Protopterus annectens", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Swamps, marshes, floodplains, and seasonal pools across the savanna zone of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to East Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-lungfish" }, { "slug": "african-spurred-tortoise", "title": "African Spurred Tortoise", "scientific_name": "Centrochelys sulcata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Sahel — the semi-arid band along the southern edge of the Sahara — from Senegal and Mauritania east to Sudan and Eritrea, in grassland, scrub, and desert fringe.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-spurred-tortoise" }, { "slug": "african-wild-dog", "title": "African Wild Dog", "scientific_name": "Lycaon pictus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fragmented across sub-Saharan Africa, with strongholds in southern Africa (Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia) and parts of East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya).", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-wild-dog" }, { "slug": "alligator-gar", "title": "Alligator Gar", "scientific_name": "Atractosteus spatula", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Large rivers, reservoirs, oxbow lakes, swamps, and coastal brackish bays of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico, centred on the lower Mississippi basin and Gulf Coast drainages.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/alligator-gar" }, { "slug": "alligator-snapping-turtle", "title": "Alligator Snapping Turtle", "scientific_name": "Macrochelys temminckii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rivers, sloughs, oxbow lakes, and swamps draining into the Gulf of Mexico, across the southeastern United States from Texas and Florida north to Illinois and Indiana.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/alligator-snapping-turtle" }, { "slug": "alpine-newt", "title": "Alpine Newt", "scientific_name": "Ichthyosaura alpestris", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Central and southern Europe — from France and Denmark through the Alps and Carpathians to the Balkans and northern Greece, with isolated populations in Spain and Italy; introduced elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/alpine-newt" }, { "slug": "amazon-milk-frog", "title": "Amazon Milk Frog", "scientific_name": "Trachycephalus resinifictrix", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest across the Amazon basin — Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and the Guianas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/amazon-milk-frog" }, { "slug": "american-bison", "title": "American Bison", "scientific_name": "Bison bison", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Great Plains and intermountain grasslands of North America — once from Alaska to northern Mexico, now in scattered parks, reserves, tribal lands, and ranches.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-bison" }, { "slug": "american-black-bear", "title": "American Black Bear", "scientific_name": "Ursus americanus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Forested regions across most of Canada, much of the United States, and the mountains of northern Mexico, from Alaska to Florida.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-black-bear" }, { "slug": "american-bullfrog", "title": "American Bullfrog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates catesbeianus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to eastern North America; introduced across the western US, and to South America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, often via frog farming and the pet trade.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-bullfrog" }, { "slug": "american-crocodile", "title": "American Crocodile", "scientific_name": "Crocodylus acutus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Coastal areas of the Americas from southern Florida and Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela — mangrove swamps, estuaries, lagoons, and coastal rivers.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-crocodile" }, { "slug": "american-green-tree-frog", "title": "American Green Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Dryophytes cinereus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetland margins, floodplain forest, and suburban ponds and gardens across the southeastern and south-central United States, from Delaware and the Gulf Coast to Texas, and spreading north.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-green-tree-frog" }, { "slug": "american-paddlefish", "title": "American Paddlefish", "scientific_name": "Polyodon spathula", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Mississippi River basin and Gulf Coast drainages of the central United States — large, slow rivers, backwaters, oxbows, and reservoirs from Montana and New York south to the Gulf of Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-paddlefish" }, { "slug": "american-robin", "title": "American Robin", "scientific_name": "Turdus migratorius", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "All of North America from the Arctic tree line to southern Mexico — lawns, parks, gardens, farmland, woodland, and, in winter, fruiting woods and swamps.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-robin" }, { "slug": "american-toad", "title": "American Toad", "scientific_name": "Anaxyrus americanus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fields, forests, gardens, and wetland edges across the eastern United States and eastern Canada, from the Atlantic coast west to the Great Plains and from Manitoba south to Georgia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-toad" }, { "slug": "andean-condor", "title": "Andean Condor", "scientific_name": "Vultur gryphus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Andes and adjacent coastal ranges from Venezuela and Colombia south to Tierra del Fuego, plus Pacific coastal deserts; strongholds in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/andean-condor" }, { "slug": "anglerfish", "title": "Anglerfish", "scientific_name": "Melanocetus johnsonii", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep, sunless midwater of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, worldwide except the polar seas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anglerfish" }, { "slug": "anhinga", "title": "Anhinga", "scientific_name": "Anhinga anhinga", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm, sheltered fresh and brackish water — swamps, marshes, slow rivers, lakes, and mangroves — from the southeastern United States through Central America to Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/anhinga" }, { "slug": "antlion", "title": "Antlion", "scientific_name": "Myrmeleontidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and temperate regions of every continent except Antarctica, concentrated in dry, sandy habitats — dune hollows, cave mouths, the base of walls and cliffs, and under overhangs and eaves.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/antlion" }, { "slug": "arapaima", "title": "Arapaima", "scientific_name": "Arapaima gigas", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Slow rivers, oxbow lakes, and seasonally flooded forest of the Amazon and Essequibo basins in Brazil, Peru, Guyana, and neighbours; introduced (and invasive) in parts of Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/arapaima" }, { "slug": "archerfish", "title": "Archerfish", "scientific_name": "Toxotes jaculatrix", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Indo-Pacific — coastal and estuarine waters from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to northern Australia, Vanuatu, and the Philippines.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/archerfish" }, { "slug": "arctic-fox", "title": "Arctic Fox", "scientific_name": "Vulpes lagopus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Arctic tundra right around the pole — northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Scandinavia, and Russia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/arctic-fox" }, { "slug": "arctic-tern", "title": "Arctic Tern", "scientific_name": "Sterna paradisaea", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "polar", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds on Arctic and sub-Arctic coasts and tundra all around the northern hemisphere; winters in the Antarctic pack-ice zone and Southern Ocean. Effectively circumpolar in both hemispheres.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/arctic-tern" }, { "slug": "argentine-horned-frog", "title": "Argentine Horned Frog", "scientific_name": "Ceratophrys ornata", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The grasslands and seasonal wetlands (pampas) of northeastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/argentine-horned-frog" }, { "slug": "armadillo-girdled-lizard", "title": "Armadillo Girdled Lizard", "scientific_name": "Ouroborus cataphractus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The arid western coast of South Africa — Namaqualand and the western Karoo and Cederberg — restricted to areas with the flat, cracked rock outcrops it shelters in.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/armadillo-girdled-lizard" }, { "slug": "army-ant", "title": "Army Ant", "scientific_name": "Eciton burchellii", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America to the Amazon basin and southern Brazil; other army ant groups occur in Africa (driver ants) and Asia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/army-ant" }, { "slug": "asian-elephant", "title": "Asian Elephant", "scientific_name": "Elephas maximus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fragmented forest and grassland across 13 countries in South and Southeast Asia — India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/asian-elephant" }, { "slug": "asian-giant-hornet", "title": "Asian Giant Hornet", "scientific_name": "Vespa mandarinia", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to temperate and subtropical East and Southeast Asia — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and northern parts of India and Indochina. Detected in British Columbia and Washington State from 2019; last found 2021.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/asian-giant-hornet" }, { "slug": "asian-water-monitor", "title": "Asian Water Monitor", "scientific_name": "Varanus salvator", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetlands, rivers, mangroves, forests, farmland, and cities from Sri Lanka and eastern India through Southeast Asia to southern China, the Philippines, and Indonesia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/asian-water-monitor" }, { "slug": "assassin-bug", "title": "Assassin Bug", "scientific_name": "Reduviidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide except the coldest regions, in almost every terrestrial habitat — grassland, forest, desert, gardens, and inside and around buildings; kissing bugs are concentrated in the Americas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/assassin-bug" }, { "slug": "atlantic-bluefin-tuna", "title": "Atlantic Bluefin Tuna", "scientific_name": "Thunnus thynnus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, from subtropical spawning grounds to feeding areas off Scandinavia, Canada, and New England.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-bluefin-tuna" }, { "slug": "atlantic-horseshoe-crab", "title": "Atlantic Horseshoe Crab", "scientific_name": "Limulus polyphemus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Shallow coastal waters, bays, and estuaries of the western Atlantic, from Maine and the Gulf of Mexico south to the Yucatán Peninsula. Three other horseshoe crab species live in Asia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-horseshoe-crab" }, { "slug": "atlantic-mudskipper", "title": "Atlantic Mudskipper", "scientific_name": "Periophthalmus barbarus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The mangroves, mudflats, and estuaries of the tropical West African coast, from Senegal to Angola.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-mudskipper" }, { "slug": "atlantic-puffin", "title": "Atlantic Puffin", "scientific_name": "Fratercula arctica", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The North Atlantic — breeding on coasts and islands from the northeastern US and eastern Canada to Iceland, the British Isles, Scandinavia, and northern Russia; wintering out at sea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-puffin" }, { "slug": "atlantic-salmon", "title": "Atlantic Salmon", "scientific_name": "Salmo salar", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The North Atlantic — spawning rivers from the northeastern US and eastern Canada across to Iceland, the British Isles, Scandinavia, and northwestern Russia; feeding grounds near Greenland and the Faroe Islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-salmon" }, { "slug": "atlantic-wolffish", "title": "Atlantic Wolffish", "scientific_name": "Anarhichas lupus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cold waters of the North Atlantic on both sides — from the Arctic south to the Bay of Biscay in the east and to New Jersey in the west — usually on rocky bottoms from 20 to 500 m deep.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlantic-wolffish" }, { "slug": "atlas-moth", "title": "Atlas Moth", "scientific_name": "Attacus atlas", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The tropical and subtropical forests and scrub of South and Southeast Asia — India, Sri Lanka, southern China, and across to Indonesia and the Philippines.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/atlas-moth" }, { "slug": "aye-aye", "title": "Aye-Aye", "scientific_name": "Daubentonia madagascariensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest, dry forest, and mangrove across much of Madagascar, at low densities, plus disturbed and plantation habitat.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/aye-aye" }, { "slug": "ball-python", "title": "Ball Python", "scientific_name": "Python regius", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The grasslands, savannas, and forest edges of West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Uganda.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ball-python" }, { "slug": "barn-owl", "title": "Barn Owl", "scientific_name": "Tyto alba", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, and absent only from the far north, the driest deserts, and some remote islands — usually in open farmland, grassland, and marsh edges.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/barn-owl" }, { "slug": "barreleye", "title": "Barreleye", "scientific_name": "Macropinna microstoma", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep waters of the temperate and subarctic North Pacific, from Japan and the Bering Sea to Baja California, at roughly 400–1,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/barreleye" }, { "slug": "basking-shark", "title": "Basking Shark", "scientific_name": "Cetorhinus maximus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Temperate coastal and shelf waters worldwide — concentrated in the North Atlantic and North Pacific in summer; where it goes in winter was a long-standing mystery, now known to include deep tropical waters.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/basking-shark" }, { "slug": "bearded-vulture", "title": "Bearded Vulture", "scientific_name": "Gypaetus barbatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "High mountains of southern Europe, the Caucasus, East and southern Africa, the Middle East, the Himalayas, and Tibet — mostly above 1,000 m, up to 7,500 m on Everest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bearded-vulture" }, { "slug": "bee-hummingbird", "title": "Bee Hummingbird", "scientific_name": "Mellisuga helenae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud — forest edges, gardens, and scrub with flowering plants, from lowlands to hills.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bee-hummingbird" }, { "slug": "beluga-sturgeon", "title": "Beluga Sturgeon", "scientific_name": "Huso huso", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Caspian Sea and Black Sea and their major tributary rivers — the Volga, Ural, Danube, and others; formerly also the Adriatic and Azov Seas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/beluga-sturgeon" }, { "slug": "beluga-whale", "title": "Beluga Whale", "scientific_name": "Delphinapterus leucas", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Arctic and subarctic seas — Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia — moving into river estuaries in summer and the pack-ice edge in winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/beluga-whale" }, { "slug": "bichir", "title": "Bichir", "scientific_name": "Polypterus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and swampy waters of tropical Africa and the Nile system — slow rivers, floodplains, swamps, and lake margins, often in warm, muddy, poorly oxygenated water and among vegetation.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bichir" }, { "slug": "binturong", "title": "Binturong", "scientific_name": "Arctictis binturong", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The rainforests of Southeast Asia — from northeastern India and Bangladesh through Indochina to Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Palawan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/binturong" }, { "slug": "black-caiman", "title": "Black Caiman", "scientific_name": "Melanosuchus niger", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The Amazon and Essequibo river basins of northern South America — Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, and formerly Venezuela — in slow rivers, oxbow lakes, flooded forest, and seasonal wetlands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-caiman" }, { "slug": "black-footed-cat", "title": "Black-footed Cat", "scientific_name": "Felis nigripes", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Dry open grassland, scrub, and semi-desert of southern Africa — mainly South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia, with a marginal presence in Zimbabwe and Angola.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-footed-cat" }, { "slug": "black-mamba", "title": "Black Mamba", "scientific_name": "Dendroaspis polylepis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa — savanna, scrub, rocky hills, and open woodland from Senegal and Ethiopia south to South Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-mamba" }, { "slug": "black-necked-spitting-cobra", "title": "Black-necked Spitting Cobra", "scientific_name": "Naja nigricollis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Savanna, grassland, dry forest, and farmland across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania and Senegal east to Somalia and south to northern South Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-necked-spitting-cobra" }, { "slug": "black-rain-frog", "title": "Black Rain Frog", "scientific_name": "Breviceps fuscus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southern slopes of the Cape Fold Mountains in South Africa, from around Swellendam east to the Tsitsikamma area, in moist fynbos, forest edges, and montane grassland with soft soil.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-rain-frog" }, { "slug": "black-widow-spider", "title": "Black Widow Spider", "scientific_name": "Latrodectus mactans", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southeastern and central United States and much of the Americas; the genus Latrodectus (widows and redbacks) occurs on every continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/black-widow-spider" }, { "slug": "blue-dragon-sea-slug", "title": "Blue Dragon Sea Slug", "scientific_name": "Glaucus atlanticus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical surface waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; strandings occur on exposed coasts when onshore winds blow the surface community ashore.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-dragon-sea-slug" }, { "slug": "blue-footed-booby", "title": "Blue-footed Booby", "scientific_name": "Sula nebouxii", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific coasts and islands, from the Gulf of California and mainland Mexico south to Peru, with a famous population in the Galápagos Islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-footed-booby" }, { "slug": "blue-ringed-octopus", "title": "Blue-ringed Octopus", "scientific_name": "Hapalochlaena maculosa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Shallow reefs, tide pools, seagrass, and sandy or rubble bottoms of temperate and tropical Australia and parts of the western Pacific; related species range through the Indo-Pacific.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-ringed-octopus" }, { "slug": "blue-spotted-stingray", "title": "Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray", "scientific_name": "Taeniura lymma", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coral reefs, lagoons, and sandy flats of the tropical Indo-West Pacific — the Red Sea and East Africa east to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-spotted-stingray" }, { "slug": "blue-tang", "title": "Blue Tang", "scientific_name": "Paracanthurus hepatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific — East Africa and the Red Sea to Japan, the Great Barrier Reef, and the islands of Micronesia and Samoa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-tang" }, { "slug": "blue-tongued-skink", "title": "Blue-tongued Skink", "scientific_name": "Tiliqua scincoides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland, grassland, scrub, semi-desert, and suburban gardens across northern and eastern Australia, with a separate subspecies in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-tongued-skink" }, { "slug": "blue-wildebeest", "title": "Blue Wildebeest", "scientific_name": "Connochaetes taurinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The grasslands and open woodland of eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya and Tanzania south to South Africa; the great migration runs between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-wildebeest" }, { "slug": "boa-constrictor", "title": "Boa Constrictor", "scientific_name": "Boa constrictor", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From northern Mexico through Central America to Argentina, plus several Caribbean and offshore islands; introduced and established in parts of Florida.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/boa-constrictor" }, { "slug": "bobcat", "title": "Bobcat", "scientific_name": "Lynx rufus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Southern Canada, all of the contiguous United States except parts of the intensively farmed Midwest, and much of Mexico, from sea level to over 3,600 m in the mountains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bobcat" }, { "slug": "bolas-spider", "title": "Bolas Spider", "scientific_name": "Mastophoreae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, southern Asia, and Australia, in woodland edges, scrub, gardens, and grassland with shrubs and low trees for the spider to hang from at night.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bolas-spider" }, { "slug": "bombardier-beetle", "title": "Bombardier Beetle", "scientific_name": "Brachinus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide except Antarctica, usually in damp places — under stones, logs, and leaf litter near water, in grassland, woodland, and gardens.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bombardier-beetle" }, { "slug": "bonobo", "title": "Bonobo", "scientific_name": "Pan paniscus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest and swamp forest of the central Congo Basin, entirely within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south of the Congo River.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bonobo" }, { "slug": "boomslang", "title": "Boomslang", "scientific_name": "Dispholidus typus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa in savanna, bushveld, lowland forest, and karoo scrub — anywhere with trees and shrubs to hunt in.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/boomslang" }, { "slug": "bornean-orangutan", "title": "Bornean Orangutan", "scientific_name": "Pongo pygmaeus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The island of Borneo — lowland and hill rainforest, peat swamp forest, and, increasingly, degraded and fragmented forest patches.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bornean-orangutan" }, { "slug": "box-jellyfish", "title": "Box Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Chironex fleckeri", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal waters of northern Australia and into the Indo-Pacific — Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia — mainly near river mouths and beaches in the warmer months.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/box-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "brown-kiwi", "title": "North Island Brown Kiwi", "scientific_name": "Apteryx mantelli", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The North Island of New Zealand — native forest, scrub, rough farmland, and pine plantation.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-kiwi" }, { "slug": "brown-rat", "title": "Brown Rat", "scientific_name": "Rattus norvegicus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, almost always alongside people — cities, farms, ports, sewers, and ships; originally from northern China and Mongolia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-rat" }, { "slug": "budgetts-frog", "title": "Budgett's Frog", "scientific_name": "Lepidobatrachus laevis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and southern Brazil, in temporary pools, flooded grassland, marshes, and slow shallow water on the seasonally flooded plains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/budgetts-frog" }, { "slug": "bull-shark", "title": "Bull Shark", "scientific_name": "Carcharhinus leucas", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm coastal seas worldwide, plus far up rivers and into lakes on every inhabited continent — the Mississippi, Amazon, Zambezi, Ganges, and Lake Nicaragua among them.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bull-shark" }, { "slug": "bullet-ant", "title": "Bullet Ant", "scientific_name": "Paraponera clavata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest from Nicaragua and Honduras through Central America and the Amazon basin to Paraguay.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bullet-ant" }, { "slug": "bushmaster", "title": "Bushmaster", "scientific_name": "Lachesis muta", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest of the Amazon basin and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, plus adjacent parts of the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; related species range into Central America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bushmaster" }, { "slug": "caiman-lizard", "title": "Caiman Lizard", "scientific_name": "Dracaena guianensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow rivers, swamps, and seasonally flooded forest of the Amazon and Orinoco basins — Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caiman-lizard" }, { "slug": "california-condor", "title": "California Condor", "scientific_name": "Gymnogyps californianus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Historically across much of North America; now reintroduced populations in the mountains and coast of California, the Grand Canyon region of Arizona and Utah, and Baja California, Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/california-condor" }, { "slug": "california-sea-lion", "title": "California Sea Lion", "scientific_name": "Zalophus californianus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The eastern North Pacific — breeding on islands off California and Mexico (the Channel Islands, Gulf of California), ranging north in winter as far as British Columbia and Alaska.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/california-sea-lion" }, { "slug": "camel-spider", "title": "Camel Spider", "scientific_name": "Solifugae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deserts, dry scrub, and grassland on every continent except Antarctica and Australia, most diverse in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, southern Africa, and the American Southwest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/camel-spider" }, { "slug": "canada-goose", "title": "Canada Goose", "scientific_name": "Branta canadensis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Breeds across Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States; winters south to Mexico. Resident year-round across much of the US and southern Canada, and naturalised in Britain, Europe, and New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/canada-goose" }, { "slug": "candiru", "title": "Candiru", "scientific_name": "Vandellia cirrhosa", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Amazon and Orinoco river basins of South America — slow, sediment-laden whitewater rivers and their floodplains, where it hides buried in the mud or sand of the bottom.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/candiru" }, { "slug": "cane-toad", "title": "Cane Toad", "scientific_name": "Rhinella marina", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to southern Texas, Mexico, Central America, and the Amazon; introduced to Australia, the Caribbean, the Pacific islands, the Philippines, and Florida.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cane-toad" }, { "slug": "capybara", "title": "Capybara", "scientific_name": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The wetlands, riverbanks, and flooded grasslands of South America east of the Andes, from Panama to northern Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/capybara" }, { "slug": "caracal", "title": "Caracal", "scientific_name": "Caracal caracal", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Africa (except the central rainforest and deep Sahara), the Middle East, Central Asia, and northwestern India — dry savanna, scrub, semi-desert, and hill country.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/caracal" }, { "slug": "central-bearded-dragon", "title": "Central Bearded Dragon", "scientific_name": "Pogona vitticeps", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arid and semi-arid woodland, shrubland, and rocky desert across central and eastern inland Australia. Export of wild animals is banned; pet dragons worldwide are captive-bred.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/central-bearded-dragon" }, { "slug": "chambered-nautilus", "title": "Chambered Nautilus", "scientific_name": "Nautilus pompilius", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The deep outer slopes of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific — from the Andaman Sea and Great Barrier Reef to Fiji and the Philippines.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chambered-nautilus" }, { "slug": "chinchilla", "title": "Chinchilla", "scientific_name": "Chinchilla lanigera", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Andes of north-central Chile — arid, rocky mountain slopes with sparse shrubs and crevices for shelter. Formerly also Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinchilla" }, { "slug": "chinese-alligator", "title": "Chinese Alligator", "scientific_name": "Alligator sinensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Historically the lower Yangtze river system; now reduced to a few ponds and reservoirs in the Anhui province reserve and reintroduction sites in eastern China.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinese-alligator" }, { "slug": "chinese-fire-belly-newt", "title": "Chinese Fire-belly Newt", "scientific_name": "Cynops orientalis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Ponds, ditches, rice paddies, and slow streams in hilly country of eastern China, from around Shanghai south through several provinces, up to about 1,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinese-fire-belly-newt" }, { "slug": "chinese-giant-salamander", "title": "Chinese Giant Salamander", "scientific_name": "Andrias davidianus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Historically the mountain streams and rivers of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Pearl river basins across central, southern, and southwestern China; now reduced to scattered remnants.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chinese-giant-salamander" }, { "slug": "christmas-island-red-crab", "title": "Christmas Island Red Crab", "scientific_name": "Gecarcoidea natalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to Christmas Island (Australian territory) in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the nearby Cocos (Keeling) Islands; lives in the island's rainforest and comes to the coast only to breed.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/christmas-island-red-crab" }, { "slug": "chuckwalla", "title": "Chuckwalla", "scientific_name": "Sauromalus ater", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rocky desert, lava flows, and boulder-strewn hillsides of the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona) and northwestern Mexico, including many islands in the Gulf of California.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chuckwalla" }, { "slug": "clouded-leopard", "title": "Clouded Leopard", "scientific_name": "Neofelis nebulosa", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The forests of mainland Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalaya — Nepal, northeastern India, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China, and Indochina. A separate species (Sunda clouded leopard) lives on Borneo and Sumatra.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/clouded-leopard" }, { "slug": "clownfish", "title": "Clownfish", "scientific_name": "Amphiprion ocellaris", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm, shallow reefs and lagoons of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific — from the Andaman Sea to northern Australia, Southeast Asia, and Melanesia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/clownfish" }, { "slug": "club-winged-manakin", "title": "Club-winged Manakin", "scientific_name": "Machaeropterus deliciosus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Humid montane and foothill rainforest on the western (Pacific) slope of the Andes in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, mostly between about 700 and 1,600 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/club-winged-manakin" }, { "slug": "coastal-giant-salamander", "title": "Coastal Giant Salamander", "scientific_name": "Dicamptodon tenebrosus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Cold, forested streams and their surroundings in the Pacific Northwest — southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon to northwestern California.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coastal-giant-salamander" }, { "slug": "coati", "title": "Coati", "scientific_name": "Nasua", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From the southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to northern Argentina and Uruguay, in rainforest, dry forest, woodland, scrub, and increasingly around human settlements.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coati" }, { "slug": "coconut-crab", "title": "Coconut Crab", "scientific_name": "Birgus latro", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Islands of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, from Zanzibar and the Seychelles to the Gambier Islands, with strongholds on the Chagos and Christmas Island.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coconut-crab" }, { "slug": "coelacanth", "title": "Coelacanth", "scientific_name": "Latimeria chalumnae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Deep volcanic slopes and submarine caves of the western Indian Ocean — the Comoros, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and South Africa; a second species lives off Indonesia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coelacanth" }, { "slug": "colossal-squid", "title": "Colossal Squid", "scientific_name": "Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The deep Southern Ocean around Antarctica, mostly between about 1,000 and 2,000 m, extending north toward the southern tips of South America, Africa, and New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/colossal-squid" }, { "slug": "colugo", "title": "Colugo", "scientific_name": "Galeopterus variegatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest, mangroves, plantations, and forest gardens across Southeast Asia — the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and many smaller islands, plus southern Indochina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/colugo" }, { "slug": "common-cuckoo", "title": "Common Cuckoo", "scientific_name": "Cuculus canorus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds across almost all of Europe and temperate Asia; winters in sub-Saharan Africa (European populations) and South and Southeast Asia (eastern populations).", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-cuckoo" }, { "slug": "common-frog", "title": "Common Frog", "scientific_name": "Rana temporaria", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Almost all of Europe, from Ireland and Portugal to the Arctic coast of Scandinavia and well into Russia and northern Asia; the most widespread amphibian in northern Europe.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-frog" }, { "slug": "common-garter-snake", "title": "Common Garter Snake", "scientific_name": "Thamnophis sirtalis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From the Gulf of Mexico and Florida north across almost all of the United States and into Canada as far as the subarctic — the northernmost range of any American snake. Habitats near water are favoured.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-garter-snake" }, { "slug": "common-kingfisher", "title": "Common Kingfisher", "scientific_name": "Alcedo atthis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Slow rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and estuaries across Europe, North Africa, and Asia to the Solomon Islands; northern populations migrate south for winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-kingfisher" }, { "slug": "common-loon", "title": "Common Loon", "scientific_name": "Gavia immer", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Breeds on clear forest lakes across Canada, Alaska, the northern United States, Greenland, and Iceland; winters on coastal seas and large ice-free lakes further south, including western Europe.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-loon" }, { "slug": "common-midwife-toad", "title": "Common Midwife Toad", "scientific_name": "Alytes obstetricans", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Western Europe — Portugal and Spain through France to Belgium, the Netherlands, western Germany, and Switzerland, in a wide range of habitats with loose soil or stony ground for burrowing near water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-midwife-toad" }, { "slug": "common-potoo", "title": "Common Potoo", "scientific_name": "Nyctibius griseus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and foothill forest, savanna, and forest edge from Nicaragua through Central America and across much of South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina and Uruguay.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-potoo" }, { "slug": "common-raven", "title": "Common Raven", "scientific_name": "Corvus corax", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Across the Northern Hemisphere — North America, Europe, North Africa, and Asia — from high Arctic tundra and alpine peaks to deserts, forests, coasts, and cities.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-raven" }, { "slug": "common-snapping-turtle", "title": "Common Snapping Turtle", "scientific_name": "Chelydra serpentina", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and brackish water — ponds, lakes, marshes, rivers, and ditches — across eastern and central North America from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-snapping-turtle" }, { "slug": "common-spadefoot-toad", "title": "Common Spadefoot Toad", "scientific_name": "Pelobates fuscus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland central and eastern Europe from eastern France and Denmark across to western Russia and Kazakhstan, in loose, sandy or soft soils near still, fish-free water for breeding.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-spadefoot-toad" }, { "slug": "common-stick-insect", "title": "Common Stick Insect", "scientific_name": "Carausius morosus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to the Western Ghats region of southern India; now found globally in captivity and established outdoors in a few mild areas such as parts of Britain, France, and South Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-stick-insect" }, { "slug": "common-thresher-shark", "title": "Common Thresher Shark", "scientific_name": "Alopias vulpinus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from the surface to about 550 m, mostly over continental shelves and near the coast but also far offshore.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-thresher-shark" }, { "slug": "common-toad", "title": "Common Toad", "scientific_name": "Bufo bufo", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Across almost all of Europe (absent from Ireland, Iceland, and some islands), into western Asia and northwest Africa; in woodland, hedgerow, farmland, parks, and gardens.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-toad" }, { "slug": "common-warthog", "title": "Common Warthog", "scientific_name": "Phacochoerus africanus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Grassland, savanna, open woodland, and floodplain across sub-Saharan Africa, avoiding dense forest and true desert; needs water for drinking and wallowing.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/common-warthog" }, { "slug": "cookiecutter-shark", "title": "Cookiecutter Shark", "scientific_name": "Isistius brasiliensis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm oceanic waters worldwide, often near islands; spends the day at 1,000–3,700 m and migrates up toward the surface at night.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cookiecutter-shark" }, { "slug": "corn-snake", "title": "Corn Snake", "scientific_name": "Pantherophis guttatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fields, forest edges, pine barrens, farm buildings, and abandoned lots across the southeastern and central United States, from New Jersey to Florida and west to Texas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/corn-snake" }, { "slug": "couchs-spadefoot-toad", "title": "Couch's Spadefoot Toad", "scientific_name": "Scaphiopus couchii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deserts, arid grasslands, and thornscrub of the southwestern United States and much of northern and central Mexico, wherever summer rains form temporary pools.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/couchs-spadefoot-toad" }, { "slug": "cougar", "title": "Cougar", "scientific_name": "Puma concolor", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "From the Canadian Yukon down through the western United States, Mexico, and Central America to the southern Andes and Patagonia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cougar" }, { "slug": "coyote", "title": "Coyote", "scientific_name": "Canis latrans", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "All of North America and much of Central America — from Alaska and Canada through the United States and Mexico to Panama, including nearly every major city.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/coyote" }, { "slug": "crested-gecko", "title": "Crested Gecko", "scientific_name": "Correlophus ciliatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Humid closed-canopy rainforest of southern Grande Terre and the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, in the shrub layer and lower canopy.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/crested-gecko" }, { "slug": "cuttlefish", "title": "Cuttlefish", "scientific_name": "Sepia officinalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The eastern Atlantic from the North Sea to South Africa and throughout the Mediterranean, over sand and seagrass from the shallows to about 200 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/cuttlefish" }, { "slug": "darwins-frog", "title": "Darwin's Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhinoderma darwinii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate Nothofagus (southern beech) forest and forest bogs of central and southern Chile, from around Concepción southward, and small parts of adjacent Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/darwins-frog" }, { "slug": "dead-leaf-mantis", "title": "Dead Leaf Mantis", "scientific_name": "Deroplatys desiccata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia — Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), and neighbouring areas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dead-leaf-mantis" }, { "slug": "deathstalker-scorpion", "title": "Deathstalker Scorpion", "scientific_name": "Leiurus quinquestriatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Hot, dry deserts and scrub from North Africa across the Middle East to Central Asia — including the Sahara, Arabian Peninsula, and parts of India.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/deathstalker-scorpion" }, { "slug": "desert-rain-frog", "title": "Desert Rain Frog", "scientific_name": "Breviceps macrops", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "coastal", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A narrow band of coastal sand dunes between Lüderitz in Namibia and the Olifants River in South Africa, always within reach of sea fog.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/desert-rain-frog" }, { "slug": "dingo", "title": "Dingo", "scientific_name": "Canis dingo", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Across mainland Australia — desert, grassland, woodland, forest, and alpine areas — plus related free-living dogs through Southeast Asia and New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dingo" }, { "slug": "diving-bell-spider", "title": "Diving Bell Spider", "scientific_name": "Argyroneta aquatica", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Clean, still or slow-moving, densely vegetated fresh water — ponds, ditches, lake margins, and slow streams — across Europe and northern and central Asia to Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/diving-bell-spider" }, { "slug": "dobsonfly", "title": "Dobsonfly", "scientific_name": "Corydalinae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Streams and rivers across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia, with the largest species in East Asia and the eastern United States; adults are found in streamside vegetation and are drawn to lights.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dobsonfly" }, { "slug": "dromedary-camel", "title": "Dromedary Camel", "scientific_name": "Camelus dromedarius", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Domesticated across North Africa, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, and South Asia; large feral herds in Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dromedary-camel" }, { "slug": "dung-beetle", "title": "Dung Beetle", "scientific_name": "Scarabaeus satyrus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, wherever large mammals leave droppings — most diverse in tropical grassland and forest, with S. satyrus in southern Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dung-beetle" }, { "slug": "dwarf-crocodile", "title": "Dwarf Crocodile", "scientific_name": "Osteolaemus tetraspis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest streams, swamps, pools, and slow rivers of West and Central Africa, from Senegal and Sierra Leone east to the Congo Basin and south to Angola, plus flooded cave systems in Gabon.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dwarf-crocodile" }, { "slug": "dyeing-poison-frog", "title": "Dyeing Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Dendrobates tinctorius", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and lower montane rainforest of the Guiana Shield — eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and far northern Brazil, often on and around rocky hills and outcrops.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/dyeing-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "eastern-brown-snake", "title": "Eastern Brown Snake", "scientific_name": "Pseudonaja textilis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern and central Australia — farmland, grassland, open woodland, scrub, and the edges of towns — plus parts of Papua New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-brown-snake" }, { "slug": "eastern-coral-snake", "title": "Eastern Coral Snake", "scientific_name": "Micrurus fulvius", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The southeastern United States — pine and hardwood forest, scrubby flatwoods, and hammocks with sandy soil, from North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-coral-snake" }, { "slug": "eastern-diamondback-rattlesnake", "title": "Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake", "scientific_name": "Crotalus adamanteus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The coastal plain of the southeastern United States — pine flatwoods, sandhills, palmetto scrub, and coastal islands from North Carolina to Louisiana.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-diamondback-rattlesnake" }, { "slug": "eastern-gray-squirrel", "title": "Eastern Gray Squirrel", "scientific_name": "Sciurus carolinensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to eastern North America; introduced to Britain, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, and western North America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-gray-squirrel" }, { "slug": "eastern-hognose-snake", "title": "Eastern Hognose Snake", "scientific_name": "Heterodon platirhinos", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sandy woodlands, fields, forest edges, coastal dunes, and pine barrens across the eastern and central United States and just into southern Canada.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-hognose-snake" }, { "slug": "eastern-newt", "title": "Eastern Newt", "scientific_name": "Notophthalmus viridescens", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern North America from the Maritime provinces and Great Lakes south to Florida and Texas — ponds, ditches, and slow streams, and the surrounding moist woodland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eastern-newt" }, { "slug": "echidna", "title": "Echidna", "scientific_name": "Tachyglossus aculeatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "All of mainland Australia and Tasmania, plus southern and lowland New Guinea, in nearly every habitat from snowy uplands to hot desert.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/echidna" }, { "slug": "egg-eating-snake", "title": "Egg-eating Snake", "scientific_name": "Dasypeltis scabra", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "A huge range across sub-Saharan Africa — savanna, grassland, bush, and dry forest, wherever birds nest — plus a foothold in southwestern Arabia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/egg-eating-snake" }, { "slug": "electric-catfish", "title": "Electric Catfish", "scientific_name": "Malapteruridae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow rivers, floodplains, swamps, lakes, and reservoirs across tropical and subtropical Africa and the Nile Basin, in warm, often muddy, densely vegetated or structure-rich water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/electric-catfish" }, { "slug": "electric-eel", "title": "Electric Eel", "scientific_name": "Electrophorus electricus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The murky, slow-moving fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in northern South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/electric-eel" }, { "slug": "electric-ray", "title": "Electric Ray", "scientific_name": "Torpediniformes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from shallow coastal sand and seagrass flats to the deep sea below 1,000 m, usually resting on or buried in soft bottoms.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/electric-ray" }, { "slug": "emperor-newt", "title": "Emperor Newt", "scientific_name": "Tylototriton shanjing", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Mid-elevation broadleaf forest, bamboo, and farmland with breeding pools in Yunnan province, southwestern China, roughly 1,000–2,500 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/emperor-newt" }, { "slug": "emperor-scorpion", "title": "Emperor Scorpion", "scientific_name": "Pandinus imperator", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The rainforests and humid savannas of West and Central Africa — Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone, and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/emperor-scorpion" }, { "slug": "emu", "title": "Emu", "scientific_name": "Dromaius novaehollandiae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Almost all of mainland Australia — savanna woodland, grassland, and arid scrub — avoiding only dense forest and the driest deserts. Farmed for meat, oil, and leather worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/emu" }, { "slug": "eurasian-hoopoe", "title": "Eurasian Hoopoe", "scientific_name": "Upupa epops", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Across most of Europe, Africa, and Asia — open and lightly wooded country with bare ground for feeding and cavities for nesting. European breeders winter in sub-Saharan Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eurasian-hoopoe" }, { "slug": "eurasian-lynx", "title": "Eurasian Lynx", "scientific_name": "Lynx lynx", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The forests of Europe and Siberia, from Scandinavia and the Carpathians across Russia to the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and northern China.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eurasian-lynx" }, { "slug": "european-eel", "title": "European Eel", "scientific_name": "Anguilla anguilla", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Fresh, brackish, and coastal waters across Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean; spawns in the Sargasso Sea, with larvae carried back on the Gulf Stream.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-eel" }, { "slug": "european-fire-bellied-toad", "title": "European Fire-bellied Toad", "scientific_name": "Bombina bombina", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland eastern and central Europe from Denmark and Germany east to Russia and the Black Sea, and south into the Balkans, in warm, still, well-vegetated shallow water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-fire-bellied-toad" }, { "slug": "european-hedgehog", "title": "European Hedgehog", "scientific_name": "Erinaceus europaeus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Western and central Europe, from Ireland and Iberia to Scandinavia and Russia; introduced to New Zealand, where it is invasive.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-hedgehog" }, { "slug": "european-stag-beetle", "title": "European Stag Beetle", "scientific_name": "Lucanus cervus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Broadleaf woodland, wood pasture, hedgerows, parks, and gardens with old trees and dead wood across much of Europe, from southern England and Sweden to the Mediterranean and the Caucasus.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/european-stag-beetle" }, { "slug": "eyelash-viper", "title": "Eyelash Viper", "scientific_name": "Bothriechis schlegelii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and mid-elevation rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/eyelash-viper" }, { "slug": "fennec-fox", "title": "Fennec Fox", "scientific_name": "Vulpes zerda", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The sandy deserts and semi-deserts of North Africa and the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas — from Morocco and the Sahara to Egypt, Sudan, and Kuwait.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fennec-fox" }, { "slug": "fer-de-lance", "title": "Fer-de-lance", "scientific_name": "Bothrops asper", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and mid-elevation forest, plantations, farmland, and riverbanks from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (northwestern Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela).", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fer-de-lance" }, { "slug": "fiddler-crab", "title": "Fiddler Crab", "scientific_name": "Uca (and related genera)", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Intertidal mudflats, sandflats, salt marshes, and mangroves in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions worldwide, especially the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific coasts.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fiddler-crab" }, { "slug": "fire-salamander", "title": "Fire Salamander", "scientific_name": "Salamandra salamandra", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The hilly and mountainous deciduous forests of central and southern Europe, from Portugal and Spain across to Greece, the Balkans, and parts of the Middle East.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fire-salamander" }, { "slug": "firefly", "title": "Firefly", "scientific_name": "Photinus pyralis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Eastern and central North America — meadows, lawns, woodland edges, and marshes, especially near water, active on warm humid nights in early summer.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/firefly" }, { "slug": "flamboyant-cuttlefish", "title": "Flamboyant Cuttlefish", "scientific_name": "Metasepia pfefferi", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sand and mud bottoms of the tropical Indo-Pacific — from northern Australia and Indonesia to Malaysia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, mostly in shallow water on silty flats near reefs.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flamboyant-cuttlefish" }, { "slug": "flamingo", "title": "Flamingo", "scientific_name": "Phoenicopterus roseus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Scattered salt lakes, lagoons, estuaries, and mudflats across Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flamingo" }, { "slug": "flying-dragon", "title": "Flying Dragon", "scientific_name": "Draco volans", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest, forest edges, plantations, and gardens with tall trees across Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and much of Indonesia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-dragon" }, { "slug": "flying-fish", "title": "Flying Fish", "scientific_name": "Exocoetidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Surface waters of all tropical and subtropical oceans, and warm-temperate seas in summer; an open-ocean (epipelagic) group most common where the water is above about 20°C.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-fish" }, { "slug": "flying-gurnard", "title": "Flying Gurnard", "scientific_name": "Dactylopterus volitans", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean — the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Argentina including the Caribbean, and the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean — on sand, mud, and seagrass in shallow coastal water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/flying-gurnard" }, { "slug": "fossa", "title": "Fossa", "scientific_name": "Cryptoprocta ferox", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forested areas across Madagascar, from rainforest to dry deciduous and spiny forest, from sea level to about 2,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/fossa" }, { "slug": "frilled-lizard", "title": "Frilled Lizard", "scientific_name": "Chlamydosaurus kingii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "savanna", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The tropical savanna woodlands and dry forests of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/frilled-lizard" }, { "slug": "frilled-shark", "title": "Frilled Shark", "scientific_name": "Chlamydoselachus anguineus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Scattered deep-water sites in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans — outer continental shelves and upper slopes, near the bottom and in the water column above it.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/frilled-shark" }, { "slug": "frogfish", "title": "Frogfish", "scientific_name": "Antennariidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, mostly on shallow coral and rocky reefs, sponge gardens, and weedy or rubble bottoms; the sargassumfish lives in floating seaweed in the open ocean.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/frogfish" }, { "slug": "gaboon-viper", "title": "Gaboon Viper", "scientific_name": "Bitis 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"slug": "gastric-brooding-frog", "title": "Gastric-brooding Frog", "scientific_name": "Rheobatrachus silus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "A few cool, rocky rainforest streams in the ranges of southeast Queensland, Australia — the southern species near Kilcoy, the northern species near Mackay. Both ranges were tiny.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gastric-brooding-frog" }, { "slug": "gentoo-penguin", "title": "Gentoo Penguin", "scientific_name": "Pygoscelis papua", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula — the Falklands, South Georgia, Kerguelen, and the ice-free coasts of the far south.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gentoo-penguin" }, { "slug": "gharial", "title": "Gharial", "scientific_name": "Gavialis gangeticus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Once across the northern Indian subcontinent; now mainly the Chambal, Girwa, and a few other rivers in India and Nepal.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gharial" }, { "slug": "giant-african-land-snail", "title": "Giant African Land Snail", "scientific_name": "Lissachatina fulica", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to coastal East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique); introduced and invasive across the tropics and subtropics — Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, South America, and repeatedly into Florida.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-african-land-snail" }, { "slug": "giant-african-millipede", "title": "Giant African Millipede", "scientific_name": "Archispirostreptus gigas", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical forest and moist woodland of East Africa, from around Kenya and Tanzania south toward Mozambique, in leaf litter and rotting logs.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-african-millipede" }, { "slug": "giant-anteater", "title": "Giant Anteater", "scientific_name": "Myrmecophaga tridactyla", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Grassland, savanna, wetland, and forest from Honduras through Central America and across South America to northern Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-anteater" }, { "slug": "giant-clam", "title": "Giant Clam", "scientific_name": "Tridacna gigas", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm, shallow, clear coral-reef waters of the Indo-Pacific — the reefs of Southeast Asia, the Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia, and the central Pacific islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-clam" }, { "slug": "giant-freshwater-stingray", "title": "Giant Freshwater Stingray", "scientific_name": "Urogymnus polylepis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Large rivers and estuaries of Southeast Asia — the Mekong, Chao Phraya, Mae Klong, and Bang Pakong in Thailand and Cambodia, and rivers of Borneo, Sumatra, and New Guinea; enters brackish water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-freshwater-stingray" }, { "slug": "giant-grouper", "title": "Giant Grouper", "scientific_name": "Epinephelus lanceolatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coral reefs, rocky reefs, estuaries, and harbours of the Indo-Pacific — the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia, and north to Japan and south to Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-grouper" }, { "slug": "giant-guitarfish", "title": "Giant Guitarfish", "scientific_name": "Glaucostegus typus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Shallow coastal waters, estuaries, and sandy flats of the tropical Indo-West Pacific — from East Africa and the Red Sea through South and Southeast Asia to northern Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-guitarfish" }, { "slug": "giant-huntsman-spider", "title": "Giant Huntsman Spider", "scientific_name": "Heteropoda maxima", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Limestone caves and cave entrances in Khammouan Province, Laos. Other huntsman species are widespread through the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate regions worldwide, including all of Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-huntsman-spider" }, { "slug": "giant-isopod", "title": "Giant Isopod", "scientific_name": "Bathynomus giganteus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Cold, dark waters of the deep ocean floor, mostly 150–2,500 m down, on the continental slopes of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Bathynomus is a genus of about 20 species worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-isopod" }, { "slug": "giant-oarfish", "title": "Giant Oarfish", "scientific_name": "Regalecus glesne", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The open ocean worldwide in temperate and tropical latitudes, mostly in the mesopelagic (\"twilight\") zone; strandings occur on coasts everywhere from California to New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-oarfish" }, { "slug": "giant-otter", "title": "Giant Otter", "scientific_name": "Pteronura brasiliensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Slow rivers, oxbow lakes, and flooded forest of the Amazon, Orinoco, and La Plata river systems in tropical South America; extinct in Argentina and nearly so in several other countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-otter" }, { "slug": "giant-pacific-octopus", "title": "Giant Pacific Octopus", "scientific_name": "Enteroctopus dofleini", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The cold northern Pacific rim — from southern California up the coast to Alaska, and across to Russia, Japan, and Korea — from the intertidal zone to about 2,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-pacific-octopus" }, { "slug": "giant-squid", "title": "Giant Squid", "scientific_name": "Architeuthis dux", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "All the world's oceans except the high Arctic and Antarctic, in deep water over continental and island slopes.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-squid" }, { "slug": "giant-tube-worm", "title": "Giant Tube Worm", "scientific_name": "Riftia pachyptila", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise and Galápagos Rift, roughly 2,000–2,800 m down, off the western coasts of the Americas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-tube-worm" }, { "slug": "giant-water-bug", "title": "Giant Water Bug", "scientific_name": "Lethocerus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Ponds, marshes, ditches, rice paddies, and slow streams worldwide except the coldest regions; the largest species live in the Americas, and others across Asia, Africa, and Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-water-bug" }, { "slug": "giant-weta", "title": "Giant Weta", "scientific_name": "Deinacrida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "New Zealand only — offshore islands such as Little Barrier (Hauturu) and Mahoenui, alpine scree fields of the South Island, and a few predator-fenced mainland reserves.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/giant-weta" }, { "slug": "gila-monster", "title": "Gila Monster", "scientific_name": "Heloderma suspectum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts and adjacent scrub of the southwestern United States (Arizona, and parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/gila-monster" }, { "slug": "glass-frog", "title": "Glass Frog", "scientific_name": "Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Humid lowland and mid-elevation forests along streams from southern Mexico through Central America to Ecuador and Venezuela.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/glass-frog" }, { "slug": "glowworm", "title": "New Zealand Glowworm", "scientific_name": "Arachnocampa luminosa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Endemic to New Zealand — the ceilings of limestone caves, and shaded, damp, overhanging banks in native forest and along streams, on both main islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/glowworm" }, { "slug": "goblin-shark", "title": "Goblin Shark", "scientific_name": "Mitsukurina owstoni", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deep water — mostly 270–960 m, occasionally to ~1,300 m — on continental slopes and seamounts in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with a concentration of records off Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goblin-shark" }, { "slug": "golden-eagle", "title": "Golden Eagle", "scientific_name": "Aquila chrysaetos", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across the Northern Hemisphere — western North America, North Africa, and much of Europe and Asia — favouring open and mountainous country.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-eagle" }, { "slug": "golden-mantella", "title": "Golden Mantella", "scientific_name": "Mantella aurantiaca", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A small area of low plateau rainforest and swamp forest near Moramanga in central-eastern Madagascar, around 900–1,000 m elevation.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-mantella" }, { "slug": "golden-poison-frog", "title": "Golden Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Phyllobates terribilis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A small region of lowland rainforest on the Pacific coast of Colombia, in the Cauca Department near the San Juan River.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "golden-toad", "title": "Golden Toad", "scientific_name": "Incilius periglenes", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Formerly the Monteverde Cloud Forest area of the Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica, at around 1,500–1,600 m; now considered to occur nowhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/golden-toad" }, { "slug": "goldfish", "title": "Goldfish", "scientific_name": "Carassius auratus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to East Asia. Kept worldwide as an ornamental fish; established feral and invasive populations across North America, Europe, Australia, and beyond.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goldfish" }, { "slug": "goliath-beetle", "title": "Goliath Beetle", "scientific_name": "Goliathus goliatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical rainforest and forest edges across equatorial Africa — from the Congo Basin west to the Guinean forests and east into East Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goliath-beetle" }, { "slug": "goliath-frog", "title": "Goliath Frog", "scientific_name": "Conraua goliath", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A small area of fast-flowing rainforest rivers in southern Cameroon and northern Equatorial Guinea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goliath-frog" }, { "slug": "goliath-tigerfish", "title": "Goliath Tigerfish", "scientific_name": "Hydrocynus goliath", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Congo River basin of central Africa — the main river and major tributaries, plus Lake Tanganyika, Lake Upemba, and the Lualaba system — in warm, well-oxygenated, often fast-flowing water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/goliath-tigerfish" }, { "slug": "great-argus", "title": "Great Argus", "scientific_name": "Argusianus argus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, generally below about 1,300 m, in tall, undisturbed primary and old secondary forest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-argus" }, { "slug": "great-barracuda", "title": "Great Barracuda", "scientific_name": "Sphyraena barracuda", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide (except the eastern Pacific) — reefs, seagrass, mangroves, and open water near the coast.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-barracuda" }, { "slug": "great-blue-heron", "title": "Great Blue Heron", "scientific_name": "Ardea herodias", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wetlands, lake and river shores, estuaries, and coasts across most of North and Central America, from Alaska and Quebec to Panama and the Galápagos; northern birds migrate south for winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-blue-heron" }, { "slug": "great-crested-newt", "title": "Great Crested Newt", "scientific_name": "Triturus cristatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Ponds and surrounding rough grassland, scrub, and woodland across northern and central Europe, from Britain and France east to the Urals; absent from Ireland and most of Iberia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-crested-newt" }, { "slug": "great-grey-owl", "title": "Great Grey Owl", "scientific_name": "Strix nebulosa", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The boreal and montane conifer forests of Canada, Alaska, the northern and western United States, Fennoscandia, and across Russia to the Pacific.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-grey-owl" }, { "slug": "great-hammerhead-shark", "title": "Great Hammerhead Shark", "scientific_name": "Sphyrna mokarran", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm temperate and tropical seas worldwide, roughly between 40°N and 35°S, in coastal waters, over reefs, and across the open ocean.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-hammerhead-shark" }, { "slug": "great-horned-owl", "title": "Great Horned Owl", "scientific_name": "Bubo virginianus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From the Arctic tree line of Alaska and Canada to the southern tip of South America — forest, desert, swamp, grassland, mountains, farmland, and cities.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/great-horned-owl" }, { "slug": "greater-bird-of-paradise", "title": "Greater Bird-of-paradise", "scientific_name": "Paradisaea apoda", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of the Aru Islands and southwestern New Guinea; introduced to Little Tobago in 1909–1912.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-bird-of-paradise" }, { "slug": "greater-honeyguide", "title": "Greater Honeyguide", "scientific_name": "Indicator indicator", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland, savanna, bush, and forest edge across most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Ethiopia south to South Africa, wherever wild honeybees and hole-nesting host birds occur.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-honeyguide" }, { "slug": "greater-rhea", "title": "Greater Rhea", "scientific_name": "Rhea americana", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Grassland, savanna, and open woodland (the pampas, cerrado, and chaco) of eastern South America — Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-rhea" }, { "slug": "greater-roadrunner", "title": "Greater Roadrunner", "scientific_name": "Geococcyx californianus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The deserts, scrub, grasslands, and open woodland of the southwestern United States and much of Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-roadrunner" }, { "slug": "greater-sage-grouse", "title": "Greater Sage-grouse", "scientific_name": "Centrocercus urophasianus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The sagebrush steppe of western North America — parts of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, California, and adjacent states, and small areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-sage-grouse" }, { "slug": "greater-siren", "title": "Greater Siren", "scientific_name": "Siren lacertina", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Heavily vegetated ponds, marshes, ditches, swamps, and slow streams of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, from Maryland to Florida and west to Alabama.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greater-siren" }, { "slug": "green-and-black-poison-frog", "title": "Green-and-black Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Dendrobates auratus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and foothill rainforest from southeastern Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to northwestern Colombia; an introduced population on Oahu, Hawaii.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-and-black-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "green-basilisk", "title": "Green Basilisk", "scientific_name": "Basiliscus plumifrons", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland rainforest along rivers, streams, and ponds from eastern Honduras and Nicaragua through Costa Rica to western Panama.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-basilisk" }, { "slug": "green-darner", "title": "Common Green Darner", "scientific_name": "Anax junius", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across North America into Central America and the Caribbean, plus parts of Asia; breeds in ponds, marshes, ditches, and slow streams, and ranges widely as an adult.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-darner" }, { "slug": "green-iguana", "title": "Green Iguana", "scientific_name": "Iguana iguana", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native from Mexico through Central America to Paraguay and the Caribbean; introduced and invasive in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-iguana" }, { "slug": "green-moray-eel", "title": "Green Moray Eel", "scientific_name": "Gymnothorax funebris", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The western Atlantic from New Jersey and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean to Brazil, and the eastern Atlantic around Ascension Island — on reefs, rocky shores, and wrecks.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-moray-eel" }, { "slug": "green-tree-python", "title": "Green Tree Python", "scientific_name": "Morelia viridis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of New Guinea and its satellite islands, the eastern Indonesian archipelago (including Aru and Raja Ampat), and the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula in Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/green-tree-python" }, { "slug": "greenland-shark", "title": "Greenland Shark", "scientific_name": "Somniosus microcephalus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "polar", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The cold deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic — around Greenland, Iceland, Canada, Norway, and Svalbard, from the surface in winter to over 2,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/greenland-shark" }, { "slug": "grey-crowned-crane", "title": "Grey Crowned Crane", "scientific_name": "Balearica regulorum", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Eastern and southern Africa — from Kenya, Uganda, and the DRC south through Tanzania and Zambia to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and eastern South Africa — in marshes, wet grassland, and adjacent farmland and savanna.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/grey-crowned-crane" }, { "slug": "hagfish", "title": "Hagfish", "scientific_name": "Myxini", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Cold and temperate seabeds worldwide, from shallow coastal mud to the deep sea below 2,000 m; absent from fresh water and the polar oceans.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hagfish" }, { "slug": "hairy-frog", "title": "Hairy Frog", "scientific_name": "Trichobatrachus robustus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fast-flowing streams in lowland and mid-elevation rainforest of Central Africa — Cameroon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the DRC.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hairy-frog" }, { "slug": "hamerkop", "title": "Hamerkop", "scientific_name": "Scopus umbretta", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and southwestern Arabia, near almost any shallow fresh water — rivers, marshes, estuaries, rice fields, farm dams, and roadside ditches.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hamerkop" }, { "slug": "harp-seal", "title": "Harp Seal", "scientific_name": "Pagophilus groenlandicus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans — three populations breed off eastern Canada, around Greenland and Jan Mayen, and in the White Sea of Russia, migrating far north to feed in summer.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/harp-seal" }, { "slug": "harpy-eagle", "title": "Harpy Eagle", "scientific_name": "Harpia harpyja", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America and Amazonia to northern Argentina; now rare or absent across much of the northern range.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/harpy-eagle" }, { "slug": "hatchetfish", "title": "Marine Hatchetfish", "scientific_name": "Sternoptychidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The open ocean worldwide except the Arctic and Antarctic surface, in the mid-water twilight and deeper zones of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hatchetfish" }, { "slug": "hawksbill-turtle", "title": "Hawksbill Sea Turtle", "scientific_name": "Eretmochelys imbricata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical coral reefs, rocky areas, lagoons, and mangrove estuaries of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, roughly between 30°N and 30°S.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hawksbill-turtle" }, { "slug": "hellbender", "title": "Hellbender", "scientific_name": "Cryptobranchus alleganiensis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, fast, rocky rivers and large streams of the eastern United States — from New York and Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Missouri and Arkansas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hellbender" }, { "slug": "helmeted-hornbill", "title": "Helmeted Hornbill", "scientific_name": "Rhinoplax vigil", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, below about 1,500 m, dependent on tall, undisturbed forest with large fruiting and nesting trees.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/helmeted-hornbill" }, { "slug": "hercules-beetle", "title": "Hercules Beetle", "scientific_name": "Dynastes hercules", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The rainforests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico and Central America through the Amazon basin to Bolivia, plus some Caribbean islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hercules-beetle" }, { "slug": "hermit-crab", "title": "Hermit Crab", "scientific_name": "Paguroidea", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every ocean, from tide pools and coral reefs to the deep sea; land hermit crabs on tropical and subtropical coasts and islands worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hermit-crab" }, { "slug": "hoatzin", "title": "Hoatzin", "scientific_name": "Opisthocomus hoazin", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Riverside and swamp forest, and the edges of oxbow lakes and mangroves, throughout the Amazon and Orinoco river basins of northern South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/hoatzin" }, { "slug": "honey-badger", "title": "Honey Badger", "scientific_name": "Mellivora capensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Most of sub-Saharan Africa, plus the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, in almost every habitat except true rainforest and extreme desert.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/honey-badger" }, { "slug": "honeybee", "title": "Honeybee", "scientific_name": "Apis mellifera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Native to Europe, western Asia, and Africa; introduced by beekeepers to every continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/honeybee" }, { "slug": "humpback-whale", "title": "Humpback Whale", "scientific_name": "Megaptera novaeangliae", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "All major oceans. Feeds in cold, productive waters toward the poles in summer; breeds and calves in warm tropical and subtropical waters in winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/humpback-whale" }, { "slug": "humphead-wrasse", "title": "Humphead Wrasse", "scientific_name": "Cheilinus undulatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the central Pacific, and north to southern Japan and south to New Caledonia; adults favour steep outer reef slopes and channels.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/humphead-wrasse" }, { "slug": "iberian-lynx", "title": "Iberian Lynx", "scientific_name": "Lynx pardinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Mediterranean scrubland (matorral), open woodland, and pasture mosaics of southern and central Spain and southern Portugal, especially in Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, and the Alentejo.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/iberian-lynx" }, { "slug": "iberian-ribbed-newt", "title": "Iberian Ribbed Newt", "scientific_name": "Pleurodeles waltl", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Iberian Peninsula (most of Spain and Portugal) and parts of Morocco, in still and slow water — ponds, ditches, cisterns, slow streams, and flooded areas, often staying aquatic year-round.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/iberian-ribbed-newt" }, { "slug": "immortal-jellyfish", "title": "Immortal Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Turritopsis dohrnii", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical seas worldwide, in coastal and open water; native to the Mediterranean, now recorded from the Atlantic, Pacific, and beyond.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/immortal-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "impala", "title": "Impala", "scientific_name": "Aepyceros melampus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland edge, savanna, and acacia scrub near water across eastern and southern Africa; a genetically distinct subspecies, the black-faced impala, survives in northwestern Namibia and Angola.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/impala" }, { "slug": "indian-cobra", "title": "Indian Cobra", "scientific_name": "Naja naja", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Indian subcontinent — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan — in fields, forest edges, wetlands, and around villages and towns.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/indian-cobra" }, { "slug": "indian-peafowl", "title": "Indian Peafowl", "scientific_name": "Pavo cristatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh — open forest, scrub, farmland, and villages. Introduced and feral in many countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/indian-peafowl" }, { "slug": "inland-taipan", "title": "Inland Taipan", "scientific_name": "Oxyuranus microlepidotus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The remote, dry \"channel country\" of central-eastern Australia — the cracking clay floodplains and gibber plains where Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory meet.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/inland-taipan" }, { "slug": "jacksons-chameleon", "title": "Jackson's Chameleon", "scientific_name": "Trioceros jacksonii", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, humid montane forest and shrubland of central Kenya and northern Tanzania, mostly 1,600–2,400 m. Introduced and established in Hawaii, and locally in Florida and California.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jacksons-chameleon" }, { "slug": "japanese-fire-belly-newt", "title": "Japanese Fire-belly Newt", "scientific_name": "Cynops pyrrhogaster", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to Japan — Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu — in still and slow water such as rice paddies, ponds, ditches, marshes, and slow streams, and adjacent damp woodland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/japanese-fire-belly-newt" }, { "slug": "japanese-giant-salamander", "title": "Japanese Giant Salamander", "scientific_name": "Andrias japonicus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Cool, fast, well-oxygenated mountain rivers and streams of western Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu in Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/japanese-giant-salamander" }, { "slug": "japanese-macaque", "title": "Japanese Macaque", "scientific_name": "Macaca fuscata", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Three of Japan's four main islands — Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu — from subtropical forest in the south to snow-covered mountains in the north.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/japanese-macaque" }, { "slug": "japanese-spider-crab", "title": "Japanese Spider Crab", "scientific_name": "Macrocheira kaempferi", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The deep continental slope and outer shelf around Japan, especially off the Pacific coast of Honshu, with records from Taiwan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/japanese-spider-crab" }, { "slug": "jumping-spider", "title": "Jumping Spider", "scientific_name": "Salticidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide — grassland, forest, desert, mountains (including the highest known permanent animal residents on Everest), gardens, and the walls of houses.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/jumping-spider" }, { "slug": "kagu", "title": "Kagu", "scientific_name": "Rhynochetos jubatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Endemic to the main island of New Caledonia (Grande Terre), in humid closed-canopy forest and shrubland, mostly in the mountainous interior.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kagu" }, { "slug": "kakapo", "title": "Kakapo", "scientific_name": "Strigops habroptilus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "New Zealand only. Once across both main islands; now confined to a handful of predator-free offshore islands and fenced sanctuaries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kakapo" }, { "slug": "kea", "title": "Kea", "scientific_name": "Nestor notabilis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Southern Alps and western ranges of New Zealand's South Island — alpine tussock, scrub, and southern beech forest from valley floors to above the snowline.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kea" }, { "slug": "king-penguin", "title": "King Penguin", "scientific_name": "Aptenodytes patagonicus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Sub-Antarctic islands — South Georgia, the Crozet, Kerguelen, Prince Edward, and Macquarie islands, and the Falklands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/king-penguin" }, { "slug": "king-vulture", "title": "King Vulture", "scientific_name": "Sarcoramphus papa", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland tropical forest, forest edge, and adjacent savanna from southern Mexico through Central America to northern Argentina and Uruguay.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/king-vulture" }, { "slug": "kinkajou", "title": "Kinkajou", "scientific_name": "Potos flavus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland tropical forest from southern Mexico through Central America and the Amazon Basin to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia, almost entirely in the forest canopy.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/kinkajou" }, { "slug": "koala", "title": "Koala", "scientific_name": "Phascolarctos cinereus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Eucalyptus woodlands and forests of eastern and southeastern Australia — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/koala" }, { "slug": "large-flying-fox", "title": "Large Flying Fox", "scientific_name": "Pteropus vampyrus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland forests, mangroves, and agricultural land of Southeast Asia — Myanmar and Thailand through Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/large-flying-fox" }, { "slug": "largetooth-sawfish", "title": "Largetooth Sawfish", "scientific_name": "Pristis pristis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Historically tropical and subtropical coasts, estuaries, and rivers worldwide — over 90 countries across the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Now largely restricted to northern Australia, with scattered survivors elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/largetooth-sawfish" }, { "slug": "laughing-kookaburra", "title": "Laughing Kookaburra", "scientific_name": "Dacelo novaeguineae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Open forest, woodland, farmland with scattered trees, and suburban parks and gardens across eastern and (introduced) western Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/laughing-kookaburra" }, { "slug": "leaf-tailed-gecko", "title": "Leaf-tailed Gecko", "scientific_name": "Uroplatus phantasticus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Humid montane and lowland rainforest of eastern and central-eastern Madagascar, on low vegetation and in the understory.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leaf-tailed-gecko" }, { "slug": "leafcutter-ant", "title": "Leafcutter Ant", "scientific_name": "Atta cephalotes", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The lowland tropics of Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina — rainforest, dry forest, savanna, and farmland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leafcutter-ant" }, { "slug": "leafy-seadragon", "title": "Leafy Seadragon", "scientific_name": "Phycodurus eques", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Temperate coastal waters of southern Australia — from around Lancelin in Western Australia east to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria — over rocky reef, kelp, and seagrass to about 50 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leafy-seadragon" }, { "slug": "leatherback-turtle", "title": "Leatherback Sea Turtle", "scientific_name": "Dermochelys coriacea", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "All the world's oceans, from the tropics to sub-polar waters off Norway, Alaska, and New Zealand; nests on tropical and subtropical beaches.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leatherback-turtle" }, { "slug": "leopard-gecko", "title": "Leopard Gecko", "scientific_name": "Eublepharis macularius", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The rocky deserts, dry grasslands, and scrub of Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwestern India, and Iran.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leopard-gecko" }, { "slug": "leopard-seal", "title": "Leopard Seal", "scientific_name": "Hydrurga leptonyx", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The pack ice and cold waters around Antarctica, with individuals ranging north to the sub-Antarctic islands and, occasionally, temperate coasts.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/leopard-seal" }, { "slug": "lions-mane-jellyfish", "title": "Lion's Mane Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Cyanea capillata", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Cool and cold waters of the northern hemisphere — the Arctic, the North Atlantic south to about the English Channel and New England, and the North Pacific; related giant Cyanea occur off Australia and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lions-mane-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "loggerhead-turtle", "title": "Loggerhead Sea Turtle", "scientific_name": "Caretta caretta", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Temperate and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean; major nesting on the coasts of the southeastern US, Cape Verde, Oman, Australia, and Greece.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/loggerhead-turtle" }, { "slug": "lowland-tapir", "title": "Lowland Tapir", "scientific_name": "Tapirus terrestris", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Forest, wooded savanna, and wetlands east of the Andes across most of tropical South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to northern Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/lowland-tapir" }, { "slug": "madagascar-hissing-cockroach", "title": "Madagascar Hissing Cockroach", "scientific_name": "Gromphadorhina portentosa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Endemic to Madagascar, where it lives on the floor of tropical forest among leaf litter and rotting logs; now kept in captivity worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/madagascar-hissing-cockroach" }, { "slug": "magnificent-frigatebird", "title": "Magnificent Frigatebird", "scientific_name": "Fregata magnificens", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and subtropical coasts and islands of the Americas — the Atlantic from Florida to Brazil and the Pacific from Mexico to Ecuador and the Galápagos, plus the Cape Verde islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/magnificent-frigatebird" }, { "slug": "malagasy-rainbow-frog", "title": "Malagasy Rainbow Frog", "scientific_name": "Scaphiophryne gottlebei", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The sandstone canyons of the Isalo Massif and a few nearby sites in south-central Madagascar — an area of only around 100 square kilometres of suitable habitat.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/malagasy-rainbow-frog" }, { "slug": "mallard", "title": "Mallard", "scientific_name": "Anas platyrhynchos", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Across the Northern Hemisphere — North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa — and introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. Uses almost any fresh or brackish water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mallard" }, { "slug": "mandarinfish", "title": "Mandarinfish", "scientific_name": "Synchiropus splendidus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sheltered lagoons and inshore reefs of the western Pacific — the Ryukyu Islands of Japan south through the Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea to northern Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mandarinfish" }, { "slug": "mandrill", "title": "Mandrill", "scientific_name": "Mandrillus sphinx", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Dense lowland and montane rainforest of west-central Africa — southern Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo, roughly between the Sanaga and Ogooué rivers.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mandrill" }, { "slug": "maned-wolf", "title": "Maned Wolf", "scientific_name": "Chrysocyon brachyurus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The grasslands, savannas (cerrado), and wetland edges of central South America — Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Peru.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/maned-wolf" }, { "slug": "manta-ray", "title": "Manta Ray", "scientific_name": "Mobula birostris", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal reefs and seamounts to the open sea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/manta-ray" }, { "slug": "marabou-stork", "title": "Marabou Stork", "scientific_name": "Leptoptilos crumenifer", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa — open savanna, grassland, wetlands, lake shores, and, increasingly, towns and cities, wherever there is food and large trees or cliffs for colonial nesting.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marabou-stork" }, { "slug": "marbled-salamander", "title": "Marbled Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma opacum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Deciduous and mixed forest with vernal (seasonal) pools across the eastern United States, from New England and the Great Lakes south to Florida and Texas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marbled-salamander" }, { "slug": "marine-iguana", "title": "Marine Iguana", "scientific_name": "Amblyrhynchus cristatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador — the rocky shores, lava fields, and shallow coastal waters of almost every island.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marine-iguana" }, { "slug": "marsupial-frog", "title": "Marsupial Frog", "scientific_name": "Gastrotheca", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Central and South America — from southern Mexico through Central America and along the Andes to Bolivia and Argentina, plus lowland Amazonia and southeastern Brazil, mostly in humid forest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/marsupial-frog" }, { "slug": "matamata-turtle", "title": "Matamata Turtle", "scientific_name": "Chelus fimbriata", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow, murky, blackwater rivers, streams, swamps, and flooded forest of the Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/matamata-turtle" }, { "slug": "meerkat", "title": "Meerkat", "scientific_name": "Suricata suricatta", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The dry open country of southern Africa — the Kalahari, the Namib fringes, and the scrublands of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/meerkat" }, { "slug": "megamouth-shark", "title": "Megamouth Shark", "scientific_name": "Megachasma pelagios", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and temperate waters of all three major oceans, recorded from the surface down to at least 1,000 m, with clusters of records off Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, California, and Hawaii.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/megamouth-shark" }, { "slug": "mexican-beaded-lizard", "title": "Mexican Beaded Lizard", "scientific_name": "Heloderma horridum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Pacific slopes and interior valleys of Mexico from Sonora south to Chiapas, plus a small area of Guatemala, in tropical dry forest, thorn scrub, and semi-desert, often near seasonal watercourses.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mexican-beaded-lizard" }, { "slug": "milk-snake", "title": "Milk Snake", "scientific_name": "Lampropeltis triangulum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "One of the widest ranges of any New World snake — southeastern Canada through the eastern and central United States and all of Mexico and Central America to Ecuador and Venezuela.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/milk-snake" }, { "slug": "mimic-poison-frog", "title": "Mimic Poison Frog", "scientific_name": "Ranitomeya imitator", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland and foothill rainforest of the northern and central Peruvian Amazon, chiefly in the San Martín and Loreto regions, on the eastern slopes and lowlands below the Andes.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mimic-poison-frog" }, { "slug": "moon-jellyfish", "title": "Moon Jellyfish", "scientific_name": "Aurelia aurita", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coastal and shelf seas nearly worldwide, from the tropics to near the poles, especially in sheltered, nutrient-rich waters such as harbours, estuaries, and fjords; often near the surface.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/moon-jellyfish" }, { "slug": "moose", "title": "Moose", "scientific_name": "Alces alces", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The northern forests of North America, Scandinavia, and Russia — the circumboreal band of taiga, mixed woodland, and wetland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/moose" }, { "slug": "mudpuppy", "title": "Mudpuppy", "scientific_name": "Necturus maculosus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lakes, rivers, and large streams of eastern North America, from southern Canada through the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin to the southeastern United States.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mudpuppy" }, { "slug": "muskox", "title": "Muskox", "scientific_name": "Ovibos moschatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Arctic tundra of northern Canada and Greenland; reintroduced to Alaska, and introduced to Arctic Russia, Norway, and Sweden. Historically also across northern Eurasia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/muskox" }, { "slug": "mute-swan", "title": "Mute Swan", "scientific_name": "Cygnus olor", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to temperate Europe and western/central Asia, in lakes, rivers, marshes, and sheltered coasts; introduced and established in North America, southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/mute-swan" }, { "slug": "naked-mole-rat", "title": "Naked Mole-Rat", "scientific_name": "Heterocephalus glaber", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The hot, dry savannas and semi-deserts of the Horn of Africa — Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya — in areas with deep, workable soil.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/naked-mole-rat" }, { "slug": "narwhal", "title": "Narwhal", "scientific_name": "Monodon monoceros", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The high Arctic — the waters and fjords of Canada, Greenland, Svalbard, and the Russian Arctic, following the pack ice edge through the year.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/narwhal" }, { "slug": "natterjack-toad", "title": "Natterjack Toad", "scientific_name": "Epidalea calamita", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "coastal", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sandy coastal and lowland habitats of western and central Europe — dunes, heaths, salt marsh upper edges, and sandy grassland — from Iberia and Britain east to Poland and the Baltic states.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/natterjack-toad" }, { "slug": "net-casting-spider", "title": "Net-casting Spider", "scientific_name": "Deinopidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate regions worldwide — Australia (where they are common in gardens), Africa, southern Asia, and the Americas — in low shrubs and foliage near the ground.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/net-casting-spider" }, { "slug": "nile-crocodile", "title": "Nile Crocodile", "scientific_name": "Crocodylus niloticus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Fresh and brackish waters across sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile basin — rivers, lakes, swamps, and estuaries — plus Madagascar.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/nile-crocodile" }, { "slug": "nine-banded-armadillo", "title": "Nine-banded Armadillo", "scientific_name": "Dasypus novemcinctus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "From central Argentina north through South and Central America and, since about 1850, across the southern and central United States as far as Illinois, Nebraska, and the mid-Atlantic.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/nine-banded-armadillo" }, { "slug": "north-american-beaver", "title": "North American Beaver", "scientific_name": "Castor canadensis", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Across North America from the Arctic tree line to northern Mexico, wherever there is fresh water and woody vegetation; introduced to Finland and parts of South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/north-american-beaver" }, { "slug": "northern-cardinal", "title": "Northern Cardinal", "scientific_name": "Cardinalis cardinalis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada, Mexico, and northern Central America — woodland edges, thickets, hedgerows, parks, and suburban gardens.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-cardinal" }, { "slug": "northern-gannet", "title": "Northern Gannet", "scientific_name": "Morus bassanus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The North Atlantic — breeding on islands and cliffs around the British Isles, Iceland, Norway, eastern Canada, and France; wintering at sea south to West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-gannet" }, { "slug": "northern-leopard-frog", "title": "Northern Leopard Frog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates pipiens", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Southern Canada and the northern and central United States east of the Rockies, with scattered and much-reduced western populations; introduced in a few areas farther west.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-leopard-frog" }, { "slug": "northern-snakehead", "title": "Northern Snakehead", "scientific_name": "Channa argus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to the rivers and wetlands of eastern China, Korea, and the Russian Far East (Amur basin); introduced and established in the Potomac and other drainages of the eastern US.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/northern-snakehead" }, { "slug": "numbat", "title": "Numbat", "scientific_name": "Myrmecobius fasciatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Historically much of southern Australia; now restricted to a few areas of eucalypt woodland in southwestern Western Australia, plus fenced reintroduction sites.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/numbat" }, { "slug": "ocean-sunfish", "title": "Ocean Sunfish", "scientific_name": "Mola mola", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Temperate and tropical waters of every ocean, from the surface down to around 600 m; often seen near coasts and at the surface in summer.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ocean-sunfish" }, { "slug": "oilbird", "title": "Oilbird", "scientific_name": "Steatornis caripensis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Northern South America and Trinidad — the Andes and foothills of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, plus the Guianas and northern Brazil, wherever suitable caves lie within reach of fruiting forest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/oilbird" }, { "slug": "okapi", "title": "Okapi", "scientific_name": "Okapia johnstoni", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The dense tropical rainforest of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mainly in the Ituri Forest and the Okapi Wildlife Reserve.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/okapi" }, { "slug": "olive-ridley-sea-turtle", "title": "Olive Ridley Sea Turtle", "scientific_name": "Lepidochelys olivacea", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate waters of the Pacific, Indian, and southern Atlantic Oceans; nests on tropical beaches, with major arribada sites on the Pacific coast of the Americas and the east coast of India.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/olive-ridley-sea-turtle" }, { "slug": "olm", "title": "Olm", "scientific_name": "Proteus anguinus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The flooded limestone cave systems of the Dinaric karst — Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a sliver of Italy.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/olm" }, { "slug": "opah", "title": "Opah", "scientific_name": "Lampris guttatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and temperate waters of all oceans, in the open sea at depths of roughly 50 to 500 m; more than one species is now recognised.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/opah" }, { "slug": "orchid-mantis", "title": "Orchid Mantis", "scientific_name": "Hymenopus coronatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia — Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo), Thailand, and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/orchid-mantis" }, { "slug": "oriental-fire-bellied-toad", "title": "Oriental Fire-bellied Toad", "scientific_name": "Bombina orientalis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, ditches, streams, and flooded fields in forest and farmland across northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, far southeastern Russia, and parts of Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/oriental-fire-bellied-toad" }, { "slug": "osprey", "title": "Osprey", "scientific_name": "Pandion haliaetus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica — breeds across North America, Europe, and northern Asia, and resident in parts of Australia, the tropics, and the Caribbean, always near fish-bearing water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/osprey" }, { "slug": "ostrich", "title": "Ostrich", "scientific_name": "Struthio camelus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The dry open country of sub-Saharan Africa, with a separate population in the Sahel and formerly across North Africa and Arabia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ostrich" }, { "slug": "pacific-chorus-frog", "title": "Pacific Chorus Frog", "scientific_name": "Pseudacris regilla", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Western North America from British Columbia south through Washington, Oregon, California, and into Baja California and Nevada, from sea level to high mountains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pacific-chorus-frog" }, { "slug": "pacu", "title": "Pacu", "scientific_name": "Piaractus brachypomus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Amazon and Orinoco river basins of South America, especially seasonally flooded forest (várzea and igapó); widely farmed, and feral in warm waters on several other continents.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pacu" }, { "slug": "painted-turtle", "title": "Painted Turtle", "scientific_name": "Chrysemys picta", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Ponds, marshes, ditches, slow streams, and lake margins across most of North America, from Nova Scotia and British Columbia south to Louisiana and the northern Chihuahuan Desert.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/painted-turtle" }, { "slug": "pallass-cat", "title": "Pallas's Cat", "scientific_name": "Otocolobus manul", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "mountains", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Steppe grassland, semi-desert, and rocky montane slopes across Central Asia — from Iran and the Caucasus through Mongolia and the Tibetan Plateau to central China and southern Russia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pallass-cat" }, { "slug": "panamanian-golden-frog", "title": "Panamanian Golden Frog", "scientific_name": "Atelopus zeteki", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Formerly the wet montane and cloud forests of the Cordillera Central of west-central Panama, near fast-flowing streams between about 300 and 1,300 m; now confined to captivity.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/panamanian-golden-frog" }, { "slug": "pangolin", "title": "Pangolin", "scientific_name": "Manis javanica", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Sunda pangolin lives in Southeast Asia — Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java — in forest, plantation, and gardens. Three other species live elsewhere in Asia and four in Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pangolin" }, { "slug": "panther-chameleon", "title": "Panther Chameleon", "scientific_name": "Furcifer pardalis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Northern and eastern Madagascar, plus introduced populations on nearby islands including Réunion and Mauritius, in warm, humid lowland forest and scrub.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/panther-chameleon" }, { "slug": "paradise-flying-snake", "title": "Paradise Flying Snake", "scientific_name": "Chrysopelea paradisi", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rainforest, monsoon forest, parks, and gardens of Southeast Asia — southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Borneo — usually in trees and around buildings.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/paradise-flying-snake" }, { "slug": "parrotfish", "title": "Parrotfish", "scientific_name": "Scaridae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and subtropical coral reefs, rocky reefs, and seagrass beds worldwide, in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/parrotfish" }, { "slug": "peacock-flounder", "title": "Peacock Flounder", "scientific_name": "Bothus lunatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shallow reefs, seagrass beds, and sandy lagoons of the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean, from Florida and Bermuda to Brazil, and around Ascension Island.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/peacock-flounder" }, { "slug": "peacock-mantis-shrimp", "title": "Peacock Mantis Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Odontodactylus scyllarus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coral reefs and rubble of the tropical Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea to Guam and northern Australia, from the shallows to about 40 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/peacock-mantis-shrimp" }, { "slug": "peacock-spider", "title": "Peacock Spider", "scientific_name": "Maratus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Australia (a few species in China), in leaf litter, low vegetation, dunes, grassland, and heath; many species are known only from a single locality or a small area.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/peacock-spider" }, { "slug": "peregrine-falcon", "title": "Peregrine Falcon", "scientific_name": "Falco peregrinus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "mountains", "coastal", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Worldwide except Antarctica and some tropical rainforests — cliffs, coasts, open country, and, increasingly, city skyscrapers.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/peregrine-falcon" }, { "slug": "perentie", "title": "Perentie", "scientific_name": "Varanus giganteus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The arid and semi-arid interior of Australia — rocky ranges, gorges, gibber plains, and sandy deserts with outcrops across Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and western Queensland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/perentie" }, { "slug": "periodical-cicada", "title": "Periodical Cicada", "scientific_name": "Magicicada septendecim", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Deciduous forests of the central and eastern United States. Different \"broods\" emerge in different years and regions; the 17-year cicadas are northern, the 13-year cicadas southern.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/periodical-cicada" }, { "slug": "pileated-woodpecker", "title": "Pileated Woodpecker", "scientific_name": "Dryocopus pileatus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Forested North America — across Canada's southern belt, the eastern United States, and the Pacific coast.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pileated-woodpecker" }, { "slug": "pill-millipede", "title": "Pill Millipede", "scientific_name": "Glomerida and Sphaerotheriida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical forests of Europe, Africa, Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia, and Australasia, in leaf litter, under logs and bark, and in soil; the giant species are Old World tropical.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pill-millipede" }, { "slug": "pistol-shrimp", "title": "Pistol Shrimp", "scientific_name": "Alpheidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and temperate seas worldwide — coral reefs, rocky reefs, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, mangroves, and rubble bottoms, mostly in shallow water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pistol-shrimp" }, { "slug": "plains-zebra", "title": "Plains Zebra", "scientific_name": "Equus quagga", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The savannas and grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, from South Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/plains-zebra" }, { "slug": "platypus", "title": "Platypus", "scientific_name": "Ornithorhynchus anatinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The rivers, streams, and lakes of eastern Australia — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and all of Tasmania.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/platypus" }, { "slug": "portuguese-man-o-war", "title": "Portuguese Man o' War", "scientific_name": "Physalia physalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The warm surface waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, especially the tropics and subtropics; carried by wind and current, and blown onto beaches in large numbers.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/portuguese-man-o-war" }, { "slug": "praying-mantis", "title": "Praying Mantis", "scientific_name": "Mantis religiosa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, in warm and temperate grassland, scrub, and forest — most diverse in the tropics.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/praying-mantis" }, { "slug": "pronghorn", "title": "Pronghorn", "scientific_name": "Antilocapra americana", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The grasslands, sagebrush steppe, and deserts of western North America, from southern Canada through the United States into northern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pronghorn" }, { "slug": "pufferfish", "title": "Pufferfish", "scientific_name": "Takifugu rubripes", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The coastal waters of the northwestern Pacific around Japan, Korea, and China; other pufferfish species occur in warm seas and some rivers worldwide.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pufferfish" }, { "slug": "purple-frog", "title": "Purple Frog", "scientific_name": "Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Western Ghats mountains of southwestern India, in and around evergreen forest and seasonal streams, mostly on the western slopes.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/purple-frog" }, { "slug": "pygmy-marmoset", "title": "Pygmy Marmoset", "scientific_name": "Cebuella pygmaea", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The western Amazon basin — river-edge and floodplain rainforest of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/pygmy-marmoset" }, { "slug": "quokka", "title": "Quokka", "scientific_name": "Setonix brachyurus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Southwestern Western Australia — Rottnest Island, Bald Island, and scattered mainland forest and swamp patches in the far southwest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/quokka" }, { "slug": "raccoon", "title": "Raccoon", "scientific_name": "Procyon lotor", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native across southern Canada, the United States, and Mexico into Central America; introduced and established in continental Europe, the Caucasus, and Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/raccoon" }, { "slug": "red-backed-salamander", "title": "Red-backed Salamander", "scientific_name": "Plethodon cinereus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Moist deciduous and mixed forest of northeastern North America — from the Maritime provinces and Quebec through the Great Lakes states and south down the Appalachians to North Carolina.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-backed-salamander" }, { "slug": "red-eared-slider", "title": "Red-eared Slider", "scientific_name": "Trachemys scripta elegans", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to the Mississippi River basin and Gulf coast of the United States and northeastern Mexico; introduced and established across Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Australia, southern Africa, and South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-eared-slider" }, { "slug": "red-lionfish", "title": "Red Lionfish", "scientific_name": "Pterois volitans", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Native to the tropical Indo-Pacific and Red Sea; invasive throughout the western Atlantic from the US southeast to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico, and now spreading in the Mediterranean.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-lionfish" }, { "slug": "red-panda", "title": "Red Panda", "scientific_name": "Ailurus fulgens", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The temperate bamboo forests of the eastern Himalaya and southwestern China — Nepal, India, Bhutan, northern Myanmar, and China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-panda" }, { "slug": "red-piranha", "title": "Red-Bellied Piranha", "scientific_name": "Pygocentrus nattereri", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Amazon, Orinoco, Paraguay–Paraná, and São Francisco basins, and coastal rivers of the Guianas — in slow rivers, floodplain lakes, and flooded forest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/red-piranha" }, { "slug": "reef-stonefish", "title": "Reef Stonefish", "scientific_name": "Synanceia verrucosa", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Shallow coral reefs, rubble, seagrass, and sandy lagoons across the tropical Indo-Pacific — the Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia, and north to southern Japan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/reef-stonefish" }, { "slug": "reindeer", "title": "Reindeer", "scientific_name": "Rangifer tarandus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "forest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The circumpolar Arctic and subarctic — tundra, taiga, and mountains across northern North America, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Russia. Domesticated across northern Eurasia; introduced to some sub-Antarctic islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/reindeer" }, { "slug": "remora", "title": "Remora", "scientific_name": "Echeneidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm and temperate seas worldwide, wherever suitable large hosts are found — open ocean, reefs, and coastal waters, from the surface to a few hundred metres.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/remora" }, { "slug": "resplendent-quetzal", "title": "Resplendent Quetzal", "scientific_name": "Pharomachrus mocinno", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Humid highland cloud forest from southern Mexico (Chiapas) through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama, mostly between 1,200 and 3,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/resplendent-quetzal" }, { "slug": "reticulated-glass-frog", "title": "Reticulated Glass Frog", "scientific_name": "Hyalinobatrachium valerioi", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Humid lowland and foothill rainforest along fast, clear streams from Costa Rica and Panama south into Colombia and Ecuador.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/reticulated-glass-frog" }, { "slug": "rhinoceros-beetle", "title": "Rhinoceros Beetle", "scientific_name": "Dynastinae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and tropical regions worldwide, with the greatest diversity and the largest species in the rainforests of Central and South America and Southeast Asia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rhinoceros-beetle" }, { "slug": "rhinoceros-hornbill", "title": "Rhinoceros Hornbill", "scientific_name": "Buceros rhinoceros", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill rainforest of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and southern Thailand, generally below 1,400 m and dependent on tall, mature forest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rhinoceros-hornbill" }, { "slug": "ring-tailed-lemur", "title": "Ring-Tailed Lemur", "scientific_name": "Lemur catta", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The dry forests, spiny bush, and rocky canyons of southern and southwestern Madagascar.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ring-tailed-lemur" }, { "slug": "ringed-caecilian", "title": "Ringed Caecilian", "scientific_name": "Siphonops annulatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Much of South America east of the Andes — Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina — in moist forest soil, plantations, gardens, and pasture.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ringed-caecilian" }, { "slug": "rock-pigeon", "title": "Rock Pigeon", "scientific_name": "Columba livia", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "coastal", "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wild birds on sea cliffs and rocky inland gorges from Western Europe and North Africa to South Asia. Feral populations in cities on every continent except Antarctica.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rock-pigeon" }, { "slug": "rough-skinned-newt", "title": "Rough-skinned Newt", "scientific_name": "Taricha granulosa", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Moist coniferous forest, ponds, lakes, and slow streams along the Pacific coast from southern Alaska to central California.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rough-skinned-newt" }, { "slug": "rubber-eel", "title": "Rubber Eel", "scientific_name": "Typhlonectes natans", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow rivers, swamps, marshes, and flooded areas of the Magdalena and Cauca river basins of northern Colombia and the Lake Maracaibo basin of Venezuela.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/rubber-eel" }, { "slug": "ruby-throated-hummingbird", "title": "Ruby-Throated Hummingbird", "scientific_name": "Archilochus colubris", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Breeds in eastern North America from the Gulf Coast to southern Canada; winters in Mexico and Central America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/ruby-throated-hummingbird" }, { "slug": "saiga-antelope", "title": "Saiga Antelope", "scientific_name": "Saiga tatarica", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "grassland", "desert" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The dry steppe and semi-desert of Kazakhstan, with smaller populations in Russia (Kalmykia), Mongolia (a distinct subspecies), and Uzbekistan; formerly across a vast area from the Carpathians to the Gobi.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/saiga-antelope" }, { "slug": "sailfish", "title": "Sailfish", "scientific_name": "Istiophorus platypterus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm and temperate waters of all oceans, generally above 21°C, from the surface down to about 200 m; highly migratory, ranging far into temperate latitudes in summer.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sailfish" }, { "slug": "sand-cat", "title": "Sand Cat", "scientific_name": "Felis margarita", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Sandy and stony deserts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Central and Southwest Asia, from Morocco and the Sahara east through Arabia to Iran, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sand-cat" }, { "slug": "sandhill-crane", "title": "Sandhill Crane", "scientific_name": "Antigone canadensis", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Breeds across northern North America and far northeastern Siberia; winters in the southern United States and northern Mexico. Resident populations in Florida, Mississippi, and Cuba.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sandhill-crane" }, { "slug": "sarcastic-fringehead", "title": "Sarcastic Fringehead", "scientific_name": "Neoclinus blanchardi", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The Pacific coast of North America from San Francisco, California, south to central Baja California, Mexico, on sand and mud bottoms from about 3 to 75 m deep.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sarcastic-fringehead" }, { "slug": "satin-bowerbird", "title": "Satin Bowerbird", "scientific_name": "Ptilonorhynchus violaceus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Wet forest, rainforest margins, and adjacent woodland and gardens along the east coast of Australia, from southern Queensland to Victoria, with an isolated population in far north Queensland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/satin-bowerbird" }, { "slug": "scarlet-kingsnake", "title": "Scarlet Kingsnake", "scientific_name": "Lampropeltis elapsoides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Pine flatwoods, sandhills, hardwood forest, and suburban gardens across the southeastern US, from Virginia and the Florida Keys west to the Mississippi River.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/scarlet-kingsnake" }, { "slug": "scarlet-macaw", "title": "Scarlet Macaw", "scientific_name": "Ara macao", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Humid lowland forest and gallery woodland from southern Mexico through Central America and Amazonia to Bolivia and central Brazil.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/scarlet-macaw" }, { "slug": "sea-lamprey", "title": "Sea Lamprey", "scientific_name": "Petromyzon marinus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coasts and rivers on both sides of the North Atlantic — eastern North America and western Europe and the Mediterranean — spawning in fresh water; a landlocked invasive population throughout the Laurentian Great Lakes.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-lamprey" }, { "slug": "sea-otter", "title": "Sea Otter", "scientific_name": "Enhydra lutris", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The North Pacific rim — the coasts of California, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Russian Far East, in kelp forests and rocky shallows.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-otter" }, { "slug": "sea-spider", "title": "Sea Spider", "scientific_name": "Pycnogonida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "All oceans and all depths, from tide pools and kelp forests to abyssal plains and hadal trenches; most diverse and largest in the cold waters around Antarctica and in the deep sea.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sea-spider" }, { "slug": "seahorse", "title": "Seahorse", "scientific_name": "Hippocampus kuda", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific — seagrass beds, mangroves, estuaries, and coral rubble from East Africa to the central Pacific.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/seahorse" }, { "slug": "secretary-bird", "title": "Secretary Bird", "scientific_name": "Sagittarius serpentarius", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa — open grassland, savanna, and lightly wooded plains, avoiding dense forest and true desert.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/secretary-bird" }, { "slug": "serval", "title": "Serval", "scientific_name": "Leptailurus serval", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa, especially well-watered grassland, reedbeds, and savanna near wetlands; a tiny relict population in Morocco.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/serval" }, { "slug": "shingleback-skink", "title": "Shingleback Skink", "scientific_name": "Tiliqua rugosa", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Semi-arid and arid shrubland, grassland, and open woodland across southern and western Australia, from the west coast east to western New South Wales and Queensland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shingleback-skink" }, { "slug": "shoebill", "title": "Shoebill", "scientific_name": "Balaeniceps rex", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Freshwater swamps and papyrus marshes of central and eastern Africa — South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, the DRC, and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shoebill" }, { "slug": "shortfin-mako-shark", "title": "Shortfin Mako Shark", "scientific_name": "Isurus oxyrinchus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm and temperate waters of all oceans, from the surface to about 500 m, in the open sea and along continental shelves; highly migratory.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/shortfin-mako-shark" }, { "slug": "siamese-fighting-fish", "title": "Siamese Fighting Fish", "scientific_name": "Betta splendens", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Native to the central Chao Phraya and Mae Klong river basins of Thailand — rice paddies, floodplain marshes, and slow canals. 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"range": "The Amazon Basin and the Rupununi and Essequibo drainages of the Guianas, in still and slow blackwater — flooded forest, lagoons, oxbows, and swamps rather than main river channels.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/silver-arowana" }, { "slug": "sloth-bear", "title": "Sloth Bear", "scientific_name": "Melursus ursinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The forests, scrublands, and grasslands of India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, with small numbers in Bhutan and formerly Bangladesh.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sloth-bear" }, { "slug": "slow-loris", "title": "Slow Loris", "scientific_name": "Nycticebus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rainforest and forest edge of South and Southeast Asia — from northeastern India and southern China through Indochina to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/slow-loris" }, { "slug": "snow-leopard", "title": "Snow Leopard", "scientific_name": "Panthera uncia", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The high mountains of Central and South Asia — the Himalaya, Karakoram, Tian Shan, Altai, and Tibetan Plateau across 12 countries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snow-leopard" }, { "slug": "sonoran-desert-toad", "title": "Sonoran Desert Toad", "scientific_name": "Incilius alvarius", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The Sonoran Desert and adjacent arid lands of southern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico, and much of Sonora and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sonoran-desert-toad" }, { "slug": "southern-cassowary", "title": "Southern Cassowary", "scientific_name": "Casuarius casuarius", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, and nearby islands, from the coast to the mountains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-cassowary" }, { "slug": "southern-corroboree-frog", "title": "Southern Corroboree Frog", "scientific_name": "Pseudophryne corroboree", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "mountains", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-alpine bogs, wet heath, and woodland above about 1,300 m in the Snowy Mountains of Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia — a range of only a few hundred square kilometres.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-corroboree-frog" }, { "slug": "southern-rockhopper-penguin", "title": "Southern Rockhopper Penguin", "scientific_name": "Eudyptes chrysocome", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Subantarctic islands of the southern oceans — the Falklands, southern South America, and islands south of New Zealand, Australia, and in the southern Indian Ocean; forages in surrounding cold seas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/southern-rockhopper-penguin" }, { "slug": "spectacled-caiman", "title": "Spectacled Caiman", "scientific_name": "Caiman crocodilus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From southern Mexico through Central America and across northern and central South America to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; introduced and established in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spectacled-caiman" }, { "slug": "sperm-whale", "title": "Sperm Whale", "scientific_name": "Physeter macrocephalus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "All the world's deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the polar ice; males range to the highest latitudes, females and young stay in warmer waters.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sperm-whale" }, { "slug": "spider-monkey", "title": "Spider Monkey", "scientific_name": "Ateles geoffroyi", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and montane rainforest from central Mexico through Central America to western Colombia; seven Ateles species range across the Neotropics.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spider-monkey" }, { "slug": "spider-tailed-horned-viper", "title": "Spider-tailed Horned Viper", "scientific_name": "Pseudocerastes urarachnoides", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Data Deficient", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The western Zagros Mountains of western Iran and possibly adjacent Iraq, on gypsum and limestone rock outcrops and slopes in arid foothill country, at moderate elevation.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spider-tailed-horned-viper" }, { "slug": "spinetail-devil-ray", "title": "Spinetail Devil Ray", "scientific_name": "Mobula mobular", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Warm-temperate and tropical waters worldwide (the genus is now often treated as a single global species), in the open ocean and along coasts, from the surface to deep water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spinetail-devil-ray" }, { "slug": "spiny-softshell-turtle", "title": "Spiny Softshell Turtle", "scientific_name": "Apalone spinifera", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Rivers, large streams, lakes, and impoundments across the central and eastern United States, parts of the southwest, and southern Ontario and Quebec, favouring sandy or muddy bottoms.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spiny-softshell-turtle" }, { "slug": "spotted-eagle-ray", "title": "Spotted Eagle Ray", "scientific_name": "Aetobatus narinari", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate coastal waters worldwide — reefs, lagoons, bays, and estuaries, often in the open water column above the seabed.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-eagle-ray" }, { "slug": "spotted-handfish", "title": "Spotted Handfish", "scientific_name": "Brachionichthys hirsutus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the lower Derwent Estuary and adjacent Frederick Henry Bay, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia — a total occupied area of only a few square kilometres.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-handfish" }, { "slug": "spotted-hyena", "title": "Spotted Hyena", "scientific_name": "Crocuta crocuta", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa — savanna, grassland, semi-desert, woodland, and mountains up to 4,000 m, largely absent only from dense rainforest.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-hyena" }, { "slug": "spotted-salamander", "title": "Spotted Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma maculatum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and the Great Lakes south to Georgia and Texas — moist deciduous and mixed forest with fishless seasonal ponds.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spotted-salamander" }, { "slug": "spring-peeper", "title": "Spring Peeper", "scientific_name": "Pseudacris crucifer", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodlands and brushy areas near ponds, ditches, and marshes across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, from the Gulf Coast to Manitoba and the Maritimes.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/spring-peeper" }, { "slug": "star-nosed-mole", "title": "Star-Nosed Mole", "scientific_name": "Condylura cristata", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Low, wet ground of northeastern North America — marshes, swamps, wet meadows, and the banks of streams and ponds from Canada's Maritimes to the Great Lakes and south along the Appalachians.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/star-nosed-mole" }, { "slug": "stargazer", "title": "Stargazer", "scientific_name": "Uranoscopidae", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical and temperate seas worldwide, on sandy and muddy bottoms from shallow bays and surf zones down to several hundred metres; a few species live in deeper water.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stargazer" }, { "slug": "stoat", "title": "Stoat", "scientific_name": "Mustela erminea", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Northern North America, Europe, and northern and central Asia, from the Arctic tundra south to the Mediterranean and the northern United States; introduced to New Zealand.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/stoat" }, { "slug": "strawberry-poison-dart-frog", "title": "Strawberry Poison-dart Frog", "scientific_name": "Oophaga pumilio", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and foothill rainforest along the Caribbean slope of Central America, from eastern Nicaragua through Costa Rica to western Panama, including the Bocas del Toro islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/strawberry-poison-dart-frog" }, { "slug": "sugar-glider", "title": "Sugar Glider", "scientific_name": "Petaurus breviceps", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The forests and woodlands of eastern and northern Australia; introduced to Tasmania. (Several similar species from New Guinea are also sold as \"sugar gliders\".)", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sugar-glider" }, { "slug": "sun-bear", "title": "Sun Bear", "scientific_name": "Helarctos malayanus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The tropical forests of Southeast Asia — from northeastern India and Myanmar through Thailand, Malaysia, and Indochina to Sumatra and Borneo.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sun-bear" }, { "slug": "superb-bird-of-paradise", "title": "Superb Bird-of-paradise", "scientific_name": "Lophorina", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Mid-montane rainforest of New Guinea, mostly between about 1,000 and 2,300 m; the Vogelkop superb is confined to the mountains of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula in the far west.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/superb-bird-of-paradise" }, { "slug": "superb-lyrebird", "title": "Superb Lyrebird", "scientific_name": "Menura novaehollandiae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The wet eucalypt forest, rainforest, and fern gullies of southeastern Australia — from southern Victoria to southeastern Queensland; introduced to Tasmania.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/superb-lyrebird" }, { "slug": "surinam-toad", "title": "Surinam Toad", "scientific_name": "Pipa pipa", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Slow, murky waters of the Amazon basin and the Guianas — pools, oxbow lakes, flooded forest, and swamps.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/surinam-toad" }, { "slug": "swordfish", "title": "Swordfish", "scientific_name": "Xiphias gladius", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters of all oceans and the Mediterranean, from about 45°N to 45°S, in the open sea and over deep shelf areas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/swordfish" }, { "slug": "sydney-funnel-web-spider", "title": "Sydney Funnel-Web Spider", "scientific_name": "Atrax robustus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "A roughly 150 km radius around Sydney, Australia — moist forest, gardens, and suburbs on sheltered, well-drained ground.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sydney-funnel-web-spider" }, { "slug": "tailless-whip-scorpion", "title": "Tailless Whip Scorpion", "scientific_name": "Amblypygi", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical regions on all continents except Antarctica, in rainforest leaf litter and under bark and rocks, in caves, and in rock crevices in deserts, always in damp, dark, sheltered spots.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tailless-whip-scorpion" }, { "slug": "tarantula-hawk", "title": "Tarantula Hawk", "scientific_name": "Pepsis grossa", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Warm parts of the Americas from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America to Argentina, wherever tarantulas occur; other Pepsis and Hemipepsis species range across Africa, Asia, and Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tarantula-hawk" }, { "slug": "tardigrade", "title": "Tardigrade", "scientific_name": "Ramazzottius varieornatus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "ocean", "polar" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Everywhere there is a film of water — moss and lichen, soil, leaf litter, freshwater sediment, deep sea, hot springs, Antarctic dry valleys, and Himalayan ridges above 6,000 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tardigrade" }, { "slug": "tarsier", "title": "Tarsier", "scientific_name": "Tarsius and related genera", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Islands of Southeast Asia — the Philippines (notably Bohol and Mindanao), Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands, Borneo, and Sumatra — in rainforest, secondary forest, and scrub.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tarsier" }, { "slug": "tasmanian-devil", "title": "Tasmanian Devil", "scientific_name": "Sarcophilus harrisii", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The island of Tasmania, Australia, in every habitat from coastal heath to dry forest and farmland; extinct on the Australian mainland for about 3,000 years.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tasmanian-devil" }, { "slug": "tasselled-wobbegong", "title": "Tasselled Wobbegong", "scientific_name": "Eucrossorhinus dasypogon", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Coral reefs of northern Australia, New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia, in shallow water from the reef flat to about 50 m, resting in caves, under ledges, and in coral channels.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tasselled-wobbegong" }, { "slug": "tawny-frogmouth", "title": "Tawny Frogmouth", "scientific_name": "Podargus strigoides", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Woodland, open forest, scrub, parks, and large gardens across almost all of mainland Australia and Tasmania, avoiding only dense rainforest and treeless desert.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tawny-frogmouth" }, { "slug": "tentacled-snake", "title": "Tentacled Snake", "scientific_name": "Erpeton tentaculatum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Still and slow fresh and brackish water of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and southern Laos — lakes, marshes, flooded fields, ponds, and slow rivers with dense vegetation.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tentacled-snake" }, { "slug": "texas-blind-salamander", "title": "Texas Blind Salamander", "scientific_name": "Eurycea rathbuni", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The San Marcos Pool of the Edwards Aquifer in Hays County, central Texas, USA — an area of only a few square kilometres.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/texas-blind-salamander" }, { "slug": "texas-horned-lizard", "title": "Texas Horned Lizard", "scientific_name": "Phrynosoma cornutum", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Arid and semi-arid shrubland, grassland, and open desert with sandy or loamy soil across the south-central United States and northern Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/texas-horned-lizard" }, { "slug": "thorny-devil", "title": "Thorny Devil", "scientific_name": "Moloch horridus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The sandy and gravelly deserts, spinifex grassland, and mallee scrub of central and western Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thorny-devil" }, { "slug": "thylacine", "title": "Thylacine", "scientific_name": "Thylacinus cynocephalus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Extinct", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Historically across mainland Australia and New Guinea, then only the island of Tasmania by the time of European settlement.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/thylacine" }, { "slug": "tiger-salamander", "title": "Tiger Salamander", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma tigrinum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Across much of North America — from the eastern US and southern Canada to Mexico — in grassland, farmland, woodland, and semi-desert with soft soil and nearby breeding ponds.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tiger-salamander" }, { "slug": "tiger-shark", "title": "Tiger Shark", "scientific_name": "Galeocerdo cuvier", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Near Threatened", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, from shallow reefs and river mouths to the open ocean, with strongholds around Hawaii, the Bahamas, and northern Australia.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tiger-shark" }, { "slug": "titan-beetle", "title": "Titan Beetle", "scientific_name": "Titanus giganteus", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Lowland tropical rainforest of the northern and central Amazon basin — the Guianas, Brazil (north of the Amazon), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/titan-beetle" }, { "slug": "titicaca-water-frog", "title": "Titicaca Water Frog", "scientific_name": "Telmatobius culeus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to Lake Titicaca and a few connected lakes and rivers on the border of Peru and Bolivia, in the high Altiplano.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/titicaca-water-frog" }, { "slug": "toco-toucan", "title": "Toco Toucan", "scientific_name": "Ramphastos toco", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "savanna", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Central and eastern South America — the Cerrado savanna, Pantanal wetlands, forest edges, and plantations of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and the Guianas.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/toco-toucan" }, { "slug": "tokay-gecko", "title": "Tokay Gecko", "scientific_name": "Gekko gecko", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "South and Southeast Asia — northeastern India and Bangladesh through Myanmar, Indochina, and Indonesia to the 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Southeast Asia — Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and India — with related larviform-female beetles in other tropical regions.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/trilobite-beetle" }, { "slug": "tuatara", "title": "Tuatara", "scientific_name": "Sphenodon punctatus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "forest", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "New Zealand only — historically the two main islands, now natural populations survive on small offshore islands, with reintroductions to fenced mainland sanctuaries.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tuatara" }, { "slug": "tungara-frog", "title": "Túngara Frog", "scientific_name": "Engystomops pustulosus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Lowland forest, savanna, pasture, and settled areas from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela), wherever temporary standing water forms.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tungara-frog" }, { "slug": "turaco", "title": "Turaco", "scientific_name": "Musophagidae", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "rainforest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "herbivore", "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa only — forest turacos in the rainforests and gallery forests of West and Central Africa and the eastern African mountains, and go-away-birds and plantain-eaters in savanna and woodland.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/turaco" }, { "slug": "turkey-vulture", "title": "Turkey Vulture", "scientific_name": "Cathartes aura", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The Americas, from southern Canada to Tierra del Fuego; northern populations migrate south for winter.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/turkey-vulture" }, { "slug": "two-toed-amphiuma", "title": "Two-toed Amphiuma", "scientific_name": "Amphiuma means", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Swamps, sloughs, ditches, marshes, and slow mud-bottomed streams of the southeastern US coastal plain, from Virginia to Louisiana and up the Mississippi embayment.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/two-toed-amphiuma" }, { "slug": "vampire-bat", "title": "Common Vampire Bat", "scientific_name": "Desmodus rotundus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "The tropics and subtropics of the Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America to central Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vampire-bat" }, { "slug": "vampire-squid", "title": "Vampire Squid", "scientific_name": "Vampyroteuthis infernalis", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in the dark, low-oxygen midwater between about 600 and 1,200 m depth.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vampire-squid" }, { "slug": "vaquita", "title": "Vaquita", "scientific_name": "Phocoena sinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the extreme northern end of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, in shallow, turbid water usually within about 40 km of shore.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vaquita" }, { "slug": "veiled-chameleon", "title": "Veiled Chameleon", "scientific_name": "Chamaeleo calyptratus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert", "mountains" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The mountains and coastal plains of southwestern Saudi Arabia and Yemen, in a range of habitats from humid valleys to arid plateaus.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/veiled-chameleon" }, { "slug": "velvet-ant", "title": "Velvet Ant", "scientific_name": "Dasymutilla and related genera", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore", "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Worldwide in warm regions, most diverse in deserts and dry grasslands; in North America especially abundant across the southern and southwestern United States and Mexico.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/velvet-ant" }, { "slug": "velvet-worm", "title": "Velvet Worm", "scientific_name": "Onychophora", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Moist, dark microhabitats — rotting logs, leaf litter, soil, and caves — in tropical and southern-temperate regions of Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Absent from the north.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/velvet-worm" }, { "slug": "vietnamese-mossy-frog", "title": "Vietnamese Mossy Frog", "scientific_name": "Theloderma corticale", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Montane evergreen forest on limestone karst in northern Vietnam and adjacent southern China, generally between about 700 and 1,200 m.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vietnamese-mossy-frog" }, { "slug": "vinegaroon", "title": "Vinegaroon", "scientific_name": "Thelyphonida", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "desert", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Asia — the southern United States and Mexico, South America, and South and Southeast Asia — in humid soil, under logs and rocks, and in burrows.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/vinegaroon" }, { "slug": "wallaces-flying-frog", "title": "Wallace's Flying Frog", "scientific_name": "Rhacophorus nigropalmatus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "rainforest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland and hill primary rainforest of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, mostly below 1,000 m, near forest pools and wallows.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wallaces-flying-frog" }, { "slug": "walrus", "title": "Walrus", "scientific_name": "Odobenus rosmarus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "polar", "coastal", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "The shallow continental-shelf seas of the Arctic — around Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia — wherever there is sea ice near clam-rich seabed.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/walrus" }, { "slug": "wandering-albatross", "title": "Wandering Albatross", "scientific_name": "Diomedea exulans", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The open Southern Ocean, circling Antarctica; breeds on a handful of sub-Antarctic islands including South Georgia, the Crozet and Kerguelen groups, and Prince Edward Island.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wandering-albatross" }, { "slug": "waxy-monkey-tree-frog", "title": "Waxy Monkey Tree Frog", "scientific_name": "Phyllomedusa sauvagii", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "insectivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Gran Chaco — dry thorn forest and savanna — of northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and southern Brazil.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/waxy-monkey-tree-frog" }, { "slug": "web-footed-gecko", "title": "Web-footed Gecko", "scientific_name": "Pachydactylus rangei", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "desert" ], "diets": [ "insectivore", "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The Namib Desert of Namibia and southwestern Angola, restricted to the belt of high sand dunes and gravel plains near the coast, where nightly fog rolls in off the cold Atlantic.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/web-footed-gecko" }, { "slug": "weedy-seadragon", "title": "Weedy Seadragon", "scientific_name": "Phyllopteryx taeniolatus", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Rocky reefs, kelp beds, and seagrass meadows of the cool temperate coast of southern Australia, from Port Stephens in New South Wales west to Geraldton in Western Australia, and around Tasmania.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/weedy-seadragon" }, { "slug": "wels-catfish", "title": "Wels Catfish", "scientific_name": "Silurus glanis", "group": "fish", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Native to the rivers and lakes of central and eastern Europe and western Asia (Baltic, Black, and Caspian Sea basins); introduced across western and southern Europe.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wels-catfish" }, { "slug": "west-indian-manatee", "title": "West Indian Manatee", "scientific_name": "Trichechus manatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "coastal", "wetlands", "ocean" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Coastal and inland waters of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic — the southeastern US, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and the coasts of Central America and northern South America.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/west-indian-manatee" }, { "slug": "white-handed-gibbon", "title": "White-Handed Gibbon", "scientific_name": "Hylobates lar", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The rainforests of the Malay Peninsula, 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"increasing", "range": "Native to Europe, North Africa, and much of Asia; introduced and now feral across the Americas, Australia, and many islands.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wild-boar" }, { "slug": "wild-turkey", "title": "Wild Turkey", "scientific_name": "Meleagris gallopavo", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "Woodland with clearings, forest edge, and wooded farmland across the eastern and central United States, parts of the West and Mexico, and introduced to the Pacific states, Hawaii, and elsewhere.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wild-turkey" }, { "slug": "wolf-spider", "title": "Wolf Spider", "scientific_name": "Lycosidae", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "grassland", "forest", "desert" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Not Evaluated", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Every continent except Antarctica, in nearly every land habitat — grassland, forest floor, desert, wetland margins, gardens, farm fields, and above the tree line on mountains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wolf-spider" }, { "slug": "wolverine", "title": "Wolverine", "scientific_name": "Gulo gulo", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "polar" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "The boreal forests, taiga, and tundra of the Northern Hemisphere — Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, and Russia, with a small population in the US Rocky Mountains.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wolverine" }, { "slug": "wombat", "title": "Wombat", "scientific_name": "Vombatus ursinus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Southeastern Australia and Tasmania, in forests, woodlands, heath, and alpine grassland with soil soft enough to dig.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wombat" }, { "slug": "wood-frog", "title": "Wood Frog", "scientific_name": "Lithobates sylvaticus", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "forest", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "From the northern United States across almost all of Canada and Alaska to the tree line and beyond — moist woodland with nearby temporary ponds.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/wood-frog" }, { "slug": "yellow-bellied-sea-snake", "title": "Yellow-bellied Sea Snake", "scientific_name": "Hydrophis platurus", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Surface waters of the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the east coast of Africa to the Pacific coasts of Central and South America; absent only from the Atlantic.", "published": "2026-09-04", "updated": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/yellow-bellied-sea-snake" }, { "slug": "african-elephant", "title": "African Elephant", "scientific_name": "Loxodonta africana", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "savanna", "grassland", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Sub-Saharan Africa — savannas, grasslands, and forests across 37 countries, in increasingly isolated pockets.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/african-elephant" }, { "slug": "american-alligator", "title": "American Alligator", "scientific_name": "Alligator mississippiensis", "group": "reptiles", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Freshwater wetlands of the southeastern United States, from coastal North Carolina to eastern Texas, with the densest populations in Florida and Louisiana.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/american-alligator" }, { "slug": "axolotl", "title": "Axolotl", "scientific_name": "Ambystoma mexicanum", "group": "amphibians", "habitats": [ "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Endemic to the Xochimilco canal and wetland system in southern Mexico City — historically also Lake Chalco, now drained.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/axolotl" }, { "slug": "bald-eagle", "title": "Bald Eagle", "scientific_name": "Haliaeetus leucocephalus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "wetlands", "coastal", "forest" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "North America, from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico, concentrated near coasts, large lakes, and rivers.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bald-eagle" }, { "slug": "blue-whale", "title": "Blue Whale", "scientific_name": "Balaenoptera musculus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean" ], "diets": [ "filter feeder" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "increasing", "range": "All the world's open oceans, from the edge of the polar ice to the tropics, following seasonal blooms of krill.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/blue-whale" }, { "slug": "bottlenose-dolphin", "title": "Bottlenose Dolphin", "scientific_name": "Tursiops truncatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Temperate and tropical seas worldwide — coastal shallows, harbours, estuaries, and the open ocean.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/bottlenose-dolphin" }, { "slug": "brown-bear", "title": "Brown Bear", "scientific_name": "Ursus arctos", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "mountains", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "Northern Europe, the Caucasus, Central and East Asia, western Canada, Alaska, and the northern Rocky Mountains — the widest distribution of any bear.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/brown-bear" }, { "slug": "chimpanzee", "title": "Chimpanzee", "scientific_name": "Pan troglodytes", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest", "savanna" ], "diets": [ "omnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "A belt of equatorial Africa from Senegal to western Tanzania and Uganda — rainforest, woodland, and forest–savanna mosaic.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/chimpanzee" }, { "slug": "common-octopus", "title": "Common Octopus", "scientific_name": "Octopus vulgaris", "group": "invertebrates", "habitats": [ "ocean", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "unknown", "range": "Warm and temperate coastal seas worldwide, from the shoreline down to about 200 m.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": 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"title": "Sloth", "scientific_name": "Bradypus variegatus", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Least Concern", "conservation_trend": "stable", "range": "The rainforests and cloud forests of Central and South America, from Honduras to northern Argentina.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/sloth" }, { "slug": "snowy-owl", "title": "Snowy Owl", "scientific_name": "Bubo scandiacus", "group": "birds", "habitats": [ "polar", "grassland", "coastal" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Vulnerable", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Breeds on Arctic tundra around the top of the globe; winters irregularly across Canada, the northern United States, and northern Eurasia.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/snowy-owl" }, { "slug": "tiger", "title": "Tiger", "scientific_name": "Panthera tigris", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "forest", "grassland", "wetlands" ], "diets": [ "carnivore" ], "conservation_status": "Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Scattered forests and grasslands across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, and the Russian Far East — about 7% of the historical range.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/tiger" }, { "slug": "western-gorilla", "title": "Western Gorilla", "scientific_name": "Gorilla gorilla", "group": "mammals", "habitats": [ "rainforest", "forest" ], "diets": [ "herbivore" ], "conservation_status": "Critically Endangered", "conservation_trend": "decreasing", "range": "Lowland rainforest and swamp forest of Central and West Africa — Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and neighbouring countries.", "published": "2026-09-02", "updated": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://www.hideshark.com/animals/western-gorilla" }, { 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