Mammals

Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus), also called white foxes or polar foxes, eat just about anything they come across. Since they live in such a barren place as the Arctic, they cannot be finicky. They often cannot find food every day.  As such, if you’re way too interested to know what these adorable arctic foxes eat, …

Bats are interesting creatures that have fascinated humans for hundreds of years. There is no other animal quite like them, which is likely why they have long been the study of scientists and fiction-writers alike. Personally, I have many questions about bats‘ weird and wonderful habits, but first and foremost, about their upside-down sleeping stance. …

I was doing some bar work at the gym recently, and as I began feeling a little dizzy from being upside down. I suddenly wondered, just how do bats hang upside down?  So, I went to the local zoo for some answers. Like me, you will also be amazed at how amazing bats really are. …

Fruit bats are possibly one of the most adorable animals to grace our planet. They’re not an animal that you want to get too close to, since bats tend to harbor a variety of illnesses, but they’re cute nonetheless! Since bats have a reputation for chowing down on insects and surviving on blood, you may …

Having grown up around the racetracks of the U.S., I have always known that horses are fast, and watching them gallop full-tilt down the track certainly enforces this. But just how fast are horses and are they all the same speed? Which horse breed runs the fastest, and why can they run so fast? I …