Animal facts

Animal ID

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with a chicken egg in its mouth, looking directly at the camera

Identify Wildlife

How to identify bird egg thieves

Badger skull on fallen tree. © Jodi Bayliss/EyeEm/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify mammal skulls

A female spotted hyena with her young cub standing on top of her, Khwai River, Botswana. © Jami Tarris/Getty

Guide to tautonyms, triple tautonyms, and binomial nomenclature

Red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) locking antlers during the rutting season

How to identify deer antlers

Animal tracks in mud, Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify animal tracks and trails

Common frog © Mike Lane / Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to tell the difference between a common frog and a common toad

More animal identification tips

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Amphibians

Common toad in Devon, UK. © Mike Hill/Getty

Amphibians of the British Isles: how to identify different species, and how to help them

Fire salamander in Kruppwald in Germany where there is an outbreak of Bsal (this individual is healthy).

Chytridiomycosis guide: what it is and why it’s endangering amphibians

Frog with frogspawn. © Richard Warner/EyeEm/Getty

How to rear froglets in your home

More Amphibians

Birds

Blue tit perched on the branch of a spring flowering crab apple tree

British garden birds guide: how to identify different species and attract them to your garden

A male blackbird in song, in Norfolk, UK. © David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty

Dawn chorus guide: what it is, how to enjoy it, and when International Dawn Chorus Day is celebrated

Dunnock nest with eggs in Norfolk, UK. © David Tipling/Universal Images Group/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify birds’ eggs

Fish

Great white shark. © Getty

Is there really no such thing as a fish?

Basking shark swimming underwater in Baltimore, Cork, Ireland. © George Karbus Photography/Getty

Basking shark guide: how big they are, what they eat, and why they’re endangered

Giant Manta ray at a cleaning station in the Pacific. © Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/UIG/Getty.

Manta ray guide: how to identify, diet and where they live

Insects and Invertebrates

A 7-spot ladybird on a flower. © Jacky Parker Photography/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify beetles

Honeybee on a flower. © Samuel Moore/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Honeybee guide: how they produce honey, why they sting, and a history of beekeeping

Dorit Bar-Zakay

How many British insects can you identify?

More Insects and Invertebrates

Mammals

© Andrew Parkinson/Getty

Living With Mammals survey: what is it, and how to take part

An Amazon river dolphin in Brazil. © Mike Lane/Getty

River dolphin guide: where they live, the threats they face, and what is being done to save them

A musk ox in the snow at Dovrefjell National Park, Norway. © Dgwildlife/Getty

Musk oxen guide: where they’re found, why they fight, and they protect their young

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Reptiles

Marine iguana in the Galápagos Islands. © Joseph J Orsi

Marine iguana guide: where they’re found, why they’re unique and the threats they face

A male sand lizard. © Alfred Trunk/McPhoto/ullstein bild/Getty

Sand lizard guide: how to identify, where they’re found and the threats they face

Grass snake on the woodland floor during the summer. © Jamie Hall/Getty

Grass snake guide: species facts, how to identify, and where to see