The southern white rhino, nearly 99 percent of which are found in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, is one of the largest land animals on Earth, second only to elephants.

As silly as platypuses look, you certainly wouldn’t want to get on the bad side of one. One of the fun facts about animals that look innocent, like the platypus, is their strange defense mechanisms.

The tallest land animal, the lanky giraffe, is perhaps the first thing you think of when you picture the African savanna. ... Plus More Fun Facts. Story by Jennifer Geer • 1h.

Discover 10 interesting facts about land biomes. ... North America's Fastest Land Animal Can Outrun a Cheetah. Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider. Treehugger.

Discover interesting facts about elephants, the highly intelligent and social animals that roam Africa and Asia. ... Elephant quiz: Test your smarts on the world's largest land animal.

On average, body volume increased about 150-fold – but the extremes also tell an interesting story. The minimum body volume shrank a little bit (by less than a factor of 10), but the maximum ...

Google launched a new search feature today, serving up fun facts atop search results for animals, plants, fruits and vegetable queries that include the words “fun facts.” From the Google ...

Early Land Animals Could Walk And Run Like Mammals, New Study Finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2006 / 03 / 060308210330.htm ...