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Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found in the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia...

Scientists working in Madagascar have found what may be the largest frog that ever lived. The bad-tempered Beelzebufo, or devil frog, also poses a big mystery. Why do its closest relatives live half a world away in South America... Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less", from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin salere (salio), "to jump")...

The dog (Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus dingo) is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The domestic dog has been the most widely kept working, hunting and companion animal in human history. The word "dog" may also mean the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word "bitch" for the female of the species. Dogs were domesticated from gray wolves at least twice...

Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people (a group portrait), in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person's face, although the entire body and the background may be included...

World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is an annual contest held in Petaluma, California, U.S., as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, to decide which of the dogs entered in the contest is the ugliest. Along with the title of “The World’s Ugliest Dog,” the winner’s owner receives a check for USD $1,000, and both dog and owner receive significant publicity for winning the contest, appearing on talk shows and in newspapers around the world...

Frankly, I never have heard about deadly catepillars. Lonomia obliqua is a catepillar that no one should ever touch. Because when you do, it can cause serious internal hemorrhaging and even death. Lonomia obliqua can be found on the bark of trees in southern Brazil. So it's dangerous to lean against a tree there. Symptoms of Lonomia obliqua poisoning include severe internal bleeding, renal failure and hemolysis...

Maybe that picture itself doesn't look that weird to you. But when you'll see what it is made from you will change your mind. Chris Trueman used 200,000 dead ants to create his masterpiece. Now it's on sale for $35,000...

This dead large fish was found on an island in Yasawas, Fiji. It was killed by a puffer fish it tried to eat. Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, and sea squab...