About Animal Atlas

Animal Atlas answers the questions people ask about animals: what they eat, how long they live, how big and how fast they are, where they live and whether they are in danger. Every page gives the answer in its first sentence and then the detail behind it.

You will find five kinds of pages:

• Animal profiles, one per species, with a fact file covering the scientific name, diet, lifespan, size, speed, habitat, range and IUCN Red List status;
• questions such as “What do foxes eat?” or “Are wolves dangerous?”, each linked to the animals it is about;
• comparisons of animals that are easy to confuse, such as alligators and crocodiles;
• lists, from the fastest animals on Earth to animals that start with every letter of the alphabet;
• wildlife guides to the animals of places in Europe and North America.

You can also explore by animal group, habitat, region, diet or conservation status, or search for any animal.

Who writes Animal Atlas

Animal Atlas is written and edited by the Animal Atlas Editorial Team. We work from standard references, including the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan), the Smithsonian, NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and major field guides and encyclopedias. Every article is checked a second time for facts and figures before it is published. Read our editorial policy to see how we research, check and correct articles.

Animal Atlas is part of Big World List, a family of free reference websites.

What we do not cover

We write about wild and farm animals as they live in nature. We do not give veterinary, pet-care, medical or pest-control advice. If an animal has bitten or stung someone, call your local emergency number (911 in the US, 112 in the EU, 999 in the UK).

Images

Animal Atlas does not host article images. Each photo is loaded directly from Wikimedia Commons under its own free licence (public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA). The photographer, licence and a link to the original file are shown under every image. The image shown when our pages are shared on social media is Vulpes vulpes ssp fulvus.jpg by Joanne Redwood, released under CC0.

Advertising

Animal Atlas is free to read and is supported by one advertising slot per page. Advertisers have no influence on what we write. See our privacy policy for details.

Contact

Spotted a mistake or have a suggestion? Email us at [email protected] or visit the contact page.