Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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