The Shark That Swims Up Rivers
Bull sharks are the only sharks that thrive in freshwater and are responsible for most shark attacks. Expert guide to the ocean's most aggressive shark.
October 2025
May 2025
Alligator Snapping Turtle: North America's Giant
Everything about the alligator snapping turtle: size, habitat, worm-like tongue lure, ambush hunting, diet, reproduction, lifespan, conservation status, and the strange facts that make Macrochelys temminckii the largest freshwater turtle in North America.
Hellbender Salamander: Conservation of a Giant
Everything about the hellbender: the largest salamander in North America. Size, cold-stream habitat, cutaneous respiration, crayfish diet, male nest guarding, 55-year lifespan, and the Ozark subspecies conservation crisis.
April 2025
Nile Crocodile: Africa's Apex Predator
Everything about the Nile crocodile: size, habitat, diet, bite force, cooperative hunting, reproduction, conservation, and the strange facts that make Crocodylus niloticus Africa's apex freshwater predator.
March 2025
Painted Turtle: North America's Widespread Reptile
Everything about the painted turtle: size, habitat, subspecies, diet, reproduction, extreme cold tolerance, conservation, and the strange facts that make Chrysemys picta North America's most widespread turtle.
Chinese Giant Salamander: Largest Amphibian
Everything about the Chinese giant salamander: the largest amphibian on Earth, its infant-like cries, 170-million-year lineage, cutaneous respiration, farmed hybrid crisis, and the 2018 discovery that it is actually at least five cryptic species - most already lost from the wild.
February 2025
Gharial: Unique Adaptations and Habits
Everything about the gharial: size, habitat, the bulbous ghara nose, 110+ needle teeth, belly-slide locomotion, reproduction, conservation, and the strange facts that make Gavialis gangeticus the most specialised crocodilian alive.