Ranger Rick’s stories and facts about wildlife species and habitats are from all over the world. Enjoy surprising discoveries and weird findings below.

Animal Class
White tern chick clinging to a branch while parents deliver fish and take turns guarding

White Terns

Who would think that a tree branch makes the best place to lay a roly-poly egg? Only a white tern would.

Illustration of a scratching dog covered in ticks with a tick closeup inset

Who LIKES Climate Change?

A quickly warming planet is bad news for many animals and plants. For some, though, it may be good news. Take a look.

Magazine spread Who Needs Teeth with gray whale mouth baleen and toothless ocean animals

Who Needs Teeth?

For some ocean animals, chowing down without chewing up is no problem at all.

Magazine spread Winter Weasel with leaping white ermine stoat and summer brown coat photos

Winter Weasel

This cute, fuzzy animal is also a fast, fierce hunter.

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