animal-profile

A capybara is a large, semi-aquatic rodent built for life beside water. In real life, it appears as a barrel‑shaped animal with a heavy torso, short head, and blunt snout, sta...

Jonathan the turtle is the world’s oldest known living land tortoise, a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) residing on Saint Helena since the 1880s....

Giraffes in Texas exist in a handful of private collections, zoological facilities, and conservation-focused ranches rather than in the wild. These giraffes live in warm, manage...

Tilikum was a male Icelandic orca captured in 1983 near Reyðarfjörður, Iceland, and held for decades in facilities in Canada and the United States. Best known as a long-term...