Yaman's animal encyclopedia
Pawpedia
What is a mammal? Why do animals migrate? How does a food chain work? In Pawpedia you'll find the big ideas of the animal world, plus every animal in the zoo.
By topic
Animal groups
Food and feeding
Bodies and behaviour
Nature and conservation
A to Z
72 entriesA
B
C
- CamouflageTopicWhen an animal hides by looking like its surroundings through colour, pattern or shape.
- CarnivoreTopicAnimals that eat other animals.
- CheetahAnimalAcinonyx jubatus
- ChimpanzeeAnimalPan troglodytes
- Climate changeTopicThe rise in Earth's average temperature caused by human activity, and the changes in weather that come with it.
- Cold-bloodedTopicAnimals whose body temperature changes with their surroundings: reptiles, amphibians and most fish.
- Common octopusAnimalOctopus vulgaris
D
E
- Emperor penguinAnimalAptenodytes forsteri
- EndangeredTopicSpecies whose numbers have fallen so low that they could soon disappear from the wild.
- Endemic speciesTopicA species that lives naturally in only one particular part of the world.
- Eurasian lynxAnimalLynx lynx
- ExtinctTopicSpecies that no longer exist anywhere, because the last one has died.
F
G
- Giant pandaAnimalAiluropoda melanoleuca
- GiraffeAnimalGiraffa camelopardalis
- Goitered gazelleAnimalGazella subgutturosa
- Golden eagleAnimalAquila chrysaetos
- Great white sharkAnimalCarcharodon carcharias
- Greater flamingoAnimalPhoenicopterus roseus
- Green sea turtleAnimalChelonia mydas
- Grey wolfAnimalCanis lupus
H
- HabitatTopicThe natural home where an animal lives and finds food, water and shelter.
- HerbivoreTopicAnimals that eat only or mostly plants.
- Herd and packTopicA group of animals of the same kind that live together and look out for each other.
- HibernationTopicA long, deep sleep some animals take in the cold months when food is scarce, slowing their bodies right down.
- HippopotamusAnimalHippopotamus amphibius
I
J
K
L
M
- MammalTopicWarm-blooded animals with backbones that feed their babies milk and have hair or fur.
- MarsupialTopicMammals whose babies are born tiny and grow up in a pouch on their mother's belly.
- Mediterranean monk sealAnimalMonachus monachus
- MeerkatAnimalSuricata suricatta
- MetamorphosisTopicWhen an animal completely changes its body shape as it grows, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a tadpole becoming a frog.
- MigrationTopicWhen animals travel long distances at the same time every year to find food, water or a place to have babies.
- MolluscTopicAnimals without backbones that have soft bodies; many have a shell.
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
W
Z
No entries match your search.