The Benguela swamp is home to several highly specialized fish-eating birds. Some stand on one foot as the search, so that from the water they resemble a read. Others use their wings to hide their feet with shade and see beneath the water for unsuspecting fish.

The single-sex colonies of wasps in the coast of Panama will do everything in their power to protect and harvest their eggs.

In Southern Taiwan, butterflies use their highly adapted bodies to restore energy and search for nectar.

In the rainforests of Central America, thousands of army ants work as a united organism, scouting, hunting and transporting food back to the colony.

Broad-snouted caiman mothers are incredibly nurturing, carefully taking her offspring from the newly hatched eggs towards the water and even helping the late comers by cracking their eggs.

High above the grounds of the Peruvian forest, spiders cooperate in building a web that will stand in the way of the flight path of many forest creatures.

Master of the art of poison, snakes strike fear in the hearts of all animals. Venom has been the key to the success of these sinuous shadows. A single bite can cause almost instant death, even to man. One cobra can kill simply by spitting, yet the mongoose has a natural immunity to its venom. The most deadly snake of all is the sea snake. Once captured by fearless divers in the far east it is served up as a tasty roadside snack, its venom no...

A dichotomous key is a tool for classifying organisms based on how similar they are to each other. It involves asking a series of questions, each with only two possible answers.

The pig-nosed turtle's eggs will hatch only under water or during the rainy season, guaranteeing the baby that the outside conditions are propitious to growth.

In the tropical forests of Peru, armies of ants protect their empires by fighting off potential predators as well as knocking down plants competing for space.