Sensitive, intelligent elephants are the world’s largest land mammal (by weight) and a living link to long-extinct species like the woolly mammoth.

Mice and rats are curious, social animals who can make excellent pets.

These furry masked bandits probably hang out in your neighborhood—they’re amazing survivors and can thrive in all sorts of habitats.

With their distinctive honks and propensity to graze on roadside grass, Canada geese are among the most ubiquitous of our wild neighbors.

Guinea pigs are gentle, curious pets.

Bears are powerful, majestic animals who were once nearly wiped out, but are now reclaiming their wild homes.

Social, family-oriented and highly adaptable—wolves have a lot in common with humans.

Pigs are gentle creatures with surprising intelligence.

Around the world, tree squirrels are among the most prolific—and fun to watch—backyard wildlife species.

Turtles have been roaming the Earth for millions of years—but now dozens of these “slow and steady” species are racing toward extinction.