The Best Biome

Meerkat

Groups of meerkats are called mobs for a reason. These feisty animals are murderous, even of their own kind.

Ostrich: the world’s biggest bird and toughest survivor. They nest together, have radiators for necks, and can drink saltwater.

Native gardening is a great way to help the environment as well as show your neighbors you’re definitely better than them.

Baboons are a group of ground-dwelling grasslanders whose habitat use and social structure might help us learn about our own hominid ancestors.

These feisty little ecosystem engineers are expert diggers, seek out drugs, and are great models for anxiety.

Bumblebees are excellent pollinators and have surprisingly complex brains.

Patagonian Maras are a unique rodent with one of the strangest social structures of any mammal.

Let’s be real: hyenas are savage scavengers and that’s why we love them. They need some good PR, but let’s accept them as they are.

Saw-filled mouths, magical spit, and so much more. Ticks are truly marvelous little bloodsuckers.

Dodder: a parasitic cheater, or helpful companion?