Critter Science

The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker

10 June, 2025
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The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is a diminutive, globular-shaped fish from the family Cyclopteridae, which includes all lumpfish species. While they don’t have any major threats to their survival, they are subject to microplastic pollution

The Silky Soft Sable

25 February, 2025
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Mustelid Facts

The sable, a species of marten, is a small omnivorous (eats meat and plant matter) mammal. They can be found throughout China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, North America, and the Russian Federation. These critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction

Squee!!! Here Comes the Flapjack Octopus

15 June, 2023
Critterman
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Cephalopod Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Fish Facts

The flapjack octopus, aka adorabilis, is a species of umbrella octopus that hails from the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean. These adorable critters are listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN, as there is

The Cool Jumping Spider

5 July, 2021
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Arachnid Facts, Arthropod Facts

It could be said that many people aren’t a fan of spiders, much less a jumping spider. But these arachnids are really cool and, like all spiders, beneficial. Jumping spiders compose the

The Photogenic Quokka

1 January, 2021
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Marsupial Facts

Native to Australia and about the size of a large house cat, it’s the quokka. Quokkas are marsupials, like kangaroos, wallabies, and wombats; to name a few. They hail from Rottnest and

The Happy Hedgehog

15 May, 2020
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

It’s the hedgehog. They are small, they have short legs, a cute, cone-shaped face, and they roll into an adorable little ball of spikes when threatened. These critters get their namesake

One Cute Antelope, the Dik-Dik

16 November, 2018
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

The dik-dik is a small species of antelope that lives in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. They are beneficial to other animals in a couple ways. First, they serve as prey animals for larger predators like leopards, caracals,

The Adorable Red Panda

16 August, 2018
Critterman
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

Not as big as a regular panda, but certainly as adorable, it’s the red panda. The forests red pandas live in need to have a steady supply of bamboo in order for them to thrive. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal, central China and northern Myanmar in rainy, […]