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In the world of Cassowary, females rule and males raise the young. Females often choose their mate based on their skills as a parent. Each egg is 600 grams. The female lays them directly onto the forest floor, and then departs leaving the male to care for their chicks. The male's parental instincts take over. He guards the eggs, turning them regularly to ensure they develop evenly. He will brood the eggs for the next 52 days alone.

More than 20,000 Greater Flamingos have flocked to a shallow salt lake in the south of France. Only a few hardy life-forms can survive in this extreme alkaline water including phytoplankton and bacteria. Colonies of brine shrimp feed on these microorganisms which in turn feed the region's flamingos.

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In 2018, the Rufous Hummingbird was uplisted from least concern to near threatened on the IUCN Red List, on the basis that due to its reliance on insect prey during the wintering season, it will be heavily affected by the global decline in insect populations due to pesticides and intensified agriculture. Due to climate change, many flowers that the rufous hummingbird feeds on during the breeding season have started blooming two weeks prior to the birds' arrival to their breeding locations, which may lead to rufous hummingbirds arriving too late to feed on them.

It's not easy being the planet's largest terrestrial animal. Every day elephants must eat and drink enough to support their gigantic size. This daily quest is the reason why elephants are constantly on the move.

The Epaulette Shark is a slender species that has a large black ocellus (eye-like spot with a marginal ring) above the pectoral fin. It has a oronasal groove which connects the mouth to the nostrils, small triangular teeth, and short nasal barbels. It is endemic (found only in) the Great Barrier Reef from about the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula to the southern extremity of the Great Barrier Reef at the Capricorn Group. It is a bottom-dwelling species which lives primarily in warm, shallow waters. Males mature at around 55-60 cm in length and the females at 55-64 cm and can grow to 107 cm. The Epaulette Shark is an oviparous (lays eggs) species. The eggs are about 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. They hatch after about 130 days. Young are around 15 cm in length when they hatch.

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