Fishing Cat
The fishing cat dives into water to catch fish and has partly webbed front feet and a waterproof double-layered coat.
Asia
Flying Fox (Fruit Bat)
Flying foxes are among the world’s most important pollinators and seed dispersers, flying up to 50 km or more in a night and spreading seeds across whole landscapes.
Gaur
The gaur is the largest wild cattle species on Earth, with bulls weighing up to about 1.5 tonnes.
Gharial
Adult male gharials grow a bulbous knob on the tip of the snout, called a ghara after an Indian clay pot, which they use to make buzzing sounds.
Giant Pacific Octopus
Giant Pacific octopuses can recognise individual people: in one aquarium study, they treated keepers differently depending on who had fed or teased them.
Giant Panda
A giant panda has an extended wrist bone that works like a thumb, helping it grip bamboo stems.
Golden Eagle
In the mountains of Mongolia and Kazakhstan, eagle hunters have trained golden eagles for centuries to hunt foxes and even wolves.
Golden Jackal
Golden jackals are spreading rapidly across Europe and have reached as far as the Netherlands, Denmark and the Baltic states.
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in snowy mountain forests and survive winter mainly by eating lichens.
Gray Whale
A female gray whale tracked by satellite swam about 22,500 km in a single round trip, one of the longest migrations recorded for any mammal.
Great Bustard
The male great bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world, and in spring he puffs up into a white ‘foam bath’ display that makes him look like a giant feather ball.
Great Hornbill
The female seals herself into a tree-hole nest with mud and droppings, leaving only a slit through which the male feeds her and the chick for months.
Great White Pelican
Great white pelicans fish as a team, swimming in a horseshoe formation to herd fish into shallow water before scooping them up together.
Greater Flamingo
Flamingos are pink because of carotenoid pigments in the algae and shrimp they eat; chicks are born grey and white.
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Numbers have risen from fewer than 200 in the early twentieth century to more than 4,000 today, one of Asia’s greatest conservation recoveries.
Grey Heron
Britain’s Heronries Census has counted nesting grey herons since 1928, making it the longest-running census of breeding birds in the world.
Grey Wolf
A wolf pack can travel over 50 km in a day, and dispersing young wolves have walked more than 1,000 km to find new territories.
Griffon Vulture
Griffon vultures can soar for hours on rising warm air without flapping, scanning huge areas for carcasses.
Harbor Seal
Harbor seals can follow the invisible water trail left by a fish using only their whiskers, even when the trail is over half a minute old.
Himalayan Monal
The male Himalayan monal shimmers with iridescent green, purple, copper and blue, and is Nepal’s national bird, known locally as the Danphe.
Honey Badger
The honey badger’s skin is so thick and loose that it can twist around inside it to bite an attacker that has grabbed it.
Indian Grey Mongoose
The Indian grey mongoose is famous for fighting cobras, relying on speed, thick fur and partial resistance to snake venom.
Indian Peafowl
A peacock’s famous ‘tail’ is actually a train of about 200 elongated feathers growing from the lower back, and it is shed and regrown every year.
Japanese Macaque
The famous ‘snow monkeys’ of Jigokudani bathe in hot springs in winter, and studies show bathing lowers their stress hormones.