This little gila monster is a traveling succulent oasis!

Smoke swirls around this fantasy crocodile skink as the light of the cinder flickers away.

Lemmings -don't - in fact - jump off cliffs to their demise.

Jumping spiders are attentive hunters and very docile animals - bites to humans are rare.

Kangaroo rats tuck their little front legs in when they run - it's too precious!

The cross fox is the same species as the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, but is a naturally occurring color mutation (and one of my personal favorites!).

This little red ruffed lemur is wishing you a happy weekend!

Opossum love! The Virginia opossum is North America's only marsupial. If you head south to Central or South America you will find over 100 different opossum species.

Foxes are one of my favorite animals!

These two bears encountered each other at Brooks Falls, Alaska, an iconic spot where bears visit each year to feast on salmon! Grizzlies will often establish dominance over a fishing spot with territorial behavior, but rarely does it lead to actual fights. Fights can be deadly.

The lowland streaked tenrec is one of 29 species of tenrec, most endemic to Madagascar.

Explosion of color and ferocity!