Polar bear
Ursus maritimus

C Sidney KH, CC 4.0

Ringtail
Bassariscus astutus

C Robertbody, CC 3.0

Ribbon seal
Histriophoca fasciata

C Captain Budd christman, NOAA Coros, public domain

Brown bear
Ursus arctos

C Stanislava, CC 4.0

Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis

C Tomfriedel, CC 3.0

Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

Photo by ossie.g

Fun Fact of the Week: A new study revealed that “Dire Wolves” weren’t actually wolves at all and belonged to their own genus known as “Aenocyon Dirus” rather than “Canis Dirus.”

art by Mauricio Anton

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Photo by Sarah Plasencia

American black bear
Ursus americanus

C Cephas, CC 4.0

African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis

C Mark Paxton, CC 3.0

Grey seal
Halichoerus grypus

C Nigel Chadwick, CC 2.0

Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

Photo by Ben Williams

Spectacled bear
Tremarctos ornatus

C BluesyPete, CC 3.0

Eastern lowland olingo
Bassaricyon alleni

C Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, CC 3.0

Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus

C Labunski Liz, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain

Sloth bear
Melursus ursinus

C Abhimanyu kashyap, CC 4.0

Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
Conepatus chinga

C Inao Vásquez, CC 2.0

Antarctic fur seal and gentoo penguin
Arctocephalus gazella and Pygoscelis papua

C Liam Quinn, CC 2.0

Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Photo by Carol Grenier