Here are 15 of the largest animals in North America, where you'll find them, and anything else you need to know about them. Not all of them are land animals, either. You may be surprised at some ...

We all have our lazy days, but black bears take it to another level. Image caption, Black bears in North ... Find out more about the most species-rich continent on the planet, South America.

depicting them as intimidating beasts. But humans living in ice age North America had to deal with the real thing. Dire wolves (Canis dirus) were a canine species that hunted the plains and forests.

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

Black bears are North America's most familiar ... white. Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they do not protect them from other bears. Males might wander a 15- to 80 ...

These beautiful birds are North America's most common hawks ... than a dozen subspecies of various colorations, and not all of them have this characteristic. These birds of prey are also known ...