Ambergris is a whale product, a waxy substance now used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumery. Its only known source is the digestive tract of the sperm whale or cachalot, but the details of its...

If I have to take one name then I would definitely say, Killer Whales. Killer whales (toothed whales) are the most dangerous and ferocious animals in the sea. Killer whales fully deserve their name...

There has been considerable discussion regarding the temperament and ferocity of gorillas, and for many years it was thought that they held a continuous open season on man. With the decades of...

The gorilla is by far the largest of the great apes, but there is no evidence that it ever reaches a height of 9 feet, as some sensationally minded writers have maintained. Captive gorillas,...

Yes, some kangaroos are able to climb trees and, though they are quite awkward about it, even seem to prefer the trees to the ground. The tree kangaroos, or tree wallabies as they are sometimes...

Some readers have probably seen a boxing kangaroo on exhibition and may have listened with sympathy to the harangue of the owner who dramatically told of numberless hours of grueling labor spent in...