Canadian lynx are specially adapted to endure cold weather. In addition to a thick winter coat, the lynx has wide, padded, furry paws that work like snowshoes.

Huskies were initially bred by nomadic Inuit peoples of the Arctic who needed a strong and hardy dog to help pull sleds many miles in tough conditions.

Red deer are social animals that spend most of their lives in male or female herds. The two sexes come together only during the annual mating season. Each spring, young are born.

Cuttlefish, along with octopuses and squid, are cephalopods — animals from an ancient branch of the tree of life that have been trolling the oceans for more than 500 million years.

Like ants and termites, common honeybees, which are black with characteristic orange-yellow rings on the abdomen, are social and cooperative insects.

Set aside the 22 fleshy pink tentacles that form the "star" on the nose of this mole, and it remains an odd-looking creature.

The golden-yellow, black-spotted cheetah's speed is legendary, but cheetahs have many other unique features.