Credits
Sources
These are the organizations and publications we check our animal facts against. Every fact on Wildari Planet is confirmed by reading the original source before it is published.
Conservation and government organizations
- IUCNiucn.org
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesiucnredlist.org
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Servicefws.gov
- BirdLife Internationalbirdlife.org
- BirdLife South Africabirdlife.org.za
- International Crane Foundationsavingcranes.org
- WWFwwf.org.uk
- Vulture Conservation Foundation4vultures.org
- RSPBrspb.org.uk
- Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trustarc-trust.org
- Rainforest Alliancerainforest-alliance.org
- World Animal Protectionworldanimalprotection.org.nz
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commissionagfc.com
Universities and research databases
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigananimaldiversity.org
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birdsallaboutbirds.org
- BugGuide, Iowa State Universitybugguide.net
- UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciencescaes.ucdavis.edu
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)siam.org
Zoos and aquariums
- Smithsonian's National Zoonationalzoo.si.edu
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Allianceanimals.sandiegozoo.org
- Denver Zoodenverzoo.org
- San Francisco Zoo Docentssfzoodocents.org
- SeaWorldseaworld.org
Scientific journals and publishers
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)sciencedirect.com
- BioOnebioone.org
- PubMed Centralpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- PeerJpeerj.com
- Reptiles & Amphibiansjournals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians
- Herpetological Bulletin, British Herpetological Societythebhs.org
- The BMJbmj.com
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopaedia Britannicabritannica.com
- Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Science news and media
- National Geographicnationalgeographic.com
- Science Newssciencenews.org
- The Conversationtheconversation.com
- NPRnpr.org
- MPR Newsmprnews.org
- BBC Countryfilecountryfile.com
- Times Higher Educationtimeshighereducation.com
- EarthSkyearthsky.org
- Interesting Engineeringinterestingengineering.com
- My Modern Metmymodernmet.com
Other references
- Quark Expeditionsquarkexpeditions.com
- Animaliaanimalia.bio
- iere.orgiere.org
Artists
Some of our animal silhouettes come from PhyloPic, an open scientific database of organism silhouettes, and are used under Creative Commons licenses. We thank each artist below. Every credit links to the original image and to its license.
- Black Cobra (Naja sputatrix)by Chris Hay
- California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)by Stacy Spensley (Modified)
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)by Gabriela Palomo-Munoz
- Galápagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii)by Roberto Díaz Sibaja
- Jaguar (Panthera onca)by Gabriela Palomo-Munoz
- Leafcutter Ant (Atta colombica)by Courtney Rockenbach
- Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)by Tom Tarrant (photo), John E. McCormack, Michael G. Harvey, Brant C. Faircloth, Nicholas G. Crawford, Travis C. Glenn, Robb T. Brumfield & T. Michael Keesey
- Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)by Gabriela Palomo-Munoz
- Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)by Sarah Werning
- Tiger (Panthera tigris)by Sarah Werning
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus)by Bill Bouton (source photo) & T. Michael Keesey (vectorization)