How we work
Sources & Methodology
Every Wildlife Encyclopedia page is researched from authoritative references, written for a general audience, and reviewed before and after publication.
Where our facts come from
Each animal profile is built from published, authoritative sources rather than rewritten from a single page. Taxonomy, habitat, diet, size, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are cross-checked so that the facts block, the article, the FAQs, and the image captions agree with one another.
Most profiles list the specific references we used at the bottom of the article, so readers can follow a claim back to its source.
Primary references
The databases and literature we rely on
IUCN Red List
Conservation status and population trend for each species come from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Animal Diversity Web & museums
Size, diet, behavior, and life-cycle details are checked against Animal Diversity Web, natural history museums, and government wildlife agencies.
GBIF & taxonomy databases
Scientific names and taxonomy are aligned with GBIF and other reference databases to keep classification consistent across the site.
Peer-reviewed literature
Where a claim is unusual or precise, we prefer peer-reviewed papers and cite them in the article's reference list.
How we source and verify images
Photographs come mainly from Wikimedia Commons and similar libraries under open licenses such as CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, or public domain. Each image record stores its source page, creator, license, and a link back to the original file, and required attribution is shown with the photo.
Before an image is published, it is visually checked to confirm it shows the correct species in an accurate context — a foraging animal for a diet image, a genuine juvenile for a young-animal image, and so on. Images that cannot be verified are removed rather than mislabeled.
Editorial review and corrections
Articles publish under the byline An Nguyen and display their latest review date. Pages are revised when a source is updated — for example when the IUCN reassesses a species — or when a reader reports something that needs fixing.
This site is a reliable starting point for general readers, not a substitute for specialist literature or field expertise. If you spot an error, use the contact page with the page URL and what should change. Confirmed corrections are edited into the page and reflected in the Updated date.
See it in practice
Read a sourced profile
Open any animal page to see the facts, article, FAQs, and the reference list at the end.