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1,028 capsules, each one classified by the strength of its evidence.

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Fact· Empirical

Monarch Butterfly

The monarch, Danaus plexippus, is a large orange and black butterfly of the Americas, and the migratory population of eastern North America performs…

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Fact· Empirical

Axolotl

The axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, is a salamander that never leaves the larval form. It reaches sexual maturity while keeping its gills and its…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 7, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Sea Turtle

Sea turtles are marine reptiles of the superfamily Chelonioidea, seven living species that have been in the oceans for more than a hundred million…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 7, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Albatross

Albatrosses are large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae, with the longest wingspans of any living bird and a way of flying that costs them almost…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 7, 2026
Fact

Biodiversity

The variety of life, measured at the level of genes, species and ecosystems. It is unevenly distributed, incompletely catalogued, and declining at a…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 5, 2026
Contested

Trophic Cascades

A trophic cascade occurs when a change at one level of a food web propagates down through the levels beneath it. The mechanism is real and…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 3, 2026
Theory· Scientific

Keystone Species

A keystone species is one whose effect on its ecosystem is disproportionately large relative to its abundance. The concept reorganised how ecologists…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsAug 3, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Polar Bear

The polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is the largest living land carnivore and the only bear classified as a marine mammal. It is a very recent species…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsMay 24, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Bald Eagle

The bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, is a large fish-eating raptor of North America, the national bird of the United States, and the standard…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsApr 18, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Blue Whale

The blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, is the largest animal known to have lived, larger than any dinosaur yet described. It eats one of the smallest…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsApr 14, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Dolphin

Dolphins are toothed whales of the family Delphinidae and several river families, around forty species. They echolocate, they call each other by name…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsMar 18, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Elephant

Elephants are the largest living land animals, and there are three species rather than the two most references still give. They have the longest…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsMar 15, 2026
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Tiger

The tiger, Panthera tigris, is the largest living cat, a solitary ambush predator of Asian forest, grassland and mangrove. It occupies something like…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsMar 1, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Giant Panda

The giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, is a bear that eats bamboo. That sentence contains the whole problem: it has the digestive system of a…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsFeb 26, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Great White Shark

The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is the largest predatory fish, reaching about six metres. It is warm-blooded in a limited and…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsFeb 14, 2026
Fact· Empirical

Penguin

Penguins are flightless seabirds of the southern hemisphere, around eighteen species, which gave up flight in the air for flight underwater. They are…

byCapsule0 votes0 reviewsFeb 5, 2026