Random Insect
Meet a random insect, with a fact about it.
Army ant
Workers link their bodies together to form living bridges and a temporary nest called a bivouac.
More about this animal
- Scientific name
- Eciton burchellii
- Habitat
- Rainforest
In this list
39 animals, including Army ant, Buff-tailed bumblebee, Emerald cockroach wasp, Green drake mayfly, Little Barrier Island giant weta, Painted lady.
About Random Animal
Random Animal introduces you to one creature at a time, from familiar pets and farm animals to deep-sea oddities, with its scientific name, habitat, where in the world it lives, and one interesting fact.
It's popular for drawing prompts, classroom warm-ups, pictionary and charades, and simply learning something new. Filter by animal group to focus on mammals, birds, reptiles and more.
Ideas
- Drawing prompt: draw whatever comes up in five minutes.
- Charades: act out the animal without sounds.
How it works
The list holds 39 animals. Every pick uses a cryptographically secure random number generator — your browser's, which the operating system keeps seeded with physical noise from your device's hardware — so there are no patterns and no favourites.
It works like a shuffled deck: you won't see the same animal twice until you've seen them all in this visit. To keep pages tiny, the list is split into small, randomly mixed batches that load only as you need them.
Without JavaScript the button still works: our edge servers make the pick instead, using Cloudflare's secure random number generator, whose entropy famously includes LavaRand — a wall of lava lamps.
Source: Random Wonder editorial compilation (species-level animals across all major groups with habitats, ranges and facts); scientific names and facts verified against current web reference sources (Wikipedia taxonomy and species articles) in September 2026. Last reviewed 2026-09-29.