Cathemeral

Bison

Hump-backed architects of the plains

Prawn

From reef cleaners to river giants

Fur Seal

Ear flaps, fast flippers, wild rookeries

Caracal

Black ears. Big leap. Silent hunter.

African Clawed Frog

Three claws. One famous frog.

Gopher

Built for life underground

Adélie Penguin

The little penguin of the sea-ice edge

Black Widow Spider

Small spider, big reputation.

Coral

Tiny polyps, massive oceans

Fossa

Madagascar's lemur-hunting acrobat

Ocelot

Rosettes in the shadows.

Zebu

Humped cattle, built for the tropics.

Dugong

Seagrass Meadows' Gentle Grazer

Mole

Built to burrow, born to sense

Newfoundland

Built for the surf, born to save

Emperor Penguin

Winter dads of the Antarctic

Wolverine

Cold-proof wanderer, fearless scavenger

Tapir

Tapirs: forest gardeners with a snorkel nose

Sea Otter

The kelp forest's furry keystone

Clouded Leopard

Built for the treetops, cloaked in clouds

Heron

Still. Stalk. Strike.

Stoat

White in winter, black-tipped always

Gecko

Tiny toes, big grip.

Possum

Australasia's night climbers