Cathemeral

Sivatherium

Shiva's horned giant of giraffids

Epidexipteryx

Display-feather dinosaur of Jurassic China

Gorgosaurus

Laramidia's long-legged tyrant

Magyarosaurus

A little titanosaur from an island world

Shastasaurus

Triassic titan of the open sea

Masiakasaurus

Madagascar's forward-toothed hunter

Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)

The Pleistocene's broad-browed moose

Gastornis

Eocene giant with a powerhouse beak

Thylacosmilus

The saber-tooth that wasn't a cat

Andrewsarchus

Big skull, bigger mystery

Embolotherium

Asia's Eocene battering-ram giant

Dinocrocuta

Not a hyena-just built like one.

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg

Asian Water Monitor

The canal-cruising giant of Asia

Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)

Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest

Mole Crab (Sand Flea)

Burrow fast. Filter the surf.

Hammerhead Worm

Hammerhead hunters of the soil

Hairy Frogfish

Hairy master of disguise-hook, lure, gulp

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Bass

Bass: many lineages, one big name

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Smooth head, sharp hunter.

Lace Bug

Lacy wings, leafy feasts.

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Bhutan Takin

Bhutan's Roman-nosed mountain bovid