Crepuscular

Roseate Spoonbill

Sweep. Snap. Pink perfection.

Water Vole

Burrowed banks, wild wetlands

Saola

The Annamites' "spindlehorn" mystery

Wild Boar

Rooting, roaming, reshaping ecosystems

Quokka

Small kangaroo, big island icon

Dwarf Crocodile

Small croc, big armor.

Amur Leopard

Ghost of the Snowy Forest

Wyoming Toad

Wyoming's comeback toad

Scimitar-horned Oryx

Scimitar horns, desert survivor

Père David's Deer

China's rescued wetland deer

Harbor Porpoise

Small porpoise, big sonar.

Cockatoo

Crested geniuses of Australasia

Wolf Spider

Fast feet, sharp eyes, fierce moms

Xerus

Burrows, sun, and savvy survival

Jerboa

Desert jumpers on spring-loaded legs

Camel Spider

Big jaws. Fast feet. Desert hunter.

Aurochs

The original wild cattle

Skate Fish

Glide low, hunt slow.

Freshwater Suckerfish

Bottom cleaners of North America's waters

Fluke Fish (Summer Flounder)

The fluke: seafloor stealth, summer bite.

Monkfish

Big mouth. Hidden hunter.

King Cobra

Snake-eater, nest-builder, giant of Asia

Maned Wolf

Cerrado's long-legged fruit-eating canid

Ermine

Black-tail hunter, winter-white