Crepuscular

Reticulated python

The net-patterned giant constrictor

Bismarck Ringed Python

Ringed hunter of the Bismarck forests

Coastal Carpet Python

Patterned climber of the east coast

Spotted python

Spots by night, constrict by might

Children's python

Small python, big night hunter

Bredl's Python

Desert-tough, rock-smart python

Muttaburrasaurus

Queensland's blunt-snouted browser

Krait

Silent stripes, serious venom.

Titanoboa

The rainforest boa that broke records

Phorusrhacos

Miocene runner with a can-opener beak

Arctotherium

Short-faced giants of Ice Age South America

Sinosauropteryx

Jehol's fuzzy little predator

Terror Bird

Run fast. Strike hard. Terror bird.

Spinosaurus

Sail-backed hunter of ancient rivers

Compsognathus

Small body, sharp bite, Jurassic sprint

Ceratosaurus

The horned hunter of the Morrison

Basilosaurus

The long-bodied king of Eocene seas

Plesiosaur

Four flippers, many lifestyles

Megatherium

The Great Beast of the Ice Age

Leedsichthys

Jurassic seas' gentle giant filter-feeder

Cave Bear

The Pleistocene cave hibernator

Cave Lion

Ice Age king of the open steppe

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Gomphotherium

Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage