Crepuscular

Dinocrocuta

Not a hyena-just built like one.

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg

Equus giganteus

Big horse of Ice-Age America

Irish Elk

The deer with antlers like doorways

Common Yellowthroat

Masked singer of the marsh edge

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.

Axanthic Ball Python

All the pattern-none of the yellow

Hammerhead Worm

Hammerhead hunters of the soil

Oilfish

Deep-water predator with a waxy secret

Bearded Fireworm

Look, don't touch-the reef's fire-beard

Capuchin

Small hands, big brains.

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Bass

Bass: many lineages, one big name

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Smooth head, sharp hunter.

Nut Weevil

Snouts that drill, larvae that dine

Lace Bug

Lacy wings, leafy feasts.

Clark's Grebe

White face, yellow bill-lake sprinter

Horned Grebe

Golden horns, master of the dive

Fritillary Butterfly

Four legs, endless wing stories

Saturniidae Moth

Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands