Crepuscular

Pig-Nosed Turtle

Sea-turtle flippers, river-turtle soul

Pacific Spaghetti Eel

The eel that lives like a worm

Spotted Garden Eel

The plankton-picker of the sand flats

Scottish Fold Cat

Folded ears, big heart-bred with care

Comb Jellyfish

Eight comb rows, endless glow

Nematode

Roundworms: small bodies, huge impact

Kouprey

Kouprey: the vanishing forest ox

Tarantula

Big spiders, quiet ambush masters

Leafcutter Ant

Farmers of the forest floor

Underwing Moth

Beautiful underneath, invisible on bark

Xingu River Ray

Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray

Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)

Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes

Khapra Beetle

Tiny beetle, massive quarantine threat.

Mollusk

One phylum, endless forms

Hartebeest

Built for the long run on the plains

Inchworm

Loop, look like a twig, and live on leaves

Owlfly (Ascalaphidae)

Big eyes. Clubbed antennae. Pure predator.

Gourami

Gulp air, build nests, rule the shallows

Yabby

Burrow. Endure. Thrive.

Kissing Gourami

Not a kiss-it's a contest.

Pacific Coast Tick

Ornate hunter of the Pacific slopes

Ornate Bichir

Maze-Patterned Air-Breathing Predator

Assassin Snail

Banded burrower, snail-eating sniper

Cone Snail

Harpoon hunters of the reef