Diurnal

Dark-Eyed Junco

Winter's little hooded "snowbird"

Redstart

Old World firetails with a flick

Snow Bunting

The Arctic's drifting "snowflake"

Rhino Beetle

Nature's armored jousters

Dinosaur Shrimp

Hatch fast. Grow fast. Survive the drought.

Parti Schnauzer

Big beard, bold heart, bright patches.

Rove Beetle

Short elytra, big ecological impact

Figeater Beetle

The buzzing emerald of ripe fruit

Northern Flicker

The ant-eating woodpecker next door

Archerfish

Nature's original sharpshooters

Eastern Hognose Snake

All bluff, no bite.

Bird Snake

Disappearing twigs with a hidden bite

Albino (Amelanistic) Corn Snake

Bright colors, gentle constrictor

Herrerasaurus

A Triassic hunter at dinosaur dawn

Phytosaurs

Croc-lookalikes of the Triassic

Crocodylomorph

From river ambush to ocean roam

Rhamphosuchus

Siwalik's mysterious long-snouted giant

Barinasuchus

A land-hunting crocodile relative

Thalassomedon

Long neck, open sea, Cretaceous hunter

Pliosaur

Big jaws. Short neck. Ocean boss.

Turaco

Africa's crest-crowned canopy cruisers

Tufted Coquette

Small bird, big show-Tufted Coquette

Northern Screamer

The Wetland Alarm Bell of the Llanos

California Condor

Soar high-save the scavenger.