Nocturnal

Orange Roughy

Seamount elder of the deep

Clock Spider

The sideways sprinter of your walls

Swordfish

One sword. Whole oceans to roam.

Perch Fish

Spines up-freshwater's sharp hunters

Stonefish

Looks like a rock. Hits like a needle.

Pink Toed Tarantula

Pink toes, treetop silk architect

Lancetfish

Sail-fin hunters of the midwater

Nautilus

Ancient shell, living navigator.

Bark Scorpion

Climbs like a gecko, stings like a storm

Katydid

Leaf-mimics with night-time songs

Xenacanthus

The head-spined hunters of Pangea

Dinofelis

Moderate sabers, maximum power.

Arthropleura

Carboniferous colossus on many legs

Dinosaurs

One name, a million body plans

Earless Monitor Lizard

Borneo's "hidden-ear" river guardian

Egret

Wetland hunters in white

Elf Owl

Tiny owl, big desert night hunter

Seymouria

A near-amniote on Permian shores

Deinosuchus

Armor-plated giant of Cretaceous waterways

Bat-Eared Fox

Big ears. Termites beware.

Sarplaninac

Mountain-born guardian of the flock

Maremma Sheepdog

White guardian of the flock.

Pyrenean Mastiff

Gentle Giant, Mountain Guardian

Tawny Frogmouth

The broken-branch bird of the night