Vespertine

Mourning Warbler

Hooded shadow of the thickets

Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.

Red Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, big attitude-spiny tail!

Black Dragon Lizard

All the beardie charm-dressed in black.

Black Throat Monitor

Dark throat. Big brain. Savanna hunter.

Leichhardt's Grasshopper

Northern Australia's warning-coloured hopper

Fritillary Butterfly

Four legs, endless wing stories

Africanized bee (killer bee)

Same species-different attitude.

Owl Butterfly

Big wings. Bold eyes. Dusk flyers.

Oribi

The grassland ghost on tiptoe

Kiang

Tough hooves for the Roof of the World

Savannah Monitor

West Africa's clawed ground-forager

Underwing Moth

Beautiful underneath, invisible on bark

Uromastyx (Spiny-Tailed Lizard)

Spiny tails, desert scales, plant power.

Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)

Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes

Olympic Marmot

Olympic Mountains' whistling burrower

Western Blacklegged Tick

Pacific Coast tick, outsized impact.

Long-Winged Kite Spider

Spines out, web set-kite spider ready

Daug

Big personality on short legs

Peacock Bass

Amazon power in a cichlid body

Tiger Swallowtail

Striped speedster of eastern forests

Swallowtail Butterfly

Big wings, bold tails, secret defenses

Patagonian Cavy

Patagonia's long-legged "hare" rodent

Yellowish Cuckoo Bumblebee (formerly Fernald's Cuckoo Bumblebee)

The nest-hijacking bumblebee