Vespertine

Pronghorn

Pronged horns. Prairie speed.

Springbok

Born to bound: the pronking springbok

Horsefly

Fast flyers with a fierce bite

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Rose flash of the treetops

Indian Giant Squirrel

India's rainbow squirrel of the treetops

Tsetse Fly

The fly that gives birth, not eggs

Carolina Parakeet

The lost parrot of the American East

Ivory-billed woodpecker

The legendary "ghost bird" of swamps

Laughing Kookaburra

The bush's laughing alarm clock

Eastern Phoebe

Tail-pump. Perch. "Fee-bee!"

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Tiny bird, huge journey

Pygora Goat

Big softness in a small goat

Senegal Parrot

West Africa's V-chested woodland parrot

Blue Grosbeak

Big bill. Blue blaze. Brushland singer.

Northern Cardinal

Red crest, bold song, backyard royalty

Barn Swallow

Mud-cup mason of the open skies

Parakeet

Budgie: the nomad that learned to talk

Gopher Tortoise

Digging homes for hundreds of neighbors

Eastern Fence Lizard

The blue-bellied sentinel of fences

Russian Tortoise

Built to burrow through extremes

Chinese Geese

The Upright, Noisy Farm Sentinel

American Robin

Spring's orange-breasted songster

House wren

Big song, tiny tail-cocker

Vizsla

Hungary's golden velcro gundog