Hot Desert

Australorp Chicken

Black sheen, brown eggs, calm charm

New Hampshire Red Chicken

Early to lay, built to last

Brahma Chicken

Big boots, bigger bird.

Frizzle Chicken

Curly feathers, classic chicken charm

Plymouth Rock Chicken

America's steady brown-egg workhorse

Sussex Chicken

Hardy heritage, eggs and elegance

Booted Bantam

Tiny bird, grand boots.

Campine Chicken

Belgian barring, brilliant eggs.

Polish Chicken

Big crest, big character.

Red Star Chicken

Big brown eggs, bright red birds.

Leghorn Chicken

Small bird, big egg basket.

Wyandotte Chicken

Laced beauty, steady brown eggs

Milkweed aphids

Golden sap-sipper of milkweed

Bombardier Beetle

Tiny beetle, big chemical comeback

Black Aphids

Tiny bugs, huge plant impact

Sandworm

Bristle worms: engineers of the seafloor

Boer Goat

Built for meat, bred in South Africa

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Blowfly

Nature's cleanup crew in metallic armor

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail. Quiet ambush. Rattle ready.

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail, silent ambush, loud warning.

Chilean Recluse Spider

Six eyes, one hiding place: corners.