Savanna

Dinocrocuta

Not a hyena-just built like one.

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg

Asian Water Monitor

The canal-cruising giant of Asia

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.

Axanthic Ball Python

All the pattern-none of the yellow

Hammerhead Worm

Hammerhead hunters of the soil

De Brazza's Monkey

The bearded guenon of river forests

Capuchin

Small hands, big brains.

Tamarin

Small monkeys, big teamwork

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Bass

Bass: many lineages, one big name

Lace Bug

Lacy wings, leafy feasts.

Leichhardt's Grasshopper

Northern Australia's warning-coloured hopper

Fritillary Butterfly

Four legs, endless wing stories

Saturniidae Moth

Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Trapdoor spider

Hidden door, lightning strike.

Ostracod

Tiny shells, huge history

Africanized bee (killer bee)

Same species-different attitude.

Knifefish

Life in South America, powered by volts

Dimetrodon

Permian sailback-before dinosaurs