Temperate Forest

Stag Beetle

Antlers of the insect world

Sand Lizard

Green-flanked sprinter of the sands

Pike Fish

Built to ambush, born to bite.

Raccoon Dog

Masked canid, master of winter torpor

Pool Frog

Small frog, big role in wetlands

Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Disappear into the forest-Uroplatus

Long-Eared Owl

Tufts up, talons down.

Crested Penguin

Yellow brows, ocean pros.

Yellow-Eyed Penguin

New Zealand's yellow-eyed diver

Little Penguin

Tiny diver, big coastal survivor

Saber-Toothed Tiger

Big bite, bigger grappling power

Puss Moth

Big moth, bigger attitude

Red Wolf

America's rarest wild wolf

African Civet

Africa's midnight musk-maker

Masked Palm Civet

Masked face, midnight fruit forager

Asian Palm Civet

Fruit by night, civet by scent

Golden Oriole

Golden voice in the green canopy

Edible Frog

The hybrid water frog of Europe

Asian Giant Hornet

Big hornet. Bigger impact.

Vampire Bat

Small bite, big biology.

Japanese Macaque

Japan's snow monkey, social to the core

Water Vole

Burrowed banks, wild wetlands

Saola

The Annamites' "spindlehorn" mystery

Wild Boar

Rooting, roaming, reshaping ecosystems