Temperate Forest

Saturniidae Moth

Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Bhutan Takin

Bhutan's Roman-nosed mountain bovid

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

Eryops

Permian powerhouse of the ponds

Deinocheirus

The terrible-handed wetland omnivore

Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Largest skies, long-necked hunter

Ornithocheirus

Bird-hand ruler of Cretaceous skies

Allosaurus

Jurassic hunter of the Morrison

Lystrosaurus

The beaked survivor of Earth's worst crisis

Scutosaurus

Permian armor, plant-powered

Pachycephalosaurus

Built like a bipedal battering ram

Barylambda

Heavyweight of the Paleocene

Hatzegopteryx

Hateg's giant sky-stalker

Teddy Guinea Pig

Plush coat, big squeaks, gentle charm.

Abyssinian Guinea Pig

Spikes, rosettes, and big personality

English Crested Guinea Pig

One crest. One color. Pure charm.

Sequined Spider

Nature's tiny living disco ball

Spanish Water Dog

Curly-coated worker: land and water.