Temperate Forest

Wyandotte Chicken

Laced beauty, steady brown eggs

Milkweed aphids

Golden sap-sipper of milkweed

Chilesaurus

Chile's dinosaur mash-up

Bombardier Beetle

Tiny beetle, big chemical comeback

Black Aphids

Tiny bugs, huge plant impact

Sea Trout

One fish, two worlds

Sandworm

Bristle worms: engineers of the seafloor

Golden Shiner

The classic golden baitfish.

Therizinosaurus

Scythe-clawed plant-eater theropod

Zebrafish

Striped minnow, giant science impact

Boer Goat

Built for meat, bred in South Africa

Golden Trout

The Sierra's living gold

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Blowfly

Nature's cleanup crew in metallic armor

Eastern Cottontail

Edge-habitat sprinter with a cotton tail

Lake Trout

Deep-lake char, built for the cold

Black Bass

Built for the strike, born to guard

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail. Quiet ambush. Rattle ready.

Western Rattlesnake (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)

Heat-sensing hunter of the Northwest

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail, silent ambush, loud warning.

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle, vital predator

Chilean Recluse Spider

Six eyes, one hiding place: corners.