Temperate Grassland

European Starling

Mimic, shimmer, and swarm the sky

Downy Woodpecker

Big woodpecker energy-mini size.

Vermilion Flycatcher

A spark of red on the riverbank

Boxachi

Big-dog heart, small-dog spark

Hawk

Built to see, swoop, and soar

Megalochelys

A fossil giant with a living legacy

Meiolania

Horned head. Armored tail. Island titan.

Pelycosaurs

Permian pioneers of the mammal line

Holy Cross Frog

The desert frog with a cross on its back

Giant Beaver

Ice Age beaver, supersized.

Macrauchenia

South America's long-necked mystery mammal

Dinopithecus

The giant baboon of ancient Africa

Doedicurus

Ice Age armadillo with a mace tail

Banana Cinnamon Ball Python

Caramel coils, calm soul.

Josephoartigasia monesi

Uruguay's titan rodent

Toxodon

The Pampas' hippo-like grazer

Oranda Goldfish

Wen-tastic elegance in motion

Red Paper Wasp

Open-comb builders of the Carolinas

Oriental Cockroach

The basement-dwelling "black beetle"

Partridge

Small birds, big survival skills.

Flour Beetle

The flour pest that never quits

Spider Beetle

Spider look, beetle build-ptinids!

Palo Verde Beetle

Monsoon's giant longhorn at your porchlight

Darkling Beetle

Masters of the dry and the dark