Black

Snow Goose

Two morphs, one Arctic traveler

Loggerhead Shrike

Songbird with a raptor's toolbox

Ruddy Duck

Small duck, big tail attitude

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

The whistling "tree duck" with style

Northern Pintail

Pointed tail, planet-spanning migrant

Epidexipteryx

Display-feather dinosaur of Jurassic China

Icadyptes

Eocene giant of Peru's seas

Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)

The Pleistocene's broad-browed moose

Haast's Eagle

The moa-hunter of ancient New Zealand

Gastornis

Eocene giant with a powerhouse beak

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg

Equus giganteus

Big horse of Ice-Age America

Kentucky Warbler

Masked jewel of the forest floor

Asian Water Monitor

The canal-cruising giant of Asia

Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.

Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)

Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest

Black Dragon Lizard

All the beardie charm-dressed in black.

Lace Monitor

Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east

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

Hairy Frogfish

Hairy master of disguise-hook, lure, gulp

Oilfish

Deep-water predator with a waxy secret

Capuchin

Small hands, big brains.