Gray

American Wirehair

The steel-wool sweetheart

Waimanu

Penguins at the dawn of diving

Hovasaurus

Madagascar's Triassic water-runner

Pelagornithidae

Giants of the wind, teeth of bone

Nuralagus

The Balearic King Rabbit

Machaeroides

Eocene saber-tooth-without the cat

Norway Rat

Built for cities, born to burrow

Pit Viper

Heat-sensing hunters with hidden fangs

Viper

Hinged fangs, hidden hunters

Viperfish

Fangs, lights, and life in the dark

Armored Catfish

Armored grazers of the Americas

Goby Fish

Tiny fish, big partnerships.

Beluga Sturgeon

Ancient giant, modern warning

Asian Carp

Plankton powerhouses, river spawners

Pollock

Pollock: cod-family powerhouse seafood

Oarfish

Ribbon giants of the twilight sea

Arctic Char

Built for ice-cold waters

Sea Snake

Elapids that learned to breathe the sea

Grass Spider

Dew-lit sheets, lightning-fast hunts.

Robber Flies

Hawks of the insect world

Sheepshead Fish

Built to bite shells off the dock

American Paddlefish

Paddle-snouted plankton hunter

Giant Isopod

The deep sea's armored scavenger

Buffalo Fish

Big bodies, subtle mouths, ancient lives