Gray

Redstart

Old World firetails with a flick

Dinosaur Shrimp

Hatch fast. Grow fast. Survive the drought.

Archerfish

Nature's original sharpshooters

Eastern Hognose Snake

All bluff, no bite.

Bird Snake

Disappearing twigs with a hidden bite

Tentacled Snake

Tentacles that trick fish

Kangaroo Mouse

Small hopper, big desert survivor

Herrerasaurus

A Triassic hunter at dinosaur dawn

Eurypterus

Paddles, claws, Paleozoic power

Phytosaurs

Croc-lookalikes of the Triassic

Smilosuchus

Not a croc-Triassic river hunter

Crocodylomorph

From river ambush to ocean roam

Rhamphosuchus

Siwalik's mysterious long-snouted giant

Barinasuchus

A land-hunting crocodile relative

Thalassomedon

Long neck, open sea, Cretaceous hunter

Pliosaur

Big jaws. Short neck. Ocean boss.

Turaco

Africa's crest-crowned canopy cruisers

Northern Screamer

The Wetland Alarm Bell of the Llanos

Great Potoo Bird

The bird that becomes a branch

Fairy-Wren

Small birds, big social drama

Grebe

Lobed-toe divers with dance moves

Pink-Necked Green Pigeon

Pink neck, green cloak-seed sower

Skua

Pirates of the polar seas

Merganser

Sawbills built for the chase