Herbivore

Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Fuzzy forecast-or forest forager?

Mouse-Deer (Chevrotain)

Small body, big forest secrets

Spalax

Masters of life underground

Diminutive Woodrat

Desert's master hoarder and builder

Mountain Beaver

The "beaver" that never builds dams

Patagonian Cavy

Patagonia's long-legged "hare" rodent

Bamboo Rat

Asia's underground bamboo engineers

African Elephant

Big ears, bigger impact.

African Sugarcane Borer

Small moth, big sugar losses.

Corn Earworm

One moth, many crops-guard the silks

Bagworm Moth

Nature's moths in mobile armor

Cucumber Beetle

Small beetles, big plant impacts

Squash Bee

Dawn's dedicated squash pollinator

Milkweed aphids

Golden sap-sipper of milkweed

Chilesaurus

Chile's dinosaur mash-up

Black Aphids

Tiny bugs, huge plant impact

Therizinosaurus

Scythe-clawed plant-eater theropod

Kamehameha Butterfly

Hawaii's royal forest flyer

Cane Rat

Grasscutters of Africa's tall reeds

Boer Goat

Built for meat, bred in South Africa

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Eastern Cottontail

Edge-habitat sprinter with a cotton tail