Palm Rat
Ports, palms, and perfect climbing.
Animal Habitats
Beach
Sandy or pebbly shores used by nesting sea turtles and shorebirds
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Beach Animals
Cockle
Ribbed hearts of the tidal flats
Dungeness Crab
White-tipped claws, West Coast pride.
Goby Fish
Tiny fish, big partnerships.
Sea Snake
Elapids that learned to breathe the sea
Robber Flies
Hawks of the insect world
Sheepshead Fish
Built to bite shells off the dock
Belted Kingfisher
Bank-burrower. Perch-watcher. Plunge-diver.
Boxachi
Big-dog heart, small-dog spark
Hawk
Built to see, swoop, and soar
Meiolania
Horned head. Armored tail. Island titan.
Desmostylus
Pillar-toothed grazer of Miocene coasts
Paleoparadoxia
The North Pacific's ancient "paradox grazer"
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.
Sand Dollar
Coins of the seafloor, built to burrow
Mullet Fish
Coastal recyclers in fast-moving schools
Darkling Beetle
Masters of the dry and the dark
Horned Beetle
Built for battles, born from decay
Click Beetle
Snap. Click. Flip. Survive.
Ladyfish
Silver rockets of the surf
Larder Beetle
The bacon-loving beetle of the larder
Pinacate Beetle
Headstand. Stink. Survive.
Water Beetle
Coleoptera's freshwater engineers
Ten-Lined June Beetle
Ten stripes. One big night flier.