Robber Flies
Hawks of the insect world
Animal Habitats
Coastal
Shoreline areas where land meets sea, including dunes and coastal scrub
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Coastal Animals
Jewel Beetle
Nature's living metalwork
Sheepshead Fish
Built to bite shells off the dock
American Paddlefish
Paddle-snouted plankton hunter
Dragon Eel
Spots, horns, and fangs after dark
European Starling
Mimic, shimmer, and swarm the sky
Belted Kingfisher
Bank-burrower. Perch-watcher. Plunge-diver.
Boxachi
Big-dog heart, small-dog spark
Thresher Shark
The shark that hunts with a whip
Common Angelshark
Ray-shaped, shark-built, seabed hunter
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
White-tipped wings of the high seas
Lemon Shark
Twin dorsal fins, coastal king
Hawk
Built to see, swoop, and soar
Meiolania
Horned head. Armored tail. Island titan.
Arsinoitherium
Rhino looks, afrotherian roots
Hainosaurus
Titan hunter of Europe's Cretaceous seas
Palaeophis
Eocene sea-snakes, written in vertebrae
Macrauchenia
South America's long-necked mystery mammal
Desmostylus
Pillar-toothed grazer of Miocene coasts
Toxodon
The Pampas' hippo-like grazer
Paleoparadoxia
The North Pacific's ancient "paradox grazer"
Viper Boa
Looks like a viper, hugs like a boa.
Scallops
The clapping swimmers of the seafloor
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.