Animal Habitats

Rocky Shore

Intertidal rock formations with tide pools and clinging marine life

676 Animals

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Nose-Horned Viper

The horned ambush viper of Europe

Wrought Iron Butterflyfish

Nature's living wrought-iron filigree

Olive Sea Snake

Paddle-tail hunter of the reefs

Clothes Moth

Keratin recyclers-sometimes in your closet

Yellow Cobra

Bright hood, potent neurotoxin

Hook-Nosed Sea Snake

Beaked hunter of muddy coasts

Ring-billed Gull

Spot the black ring, know the gull

Grey Heron

Still as stone, fast as a spear

Night Heron

Night hunter with a black-crowned cap

Killdeer

The plover that out-acts predators

Diamond Python

Cool-climate python, diamond-bold!

Compsognathus

Small body, sharp bite, Jurassic sprint

Plesiosaur

Four flippers, many lifestyles

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Pelagornis

Giants of the wind-swept seas

Mosasaurus

Apex lizard of the Cretaceous seas

Pteranodon

Crested ruler of the Cretaceous skies

Python

Big squeeze, bigger diversity.

Pterodactyl

Not dinosaurs-masters of Mesozoic skies

Archaeopteryx

Teeth, tail, and feathers-airborne!

Leopard Shark

Spots of the surf zone

Galapagos Shark

The drop-off guardian of island seas

White Shark

Warm-bodied ruler of the blue

Pacific Sleeper Shark

Deep, cold, and quietly formidable