Wood Duck
The tree-nesting duck with a leap
Animal Habitats
Swamp
Forested wetlands with standing water, home to reptiles and amphibians
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Swamp Animals
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
The whistling "tree duck" with style
Diprotodon
Pleistocene giant of Australia
Gorgosaurus
Laramidia's long-legged tyrant
Hippopotamus gorgops
The high-eyed hippo of deep time
Magyarosaurus
A little titanosaur from an island world
Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)
The Pleistocene's broad-browed moose
Gastornis
Eocene giant with a powerhouse beak
Elephant Bird
Madagascar's lost giants of the egg
Kentucky Warbler
Masked jewel of the forest floor
Common Yellowthroat
Masked singer of the marsh edge
Mourning Warbler
Hooded shadow of the thickets
Asian Water Monitor
The canal-cruising giant of Asia
Axanthic Ball Python
All the pattern-none of the yellow
De Brazza's Monkey
The bearded guenon of river forests
Capuchin
Small hands, big brains.
Tamarin
Small monkeys, big teamwork
Waterbuck
Ringed rump, river-edge ruler
Bass
Bass: many lineages, one big name
Fritillary Butterfly
Four legs, endless wing stories
Saturniidae Moth
Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.
Pied-Billed Grebe
Thick-billed master of the marsh
Limpet
Cling hard, graze smart, ride the tide.
Ostracod
Tiny shells, huge history