Running

Gastornis

Eocene giant with a powerhouse beak

Thylacosmilus

The saber-tooth that wasn't a cat

Andrewsarchus

Big skull, bigger mystery

Embolotherium

Asia's Eocene battering-ram giant

Dinocrocuta

Not a hyena-just built like one.

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg

Equus giganteus

Big horse of Ice-Age America

Irish Elk

The deer with antlers like doorways

Asian Water Monitor

The canal-cruising giant of Asia

Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.

Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)

Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest

Red Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, big attitude-spiny tail!

Black Dragon Lizard

All the beardie charm-dressed in black.

Lace Monitor

Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east

Black Throat Monitor

Dark throat. Big brain. Savanna hunter.

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

Nut Weevil

Snouts that drill, larvae that dine

Eared Grebe

Golden ears, black neck, master diver

Clark's Grebe

White face, yellow bill-lake sprinter

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands