Comb-crested Jacana
Walks on lilies, rules the wetlands
Pair Bond Durations
Seasonal
Pairs form for a single breeding season and may find new partners next year
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Seasonal Animals
Northern Harrier
Low-flying hunter of open skies
Common Green Magpie
The forest's green flash with a red bill
Belgian Canary
Curved to perfection, born to show
Amazonian Royal Flycatcher
Hidden crown of the Amazon understory
White-Crowned Sparrow
Crowned stripes, signature whistles.
Cardinals
Bold bills, bright songs, New World
Mule Deer
Big ears. Forked antlers. Epic migrations.
Red Deer
Roar of the rut, crown of antlers
Sika Deer
Spots in summer, screams in autumn
Chinese Water Deer
No antlers. All tusks.
Musk Deer
Small deer, big scent story
Marsican Brown Bear
Italy's rare bear of the Apennines
Coconut Crab
Biggest land crab. Biggest grip.
Pompano Fish
Silver speedster of the surf
Ocean Perch
Deep, red, and built for the long haul
Mudskipper
Fish that mastered the mud
White Sturgeon
Ancient armored giant of the Pacific rivers
Orange Roughy
Seamount elder of the deep
Urechis unicinctus (Penis Fish)
The mudflat innkeeper with a mucus net
Xenoceratops
Alien horns from ancient Alberta
Dinosaurs
One name, a million body plans
Dilophosaurus
The twin-crested hunter of Kayenta
Xiongguanlong
A "before-the-tyrants" tyrannosauroid