Saiga
Built for dust: the steppe's proboscis
Pair Bond Durations
Seasonal
Pairs form for a single breeding season and may find new partners next year
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Seasonal Animals
Muskrat
Marsh builder with a knife-tail
Red Finch
Colorful city finch, feeder favorite
Rockfish
Spiny, savvy, and shockingly long-lived
Lungfish
Breathe like a fish, live like a survivor
Bowfin
Living fossil of the swamps
Swai Fish
Swai: the river catfish behind the fillet
Marmot
Whistle, Waddle, Hibernate!
Arapaima
Hear the gulp, meet the giant.
Toadfish
Bottom lurkers, top-tier singers
Gouldian Finch
Savanna's living rainbow finch
House Finch
The feeder finch with a color twist
Purple Finch
Raspberry songster of the pines
Mourning Dove
The soft coo of North American backyards
Alligator Gar
Armored air-breather of the bayou
Florida Gar
Florida's broad-snouted living fossil
Longnose Gar
Needle-nosed, armor-scaled survivor
Honduran White Bat
The bat that sleeps in a leaf tent
Muskox
Underwool-cloaked guardians of the tundra
Kangaroo Rat
Two-footed seed bankers of the desert
Fruit Bat
Plant the forest-one flight at a time
Black-Footed Ferret
Mask of the prairie-dog towns
Fire Salamander
Bright warning colors. Bitter consequences.
Eastern Bluebird
A splash of sky in open fields