Colony

Balinese

Silky points, big brains, blue eyes.

Bumblebee

Built for buzz, born to pollinate

Honey bees

One genus, many hives-planetwide pollinators

Ant

Small bodies, superorganism power

Wasp

Small hunters, huge ecological impact

Fly

One wing pair. Endless roles.

Woodlouse

Crustaceans that compost the forest floor

Caterpillar

Eat. Molt. Metamorphose.

Bird

Feathers, flight, and endless variety

Centipede

One pair per segment. All predator.

Cockroach

Nature's nighttime clean-up crew

Millipede

Soil's quiet recyclers with many legs

Cichlid

Nature's masters of rapid evolution

Shrimp

Small crustaceans, big ocean jobs

Barnacle

Crustaceans that live like living glue

Flamingo

Pink by diet, united by colonies

Woodpecker

Nature's carpenters and forest drummers

Beetle

Elytra on, world conquered.

Squirrel

From treetops to tunnels-Sciuridae!

Hummingbird

Hover. Sip. Pollinate. Repeat.

Gerbil

Built for sand, born to burrow

Kingfisher

Big head. Fast strike. True kingfisher.

Grey Seal

Horse-head seal of the North Atlantic

Elephant Seal

Big noses, bigger dives.