Nursery Group

Palm Rat

Ports, palms, and perfect climbing.

Pit Viper

Heat-sensing hunters with hidden fangs

Viper

Hinged fangs, hidden hunters

Io Moth

Big eyes. Bigger bluff.

Dungeness Crab

White-tipped claws, West Coast pride.

Armored Catfish

Armored grazers of the Americas

Saddleback Caterpillar

Look, don't touch the saddle.

Beluga Sturgeon

Ancient giant, modern warning

Yellow Perch

Schooling gold for hook and pan

Pollock

Pollock: cod-family powerhouse seafood

Freshwater Sunfish

Spiny fins, sunny colors, fierce parents

Arctic Char

Built for ice-cold waters

Green Sunfish

Big mouth. Bold stripes. Tough fish.

Common Carp

Tough fish, muddy footprint.

Giant House Spider

Fast runner, funnel-web architect

Thresher Shark

The shark that hunts with a whip

Lemon Shark

Twin dorsal fins, coastal king

Hainosaurus

Titan hunter of Europe's Cretaceous seas

Stupendemys

Side-necked titan of ancient rivers

Macrauchenia

South America's long-necked mystery mammal

Desmostylus

Pillar-toothed grazer of Miocene coasts

Paleoparadoxia

The North Pacific's ancient "paradox grazer"

Mullet Fish

Coastal recyclers in fast-moving schools

Horned Beetle

Built for battles, born from decay