Pair

Coastal Carpet Python

Patterned climber of the east coast

Spotted python

Spots by night, constrict by might

Children's python

Small python, big night hunter

Bredl's Python

Desert-tough, rock-smart python

Hooded Oriole

Palm-frond weaver of the Southwest

Krait

Silent stripes, serious venom.

Titanoboa

The rainforest boa that broke records

Phorusrhacos

Miocene runner with a can-opener beak

Arctotherium

Short-faced giants of Ice Age South America

Sinosauropteryx

Jehol's fuzzy little predator

Terror Bird

Run fast. Strike hard. Terror bird.

Spinosaurus

Sail-backed hunter of ancient rivers

Compsognathus

Small body, sharp bite, Jurassic sprint

Ceratosaurus

The horned hunter of the Morrison

Tarbosaurus

Nemegt's tyrant king

Basilosaurus

The long-bodied king of Eocene seas

Tylosaurus

Ram-snouted ruler of Cretaceous seas

Plesiosaur

Four flippers, many lifestyles

Megatherium

The Great Beast of the Ice Age

Suchomimus

Croc-snouted hunter of Cretaceous Niger

Cave Lion

Ice Age king of the open steppe

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Canada Warbler

The necklace warbler of the boreal