Solitary

Yellow-Eyed Penguin

New Zealand's yellow-eyed diver

Saber-Toothed Tiger

Big bite, bigger grappling power

Puss Moth

Big moth, bigger attitude

Striped Rocket Frog

Built for leaps. Striped for stealth.

Indian Star Tortoise

Stars on a shell, survivor of scrub

Horn Shark

Spines up. Shells cracked.

Red Wolf

America's rarest wild wolf

African Palm Civet

Not a true civet-one of a kind

African Civet

Africa's midnight musk-maker

Banded Palm Civet

Striped shadow of the rainforest floor

Masked Palm Civet

Masked face, midnight fruit forager

Asian Palm Civet

Fruit by night, civet by scent

Malayan Civet

Stripe-tailed night forager of SE Asia

Golden Oriole

Golden voice in the green canopy

Discus

Discus: the Amazon's living discus

Radiated Tortoise

Starbursts of Madagascar's spiny forests

Edible Frog

The hybrid water frog of Europe

Umbrellabird

Booming voices of the rainforest canopy

Roseate Spoonbill

Sweep. Snap. Pink perfection.

Water Vole

Burrowed banks, wild wetlands

Saola

The Annamites' "spindlehorn" mystery

Wild Boar

Rooting, roaming, reshaping ecosystems

Quokka

Small kangaroo, big island icon

Uguisu

The voice of Japan's early spring