Coastal

Kangaroo

Big hops, big pouches, big variety

Killer Whale

One species, many ecotypes.

King Crab

Cold-water royalty of the seafloor

Lemming

Small rodents, huge tundra impact

Lizard

From geckos to dragons-lizard power

Mouse

Small gnawers, huge impact.

Monkey

Hands, minds, and social lives

Moth

More than night flyers

Neanderthal

Not cavemen-Ice Age people

Newt

Crests, ponds, and potent defenses

Nightingale

Plain feathers, legendary night song

Octopus

Eight arms, endless ingenuity

Orangutan

Red apes, rainforest architects

Otter

Built for water, born to hunt

Penguin

Born to dive, dressed to endure

Platypus

Electric hunter of Australian rivers

Rattlesnake

Hear the rattle, give it space.

Red Knee Tarantula

Red knees, calm queen of the burrow

Rhinoceros

Keratin horns, colossal impact

Scorpion

Glow at night, strike with precision

Sea Lion

Ear flaps, flippers, and fierce colonies

Skunk

Bold stripes, bigger attitude.

Termite

Nature's master recyclers (and builders)

Tiger

Stripes of Asia's top predator