Coastal

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Gomphotherium

Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage

Red Kite

Forked tail, floating flight, comeback!

Troodon

Famous, brainy, and taxonomically tricky

Pelagornis

Giants of the wind-swept seas

Mosasaurus

Apex lizard of the Cretaceous seas

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Late Cretaceous king of crushing bites

Pteranodon

Crested ruler of the Cretaceous skies

Ichthyosaurus

Fish-lizard, built for speed

Megalania

Pleistocene Australia's giant goanna

Livyatan

Big-toothed terror of the Miocene seas

Python

Big squeeze, bigger diversity.

Red-Footed Tortoise

Red feet, rainforest traveler.

Labout's Fairy Wrasse

Small fish, big reef fireworks

Anomalocaris

Cambrian seas' original superpredator

Styracosaurus

A horned face full of spikes

Pterodactyl

Not dinosaurs-masters of Mesozoic skies

Iguanodon

Thumb-spiked titan of Early Cretaceous

Polacanthus

Hip-shielded tank of the Cretaceous

Archaeopteryx

Teeth, tail, and feathers-airborne!

Euoplocephalus

Built like a tank, born to browse

Old House Borer

Hidden larva, big timber trouble.

Leopard Shark

Spots of the surf zone