Hilly

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Angled Sunbeam Caterpillar

Small larva, big ant allies

Nut Weevil

Snouts that drill, larvae that dine

Lace Bug

Lacy wings, leafy feasts.

Fritillary Butterfly

Four legs, endless wing stories

Saturniidae Moth

Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Bhutan Takin

Bhutan's Roman-nosed mountain bovid

Jamaican Iguana

Jamaica's "Lazarus" Rock Iguana

Trapdoor spider

Hidden door, lightning strike.

Javan Leopard

Java's hidden rosettes in the mist

Africanized bee (killer bee)

Same species-different attitude.

Kaua'i ‘Ō‘ō

The vanished voice of Kauai

Pachycephalosaurus

Built like a bipedal battering ram

Barylambda

Heavyweight of the Paleocene

Teddy Guinea Pig

Plush coat, big squeaks, gentle charm.

Peruvian Guinea Pig

The runway model of guinea pigs

Sequined Spider

Nature's tiny living disco ball

Spanish Water Dog

Curly-coated worker: land and water.

Yellow Crazy Ant

Small ant, supercolony impact

Ozark Bass

The Ozarks' star-spotted rock bass

Onager

Iran's lightning-footed onager

Kissing Bugs

Night feeder, public-health sentinel

Olingo

Neotropical night-fruit acrobats