Island

Moorhen

The reed-bed runner on lily pads

Dingo

Australia's wild voice of the outback

Mayfly

Born in water, gone in a day

Macaroni Penguin

Big colony. Bigger crest.

Crab-Eating Macaque

Long tail, big brains, bold foraging

Hermit Crab

Borrowed shells, bold lives

Moray Eel

Crevice kings with a second bite

Wallaby

Pouches, power-hops, and wild places

Earwig

Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering

Common Frog

Spring's frogspawn maker

Wrasse

Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers

Grouse

Masters of the lek and the snow

Collared Peccary

Not a pig-America's javelina

Bandicoot

Digging by night, healing soils by day

Tropicbird

Streamers of the tropical seas

Basking Shark

Big mouth, tiny prey.

Marine Toad

Big toad. Bigger toxins.

Oyster

Reef builders that clean the coast

Horseshoe Crab

Beach Spawners, Blue-Blooded Guardians

Slow Worm

Blinking lizard, not a snake

Barracuda

Silver speedsters with a bite

Avocet

Curved bill, clean sweep.

Sumatran Tiger

Sumatra's last Sunda-island tiger

Dormouse

Tiny tree sleepers, big hibernators