Island

Dark-Eyed Junco

Winter's little hooded "snowbird"

Redstart

Old World firetails with a flick

Snow Bunting

The Arctic's drifting "snowflake"

Rhino Beetle

Nature's armored jousters

Parti Schnauzer

Big beard, bold heart, bright patches.

Rove Beetle

Short elytra, big ecological impact

Northern Flicker

The ant-eating woodpecker next door

Archerfish

Nature's original sharpshooters

Bird Snake

Disappearing twigs with a hidden bite

IMG Boa Constrictor

Powerful hug, no venom needed.

Lipstick Albino Boa

Big boa, calm power-albino brilliance

Cow Reticulated Python

The net-patterned giant of SE Asia

Strawberry Hermit Crab

Red rover of the rainforest shore

Crocodylomorph

From river ambush to ocean roam

Pliosaur

Big jaws. Short neck. Ocean boss.

Turaco

Africa's crest-crowned canopy cruisers

Great Potoo Bird

The bird that becomes a branch

Fairy-Wren

Small birds, big social drama

Sedge Warbler

The chatterbox of the reedbeds

Grebe

Lobed-toe divers with dance moves

Pink-Necked Green Pigeon

Pink neck, green cloak-seed sower

Skua

Pirates of the polar seas

Black and White Warbler

The warbler that climbs like a nuthatch

Merganser

Sawbills built for the chase