Muddy

Hallucigenia

Cambrian's spiky little evolution clue

Dilophosaurus

The twin-crested hunter of Kayenta

Swallow

Masters of the open air

Short-Eared Owl

Twilight hunter of the open plains

Sarus Crane

Tallest flyer, truest partner

Osprey

Nature's plunge-diving fish hawk

King Quail

Small quail, big color.

Egret

Wetland hunters in white

Jabiru

Big bill. Big bird. Big wetlands.

Bee-Eater

Color in flight, precision in the air

Herring Gull

Coastline's clever scavenger

Xeme (Sabine's Gull)

Arctic elegance, ocean wanderer

Opabinia

Five eyes, one weird proboscis

Xiaotingia

A near-bird from Jurassic Liaoning

Meganeura

Carboniferous skies, colossal wings.

Ichthyostega

Half fish, half pioneer tetrapod

Seymouria

A near-amniote on Permian shores

Deinosuchus

Armor-plated giant of Cretaceous waterways

Sandpiper

Built for mudflats and megamigrations

Finnish Lapphund

Lapland's friendly, vocal snow-spitz

Catahoula Bulldog

Grit, speed, and swamp-country brains.

Swedish Elkhound

Built to bark, track, and endure

Picardy Spaniel

Picardy: the calm marshland gundog

Gollie

Two working legends, one loyal sidekick