Muddy

Eider

Downy divers of the far north

Emperor Goose

White-headed goose of the sea-ice edge

King Eider

Crown of the Arctic pack ice

Purple Gallinule

The lily-pad walker of the wetlands

Nightjar

Built for twilight insect-hunting

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Tawny flocks, whistled calls

Shantungosaurus

Shandong's colossal duck-bill grazer

Theropod

From raptors to robins: all theropod

Albertonectes

Alberta's long-necked sea swimmer

Lesser Scaup

Peaked crown, big rafts, true diver

Canvasback

Built for deep dives, born to roam

Gadwall

The "quiet" duck with a bright wing flash

Tundra Swan

Whistling wings, tundra to tidewater

Anhinga

Spears fish, then sun-dries in style

Snow Goose

Two morphs, one Arctic traveler

Ruddy Duck

Small duck, big tail attitude

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

The whistling "tree duck" with style

Northern Pintail

Pointed tail, planet-spanning migrant

Diprotodon

Pleistocene giant of Australia

Gorgosaurus

Laramidia's long-legged tyrant

Hippopotamus gorgops

The high-eyed hippo of deep time

Magyarosaurus

A little titanosaur from an island world

Shastasaurus

Triassic titan of the open sea

Elephant Bird

Madagascar's lost giants of the egg