Plains

Peringuey's Adder

The dune viper that vanishes in sand

Grass Carp

The underwater lawnmower-handle with care

Ortolan Bunting

Long-haul bunting of open fields

European Bee-Eater

Colorful aerial hunter of summer skies

Nilgai

Blue bull of India's scrublands

Polecat

Small predator, big attitude

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

Red eyes, rainforest nights

Macaque

Smart, social, seriously adaptable

Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Barred rump, big comeback

Eurasian Wolf

Wild Europe's original pack hunter

Potoo

The night's perfect branch impersonators

Ruddy Turnstone

Flip a stone, cross an ocean.

Sparrowhawk

Built for the blitz through the woods

Treecreeper

Spiral climbers of the bark world

Spider

Silk, stealth, and eight-legged skill

Gopher Snake

Rattlesnake act-harmless rodent hunter

Great Egret

Big white hunter of the wetlands

Pesquet's Parrot (Dracula Parrot)

New Guinea's Fig-Eating Dracula Parrot

Eastern Woodrat

Big nests, forest forager, true packrat

Moccasin Snake

White-mouth warning of the wetlands

Blue Tit

Blue crown, bold mind, busy feet

Dunnock

Hedgerow accentor, not a sparrow

Kestrel

Windhover hunters of open country

Hawaiian Goose (Nene)

The lava-walking goose of Hawaiʻi