Plains

Eastern Dobsonfly

Big wings. Clean streams. Fierce larvae.

Stupendemys

Side-necked titan of ancient rivers

Simbakubwa

Not a lion-Africa's other mega-predator

Coryphodon

Big browser of the Eocene wetlands

Pelycosaurs

Permian pioneers of the mammal line

Anteosaurus

Karoo's pre-dinosaur apex hunter

Holy Cross Frog

The desert frog with a cross on its back

Giant Beaver

Ice Age beaver, supersized.

Macrauchenia

South America's long-necked mystery mammal

Dinopithecus

The giant baboon of ancient Africa

Doedicurus

Ice Age armadillo with a mace tail

Orange Dream Ball Python

Sunset color, royal python calm

Lavender Albino Ball Python

Soft lavender, royal serpent

Banana Cinnamon Ball Python

Caramel coils, calm soul.

Josephoartigasia monesi

Uruguay's titan rodent

Toxodon

The Pampas' hippo-like grazer

Yellow Belly Ball Python

Bright belly, bold genetics.

Viper Boa

Looks like a viper, hugs like a boa.

Executioner Wasp

Big paper wasp, bigger attitude

White Catfish

Fork-tailed forager of tidal waters

Red Paper Wasp

Open-comb builders of the Carolinas

Oriental Cockroach

The basement-dwelling "black beetle"

Brook Trout

Vermiculations in the cold current

Partridge

Small birds, big survival skills.