Riverine

Fruit Fly

The tiny fly that mapped our genes

Maggot

Nature's recyclers in larval form

Woodrat

Midden builders of the North American night

Praying Mantis

Built to sit, see, and seize

Gnat

Tiny flies, huge diversity.

River Otter

Built for rivers, born to slide

Blackpoll Warbler

Tiny warbler, ocean-crossing athlete

Song Thrush

Repeat the phrase-own the dawn.

Ambrosia Beetle

Farm fungi. Tunnel wood. Rule trees.

Jumping Spider

Big vision. Bold jumps.

Harris's Hawk

The hawk that hunts as a team

Firefly

Living lanterns with coded light

Tick

Small bite, big impact

Ringed Kingfisher

Big-billed diver of the Neotropics

Squash Beetle

A lady beetle with a taste for squash

Long-Tailed Tit

Long tail, tight flock, big personality

Biscuit Beetle

Small beetle, big pantry problem.

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

The garden predator with a scorpion pose

Goldfish

More than a "starter fish."

Evening Bat

Beat the dusk-hunt like an evening bat

Hellbender

Wrinkles that breathe-rivers that live.

Fox Squirrel

Big squirrel, bold colors, buried acorns

Leech

Two suckers, many lifestyles.

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.