Rocky

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Bhutan Takin

Bhutan's Roman-nosed mountain bovid

Decorator Crab

Wear the reef. Fool the predator.

Jamaican Iguana

Jamaica's "Lazarus" Rock Iguana

Trapdoor spider

Hidden door, lightning strike.

Javan Leopard

Java's hidden rosettes in the mist

Ocean Whitefish

A tilefish by blood, a whitefish by name

Limpet

Cling hard, graze smart, ride the tide.

Ostracod

Tiny shells, huge history

Africanized bee (killer bee)

Same species-different attitude.

Knifefish

Life in South America, powered by volts

Ornithocheirus

Bird-hand ruler of Cretaceous skies

Allosaurus

Jurassic hunter of the Morrison

Vegavis

A polar clue to waterfowl origins

Dunkleosteus

Armor-plated apex of Devonian seas

Helicoprion

Permian seas' spiral-toothed slicer

Feather Star

Feathery arms, drifting meals

Opaleye (Rudderfish)

The kelp-forest fish with an opal eye

Snailfish

Snailfishes: clingers of the cold deep

Ozark Bass

The Ozarks' star-spotted rock bass

Onager

Iran's lightning-footed onager

Kissing Bugs

Night feeder, public-health sentinel

Nabarlek

Small wallaby, big cliff skills.

Elephant Fish

Probe the seafloor, chimaera-style