Rocky

Killifish

Small fish, big survival strategies

Eagle Ray

Wings that crack shells

Emperor Angelfish

Reef royalty in stripes and rings

Kelp Greenling

Kelp forests' colorful egg-guarder

Kiang

Tough hooves for the Roof of the World

Vole

Small rodents, big ecosystem impact

Ornate Box Turtle

Prairie jewel that shuts like a box

Urial

Horns of the high dry hills

Orchid Dottyback

Small purple fish, big reef attitude

Chigger

Six legs now, eight legs later

Slovak Cuvac

White coat. Mountain heart. True guardian.

Cormorant

Dive deep. Hunt sleek. Dry proud.

Agkistrodon Contortrix

Hourglass bands. Hidden hunter.

Savannah Monitor

West Africa's clawed ground-forager

Tangerine Leopard Gecko

Orange glow, true eyelids, big personality

Comb Jellyfish

Eight comb rows, endless glow

Nematode

Roundworms: small bodies, huge impact

Tarantula

Big spiders, quiet ambush masters

Uromastyx (Spiny-Tailed Lizard)

Spiny tails, desert scales, plant power.

Xingu River Ray

Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray

Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)

Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes

Mollusk

One phylum, endless forms

Inchworm

Loop, look like a twig, and live on leaves

Owlfly (Ascalaphidae)

Big eyes. Clubbed antennae. Pure predator.