Valley

Arsinoitherium

Rhino looks, afrotherian roots

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

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

Lavender Albino Ball Python

Soft lavender, royal serpent

Archaeoindris

Madagascar's lost giant sloth lemur

Toxodon

The Pampas' hippo-like grazer

Yellow Belly Ball Python

Bright belly, bold genetics.

Executioner Wasp

Big paper wasp, bigger attitude

White Catfish

Fork-tailed forager of tidal waters

Red Paper Wasp

Open-comb builders of the Carolinas

Tailless Whip Scorpion

Feelers first. Pincers ready.

Oriental Cockroach

The basement-dwelling "black beetle"

Brook Trout

Vermiculations in the cold current

Partridge

Small birds, big survival skills.

Flour Beetle

The flour pest that never quits

Pine Beetle

Small beetle, big forest change