Phorusrhacos
Miocene runner with a can-opener beak
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Global warming effects including temperature shifts, sea level rise, and extreme weather events
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Arctotherium
Short-faced giants of Ice Age South America
Terror Bird
Run fast. Strike hard. Terror bird.
Spinosaurus
Sail-backed hunter of ancient rivers
Compsognathus
Small body, sharp bite, Jurassic sprint
Tylosaurus
Ram-snouted ruler of Cretaceous seas
Plesiosaur
Four flippers, many lifestyles
Megatherium
The Great Beast of the Ice Age
Leedsichthys
Jurassic seas' gentle giant filter-feeder
Suchomimus
Croc-snouted hunter of Cretaceous Niger
Cave Bear
The Pleistocene cave hibernator
Cave Lion
Ice Age king of the open steppe
Patagotitan
Patagonia's colossal long-neck
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo
Whimbrel
Curved bill, epic journeys
Gomphotherium
Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage
Canada Warbler
The necklace warbler of the boreal
Red Kite
Forked tail, floating flight, comeback!
Platybelodon
The Miocene Shovel-Tusker
Daeodon
Not a pig-just terrifying teeth.
Amargasaurus
Two spines, one Patagonian icon
Elasmotherium
The steppe rhino behind unicorn lore
Pelagornis
Giants of the wind-swept seas
Mosasaurus
Apex lizard of the Cretaceous seas