Dinopithecus
The giant baboon of ancient Africa
Conservation Threats
Climate Change
Global warming effects including temperature shifts, sea level rise, and extreme weather events
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Doedicurus
Ice Age armadillo with a mace tail
Archaeoindris
Madagascar's lost giant sloth lemur
Josephoartigasia monesi
Uruguay's titan rodent
Toxodon
The Pampas' hippo-like grazer
Paleoparadoxia
The North Pacific's ancient "paradox grazer"
Viper Boa
Looks like a viper, hugs like a boa.
Flathead Catfish
The mottled, flat-headed night hunter
Scallops
The clapping swimmers of the seafloor
Executioner Wasp
Big paper wasp, bigger attitude
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.
Sand Dollar
Coins of the seafloor, built to burrow
White Catfish
Fork-tailed forager of tidal waters
Red Paper Wasp
Open-comb builders of the Carolinas
Snowflake Eel
Spotted night hunter of the reef cracks
American Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers.
Tailless Whip Scorpion
Feelers first. Pincers ready.
Oriental Cockroach
The basement-dwelling "black beetle"
Atlantic Sturgeon
Armored river giant of the Atlantic
Mullet Fish
Coastal recyclers in fast-moving schools
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