Prairie Dog
Builders of the grassland underground
Conservation Threats
Disease
Pathogens, parasites, and disease outbreaks threatening wildlife populations
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White-tail deer
Flag the tail, vanish into the woods
Painted Turtle
Bright stripes, master basker.
Snow Leopard
Built for cliffs. Made for cold.
Tree Kangaroo
Kangaroos that took to the trees
Tibetan Fox
Square-faced hunter of the high plateau
Striped Hyena
Nature's night-shift carrion recycler
Prairie Rattlesnake
Rattle of the Grasslands
Bush Baby
Big eyes. Bigger leaps.
Red Squirrel
Tufted ears, forest engineer
Canada Lynx
Taiga's snowshoe hunter
American Toad
The trilling toad of the backyard
Blue Iguana
Grand Cayman's comeback lizard
Elk
Hear the mountains bugle: wapiti
Pronghorn
Pronged horns. Prairie speed.
Springbok
Born to bound: the pronking springbok
Ibex
Born to climb the impossible
Box Turtle
The turtle that shuts the door
Fisher
The tree-running porcupine hunter
Grasshopper Mouse
A mouse that hunts like a wolf
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Rose flash of the treetops
Wood Bison
Boreal muscle, northern resilience.
Tree swallow
Sky-sleek hunter of wetland air
Chickadee
Small bird, big personality