Dinosaur Shrimp
Hatch fast. Grow fast. Survive the drought.
Conservation Threats
Genetic Threats
Inbreeding, genetic bottlenecks, and loss of genetic diversity in small populations
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Genetic Threats Animals
Crocodylomorph
From river ambush to ocean roam
California Condor
Soar high-save the scavenger.
Fairy-Wren
Small birds, big social drama
Prairie Chicken
Booming herald of the tallgrass prairie
Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon coat, black-bear heart
Red Deer
Roar of the rut, crown of antlers
Musk Deer
Small deer, big scent story
Apennine Wolf
The wolf of Italy-back on the ridge
Marsican Brown Bear
Italy's rare bear of the Apennines
Pink Salmon
Two years. One run. Big impact.
Kokanee Salmon
Red in the fall, lake-born for life
White Sturgeon
Ancient armored giant of the Pacific rivers
Dwarf Gourami
Tiny air-breather, big personality.
King Salmon
Biggest Pacific salmon, epic river run.
Earless Monitor Lizard
Borneo's "hidden-ear" river guardian
Finch
Built to crack seeds, born to sing
Eastern Box Turtle
Nature's little hinged "lockbox"
Panthera atrox (American Lion)
North America's Ice Age lion
Diprotodon
Pleistocene giant of Australia
Sivatherium
Shiva's horned giant of giraffids
Irish Elk
The deer with antlers like doorways
Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)
Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest
Goral
Built for cliffs, not flatlands