Jellyfish
Sting-powered drifters of the sea
Conservation Threats
Habitat Loss
Destruction or degradation of natural environments through development, deforestation, or land conversion
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Habitat Loss Animals
Kangaroo
Big hops, big pouches, big variety
King Crab
Cold-water royalty of the seafloor
Lemming
Small rodents, huge tundra impact
Lion
Built for prides, born for the hunt
Lizard
From geckos to dragons-lizard power
Mouse
Small gnawers, huge impact.
Monkey
Hands, minds, and social lives
Moth
More than night flyers
Neanderthal
Not cavemen-Ice Age people
Newt
Crests, ponds, and potent defenses
Nightingale
Plain feathers, legendary night song
Octopus
Eight arms, endless ingenuity
Orangutan
Red apes, rainforest architects
Otter
Built for water, born to hunt
Penguin
Born to dive, dressed to endure
Platypus
Electric hunter of Australian rivers
Pygmy Marmoset (Finger Monkey)
Tiny monkey, mighty gum-grazer
Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle, give it space.
Red Knee Tarantula
Red knees, calm queen of the burrow
Rhinoceros
Keratin horns, colossal impact
Scorpion
Glow at night, strike with precision
Skunk
Bold stripes, bigger attitude.
Termite
Nature's master recyclers (and builders)