Crab Spider
Side-stepping ambush artists
Conservation Threats
Habitat Loss
Destruction or degradation of natural environments through development, deforestation, or land conversion
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Habitat Loss Animals
Imperial Moth
Big wings. Brief life. Night royalty.
Bonnethead Shark
Little hammerhead, big bay hunter
Spinner Shark
Spin, surge, strike-coastal hunter
Garden Eel
Burrows, colonies, and current-fed eels
Sixgill shark
Six gills. Deep shadows. Slow lives.
Kodkod
Tiny forest ghost of southern Chile
Quagga
Half-striped, fully gone-remember quagga
Babirusa
The pig with deer-like tusks
Huntsman Spider
Sideways legs. Lightning-fast hunters.
Rodents
Born to gnaw, built to adapt
Tiger Moth
Bright wings, bold defenses
Walking Catfish
Breathes air. Walks away.
Haddock
Thumbprint of the North Atlantic
Yeti Crab
Hairy claws, bacterial farms, deep sea
Rock Crab
California's hard-clawed rock crab
Carpenter Ant
Big ants, smooth galleries, no wood-eating.
Barn Swallow
Mud-cup mason of the open skies
Great Blue Heron
Stand still. Strike fast. Fly blue.
Mekong Giant Catfish
Giant of the Mekong, fighting to return
Spider Wasp
Paralyze a spider, raise a wasp
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
Mackenzie's big-pack apex hunter
Jackson’s Chameleon
Three horns. Live birth. Tree-top hunter.
Dung Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew-on the roll