Giant Beaver
Ice Age beaver, supersized.
Conservation Threats
Human Disturbance
Recreation, tourism, and human presence disrupting wildlife behavior and breeding
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Human Disturbance Animals
Macrauchenia
South America's long-necked mystery mammal
Dinopithecus
The giant baboon of ancient Africa
Doedicurus
Ice Age armadillo with a mace tail
Archaeoindris
Madagascar's lost giant sloth lemur
Toxodon
The Pampas' hippo-like 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
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.
Atlantic Sturgeon
Armored river giant of the Atlantic
Partridge
Small birds, big survival skills.
Palo Verde Beetle
Monsoon's giant longhorn at your porchlight
Darkling Beetle
Masters of the dry and the dark
Horned Beetle
Built for battles, born from decay
Titan Beetle
Rainforest titan with iron jaws
Click Beetle
Snap. Click. Flip. Survive.
Ladyfish
Silver rockets of the surf