Haikouichthys
A tiny fossil at vertebrates' dawn
Conservation Threats
Human Disturbance
Recreation, tourism, and human presence disrupting wildlife behavior and breeding
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Human Disturbance Animals
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
The giant straight-tusked titan of Ice-Age India
Crayfish
Claws that shape freshwater worlds
Giant Siphonophore
Many bodies, one predator.
Sequined Spider
Nature's tiny living disco ball
Feather Star
Feathery arms, drifting meals
Yellow Crazy Ant
Small ant, supercolony impact
Nutria
Orange teeth, big impact on wetlands
Orinoco Crocodile
Orinoco's long-snouted river giant
Kissing Bugs
Night feeder, public-health sentinel
Olingo
Neotropical night-fruit acrobats
Oregon Spotted Frog
Warm-shallow wetland specialist of the PNW
Elephant Fish
Probe the seafloor, chimaera-style
Eagle Ray
Wings that crack shells
Emperor Angelfish
Reef royalty in stripes and rings
Oribi
The grassland ghost on tiptoe
Kelp Greenling
Kelp forests' colorful egg-guarder
Kiang
Tough hooves for the Roof of the World
Vole
Small rodents, big ecosystem impact
Ornate Box Turtle
Prairie jewel that shuts like a box
Urial
Horns of the high dry hills
Orchid Dottyback
Small purple fish, big reef attitude
Cormorant
Dive deep. Hunt sleek. Dry proud.
Agkistrodon Contortrix
Hourglass bands. Hidden hunter.