Barn Swallow
Mud-cup mason of the open skies
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
Great Blue Heron
Stand still. Strike fast. Fly blue.
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
Mackenzie's big-pack apex hunter
Dung Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew-on the roll
Hooded Seal
The seal with a built-in hood.
Ghost Crab
The night sprinters of the sand
Key Deer
Small deer, big Keys legacy
Caribou
Antlers, Arctic, and endless miles.
Sei Whale
The sleek copepod hunter of the open sea
Spotted Lanternfly
Not a fly-spot the planthopper
Parrotlet
Small body, big parrot attitude
Genet
Spots, stealth, and a ringed tail
Chinese Alligator
China's little "earth-dragon" alligator
Muntjac
Small deer, big bark.
Gopher Tortoise
Digging homes for hundreds of neighbors
Pine Marten
Golden bib, forest acrobat
Northern Fur Seal
Bering Sea breeder, ocean wanderer.
Potoroo
Diggers, hoppers, fungal spore spreaders
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaii's rare reef-roaming seal
Draco Volans Lizard
Glide like a dragon, live in trees.
Roe Deer
Small deer, big seasonal secrets.
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Dik-Dik
Small antelope, big territory.
Russian Tortoise
Built to burrow through extremes