Giant Salamander
Ancient river giant, fighting to survive
Conservation Threats
Infrastructure
Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation
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Infrastructure Animals
Common Raven
Wedge tail. Deep croak. Big brain.
Japanese Squirrel
Japan's acorn cacher of the canopy
Carolina Parakeet
The lost parrot of the American East
Bilby
Big ears. Big digger. Bilby.
Mexican Alligator Lizard
A cloud-forest climber in living green armor
Bighorn Sheep
Built for cliffs. Crowned with horns.
Marine Iguana
Galápagos' only sea-foraging lizard
Myna Bird
Bold, brainy, and brilliantly vocal
Ivory-billed woodpecker
The legendary "ghost bird" of swamps
Lorikeet
Brush-tongued pollinators in technicolor
Laughing Kookaburra
The bush's laughing alarm clock
Eastern Phoebe
Tail-pump. Perch. "Fee-bee!"
Caiman Lizard
The snail-crusher of the Guianas
Greenland Shark
Ancient shark of the Arctic depths
Hoary Bat
Frosted fur. Fast flight. Far journeys.
Marabou Stork
Africa's clean-up crew with a bill
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Tiny bird, huge journey
Thrush
Forest flutes of the world
Sand Tiger Shark
Protruding teeth, gentle glide.
Virgin Islands Dwarf Gecko
Tiny guardian of Virgin Islands leaf litter
Sleeper Shark
Slow swimmers, deep-sea survivors
Red-winged blackbird
Flash the red-rule the marsh
Blue Grosbeak
Big bill. Blue blaze. Brushland singer.