Horse Mackerel
Rough-sided sprinters of the sea
Conservation Threats
Infrastructure
Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation
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Katydid
Leaf-mimics with night-time songs
Brazilian Treehopper
Tiny bug, wild helmet.
Dinosaurs
One name, a million body plans
Hallucigenia
Cambrian's spiky little evolution clue
Xenoposeidon
England's one-bone sauropod mystery
Earless Monitor Lizard
Borneo's "hidden-ear" river guardian
Golden Eagle
Gold-naped master of open skies
Swallow
Masters of the open air
Swainson's Hawk
The grasshopper hawk that goes global
Short-Eared Owl
Twilight hunter of the open plains
Sarus Crane
Tallest flyer, truest partner
Common Grackle
Pale eyes. Loud calls. City-smart flocks.
Osprey
Nature's plunge-diving fish hawk
Egret
Wetland hunters in white
Eastern Turkey (Wild Turkey)
Big woods. Big gobble.
Jabiru
Big bill. Big bird. Big wetlands.
Egyptian Vulture
Small vulture, big cleanup crew
Gray Catbird
Mew, mimic, and melt into the thicket
Evening Grosbeak
Vise-billed finch of winter flocks
Bee-Eater
Color in flight, precision in the air
Elf Owl
Tiny owl, big desert night hunter
Yellowhammer
Hedgerow gold with a looping chorus
Cedar Waxwing
The berry-loving bird in a velvet mask