Eastern Box Turtle
Nature's little hinged "lockbox"
Conservation Threats
Invasive Species
Non-native species that outcompete, prey on, or spread disease to native wildlife
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Invasive Species Animals
Tiger snake
Southern wetlands' striped heavyweight
Eastern Tiger Snake
Wetland hunter with a tiger's bite
Tasmanian Tiger Snake
Banded, black, and built for wetlands
Eider
Downy divers of the far north
Kea
The clever parrot of the snowline
Purple Gallinule
The lily-pad walker of the wetlands
Nightjar
Built for twilight insect-hunting
Roadrunners
Desert cuckoos built for the fast lane
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Canvasback
Built for deep dives, born to roam
Veery
Spiral song, epic migration.
Common Goldeneye
Hear the whistler, spot the gold eye
Loggerhead Shrike
Songbird with a raptor's toolbox
Wood Duck
The tree-nesting duck with a leap
Haast's Eagle
The moa-hunter of ancient New Zealand
Thylacosmilus
The saber-tooth that wasn't a cat
Elephant Bird
Madagascar's lost giants of the egg
MacGillivray's Warbler
The Spectacled Singer of the Thickets
Kentucky Warbler
Masked jewel of the forest floor
Ackie Monitor
Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.
Red Ackie Monitor
Small goanna, big attitude-spiny tail!
Lace Monitor
Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east
Hammerhead Worm
Hammerhead hunters of the soil