Earwig
Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering
Conservation Threats
Invasive Species
Non-native species that outcompete, prey on, or spread disease to native wildlife
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Invasive Species Animals
Common Frog
Spring's frogspawn maker
Frilled Lizard
Pop the frill, own the moment
Wrasse
Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers
Grouse
Masters of the lek and the snow
Bandicoot
Digging by night, healing soils by day
Tropicbird
Streamers of the tropical seas
Oyster
Reef builders that clean the coast
Darwin's Frog
Dad's vocal sac, nature's nursery
Avocet
Curved bill, clean sweep.
Dormouse
Tiny tree sleepers, big hibernators
Crane
Dance, Trumpet, Migrate
Gar
Armored ambushers of the backwaters
Snail
One class, a thousand ways to snail.
Pond Skater
Skating predators of the surface film
Glass Lizard
All the lizard-none of the legs.
Dodo
Mauritius' lost pigeon giant
Javan Rhinoceros
One park. One species. Protect it.
Indian Rhinoceros
One horn, river-grass royalty
Sparrow
Small birds, big social networks
Marsh Frog
The laughing giant of the marsh
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabra's living island giants
Stag Beetle
Antlers of the insect world
Pike Fish
Built to ambush, born to bite.