Trapdoor spider
Hidden door, lightning strike.
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Stoplight Loosejaw
The deep sea's red-light hunter
Javan Leopard
Java's hidden rosettes in the mist
Ostracod
Tiny shells, huge history
Knifefish
Life in South America, powered by volts
Dimetrodon
Permian sailback-before dinosaurs
Deinocheirus
The terrible-handed wetland omnivore
Haikouichthys
A tiny fossil at vertebrates' dawn
Hatzegopteryx
Hateg's giant sky-stalker
Crayfish
Claws that shape freshwater worlds
Giant Siphonophore
Many bodies, one predator.
Feather Star
Feathery arms, drifting meals
Snailfish
Snailfishes: clingers of the cold deep
Ozark Bass
The Ozarks' star-spotted rock bass
Nabarlek
Small wallaby, big cliff skills.
Barreleye Fish (Barrel Eye)
A clear head with eyes that swivel
Ember Tetra
A living ember for nano tanks
Kiang
Tough hooves for the Roof of the World
Chigger
Six legs now, eight legs later
Pig-Nosed Turtle
Sea-turtle flippers, river-turtle soul
Spotted Garden Eel
The plankton-picker of the sand flats
Nematode
Roundworms: small bodies, huge impact
Tarantula
Big spiders, quiet ambush masters
Keyhole Cichlid
Small cichlid, big-family devotion