Freshwater Suckerfish
Bottom cleaners of North America's waters
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Fluke Fish (Summer Flounder)
The fluke: seafloor stealth, summer bite.
Monkfish
Big mouth. Hidden hunter.
King Cobra
Snake-eater, nest-builder, giant of Asia
Monarch Butterfly
Born on milkweed, built to migrate
Maned Wolf
Cerrado's long-legged fruit-eating canid
Ermine
Black-tail hunter, winter-white
Golden-Crowned Flying Fox
Golden crowns, forest rebirth
Dragonfish
Tiny lanterns, giant teeth.
Wolffish
Crushers of the cold seafloor
Wolf Eel
Looks like an eel-loves like a wolf.
Immortal Jellyfish
The jellyfish that hits "reset."
Drum Fish
The sea's drummers and croakers
Albatross
Born to ride the wind
Barramundi Fish
From river to reef, one fierce fish
Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
Night-shift pest control at 160 km/h
Salmon
Born in rivers, powered by the sea
Saiga
Built for dust: the steppe's proboscis
Lamprey
Jawless. Ancient. Unforgettable.
Walleye Fish
Built to hunt when the light fades
Chimaera
Ghost sharks of the deep
Muskrat
Marsh builder with a knife-tail
Rockfish
Spiny, savvy, and shockingly long-lived
Shark
Built of cartilage, made for the sea