Tuna
Built for speed, born to migrate
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Yellowfin Tuna
Yellow fins, ocean miles
Chinese Paddlefish
Yangtze's vanished paddle-nosed giant
Goliath Frog
The rainforest river giant
Alligator Gar
Armored air-breather of the bayou
Florida Gar
Florida's broad-snouted living fossil
Spotted Gar
Armor-plated ambusher with spots
Whooping Crane
White wings, wild wetlands, loud whoops
Banjo Catfish
The leaf-litter masters of the riverbed
Green Frog
The banjo-voiced frog of pond edges
Leopard Frog
Spots, folds, and a springtime snore
Kinkajou
Tail-grip nectar sipper of the canopy
African Bullfrog
Built for drought, powered by rain
Desert Rain Frog
Squeak of the Namib dunes
Longnose Gar
Needle-nosed, armor-scaled survivor
Gray Tree Frog
Hear the trill-spot the gray treefrog
Green Tree Frog
Green, striped, and built to climb
Desert Locust
When rains fall, deserts can swarm.
Wood Frog
The frog that thaws back to life
Cicada
Years belowground, weeks in the spotlight
Locust
Small hoppers, huge impact
Kangaroo Rat
Two-footed seed bankers of the desert
Fruit Bat
Plant the forest-one flight at a time
Black-Footed Ferret
Mask of the prairie-dog towns