Ghost Crab
The night sprinters of the sand
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Key Deer
Small deer, big Keys legacy
Caribou
Antlers, Arctic, and endless miles.
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.
Spotted Lanternfly
Not a fly-spot the planthopper
Parrotlet
Small body, big parrot attitude
Zebra Pleco
L046: the Xingu's striped cave guardian
Genet
Spots, stealth, and a ringed tail
Chinese Alligator
China's little "earth-dragon" alligator
Muntjac
Small deer, big bark.
Gopher Tortoise
Digging homes for hundreds of neighbors
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small. Silent. Seriously venomous.
Potoroo
Diggers, hoppers, fungal spore spreaders
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaii's rare reef-roaming seal
Christmas Island Red Crab
Red tide on land-then back again
Eastern Fence Lizard
The blue-bellied sentinel of fences
Draco Volans Lizard
Glide like a dragon, live in trees.
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Dik-Dik
Small antelope, big territory.
Russian Tortoise
Built to burrow through extremes
American Robin
Spring's orange-breasted songster
Antarctic Scale Worm
Armored Antarctic hunter on the seafloor
Armyworm
Small moth, giant crop threat.
White-Tailed Eagle
Wedge-tailed ruler of northern waters