Turtles
Armored travelers of sea and land
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Yellow Sac Spider
Night hunters in a silken sleeping bag
Frogfish
Walk, vanish, lure, gulp.
Stone crabs
Big claws. Coastal powerhouses.
Reef Shark
Reef patrols of the open sea
Sea Anemone
Stinging "flowers" of the seafloor
Lion's Mane Jellyfish
A living mane from cold seas
Squirrelfish
Big eyes, night bites, reef grunts.
Addax
Spiral-horned survivor of the Sahara
Jaguarundi Cat
The daytime cat with an otter build
Brookesia Micra
Big camouflage, micro chameleon
Slug
Mucus-powered recyclers of the land
Darwin's fox
Chile's hidden fox of the rainforests
Zebra Mussels
Clean, Drain, Dry-Stop Zebra Mussels
Balkan Lynx
The Balkans' phantom of the forest
Australian Gecko
Tiny toes, big survival tricks
Oscar Fish
Big cichlid. Bigger personality.
Mealybug
Tiny waxy sap-thieves of the plant world
White Butterfly
The garden's familiar white flier
Peacock Butterfly
Flash the eyespots-vanish the rest!
Tiger Beetle
Sprint hunters of sunlit ground
Woodlouse Spider
Six eyes. One mission: woodlice.
Fiddler Crab
Wave. Burrow. Rule the mudflat.
Oyster Toadfish
The dockside "boatwhistler."