Insect
Six legs, endless strategies.
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Freshwater Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers, return to spawn
Grouper Fish
Big mouth. Bold strike. Reef ruler.
Common European Adder
Zigzag guardian of the heath
Lawnmower Blenny
The reef's tiny rock-hopping grazer
Moon Jellyfish
Four horseshoes under a living moon
Jonah Crab
Big claws, Gulf of Maine flavor.
Grass Carp
The underwater lawnmower-handle with care
Ortolan Bunting
Long-haul bunting of open fields
European Bee-Eater
Colorful aerial hunter of summer skies
Lizardfish
Hidden on the bottom, built to strike
Polecat
Small predator, big attitude
Eastern Barred Bandicoot
Barred rump, big comeback
Spider
Silk, stealth, and eight-legged skill
Gopher Snake
Rattlesnake act-harmless rodent hunter
Great Egret
Big white hunter of the wetlands
Pesquet's Parrot (Dracula Parrot)
New Guinea's Fig-Eating Dracula Parrot
Moccasin Snake
White-mouth warning of the wetlands
Dunnock
Hedgerow accentor, not a sparrow
Kestrel
Windhover hunters of open country
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
The lava-walking goose of Hawaiʻi
Oak Toad
Big life in a tiny sandy toad
Kenyan Sand Boa
Buried hunter of Africa's sands
Cantil
Two stripes, one heat-seeking hunter.