Strawberry Hermit Crab
Red rover of the rainforest shore
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Herrerasaurus
A Triassic hunter at dinosaur dawn
Eurypterus
Paddles, claws, Paleozoic power
Phytosaurs
Croc-lookalikes of the Triassic
Smilosuchus
Not a croc-Triassic river hunter
Crocodylomorph
From river ambush to ocean roam
Rhamphosuchus
Siwalik's mysterious long-snouted giant
Thalassomedon
Long neck, open sea, Cretaceous hunter
Pliosaur
Big jaws. Short neck. Ocean boss.
Northern Screamer
The Wetland Alarm Bell of the Llanos
California Condor
Soar high-save the scavenger.
Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Chestnut flanks, shrubland singer
Fairy-Wren
Small birds, big social drama
African Jacana
The lily-pad dad of Africa
Sedge Warbler
The chatterbox of the reedbeds
Yellowthroat
Masked singer of cattails and thickets
Cactus Wren
Built for heat, armed with thorns
Grebe
Lobed-toe divers with dance moves
Prairie Chicken
Booming herald of the tallgrass prairie
Wryneck
The woodpecker that plays snake
Merganser
Sawbills built for the chase
African Fish Eagle
The yodeling monarch of African waters
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
A crown of fire in the firs
Northern Parula
The moss-nesting spark of spring