Uaru Cichlid
Amazon's gentle giant with a triangle badge
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Xingu River Ray
Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray
Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)
Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes
Mollusk
One phylum, endless forms
Hartebeest
Built for the long run on the plains
Inchworm
Loop, look like a twig, and live on leaves
Owlfly (Ascalaphidae)
Big eyes. Clubbed antennae. Pure predator.
Gourami
Gulp air, build nests, rule the shallows
Yabby
Burrow. Endure. Thrive.
Kissing Gourami
Not a kiss-it's a contest.
Pacific Coast Tick
Ornate hunter of the Pacific slopes
Western Blacklegged Tick
Pacific Coast tick, outsized impact.
Ornate Bichir
Maze-Patterned Air-Breathing Predator
Volcano Snail
Armored snail of the iron vents
Assassin Snail
Banded burrower, snail-eating sniper
Cone Snail
Harpoon hunters of the reef
Spotted Skunk
Small skunk, big attitude.
Groundhog Tick
The burrow-dwelling bite you don't see
Arabian Wolf
Desert wolf, built to endure
Golden Jackal
Eurasia's adaptable, omnivorous canid
Irukandji Jellyfish
Small bell. Big sting.
Turtle Frog
Built like a turtle, lives like a mole
Long-Winged Kite Spider
Spines out, web set-kite spider ready
Sea Spider
All legs, no land-meet Pycnogonida