Cucumber Beetle
Small beetles, big plant impacts
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Yellow-faced Bee
Masked bees, hidden pollen power
Southeastern Blueberry Bee
The blueberry's native buzz specialist
Ashy Mining Bee
Spring's ashen-striped soil miner
Mason Bee
Mud-built nurseries, mighty pollinators
Box-Headed Blood Bee
Red-backed nest raider of Europe
Squash Bee
Dawn's dedicated squash pollinator
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Spring's orange-booted speedster
Furrow Bee
Small bees, big pollination power
Milkweed aphids
Golden sap-sipper of milkweed
Bamboo Shark
Small sharks, big reef specialists
Blacktip Shark
Black-tipped fins, built for speed.
Bombardier Beetle
Tiny beetle, big chemical comeback
Black Aphids
Tiny bugs, huge plant impact
Sandworm
Bristle worms: engineers of the seafloor
Golden Shiner
The classic golden baitfish.
Dragon Snake (Javan Tubercle Snake, Javan Mudsnake)
Dragon-hide scales in a leaf-litter life
Antiguan Racer Snake
Antigua's comeback snake
Liopleurodon
Jurassic seas' power-jawed predator
Stromatolite
Rocks built by microbes, for eons
Zebrafish
Striped minnow, giant science impact
Kamehameha Butterfly
Hawaii's royal forest flyer
Cane Rat
Grasscutters of Africa's tall reeds
Disco Clam
Reef crevice clam with a strobe show