Mayfly
Born in water, gone in a day
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Fire-Bellied Toad
Flash the belly, live to tell it.
Desert Tortoise
Built for burrows, made for deserts
Hermit Crab
Borrowed shells, bold lives
Burrowing Frog
Dig deep. Emerge with the rain.
Water Dragon
Bask. Bolt. Dive.
Moray Eel
Crevice kings with a second bite
Earwig
Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering
Common Frog
Spring's frogspawn maker
Frilled Lizard
Pop the frill, own the moment
Wrasse
Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers
Grouse
Masters of the lek and the snow
Pink Fairy Armadillo
The pink "sand-swimmer" of Argentina
Bandicoot
Digging by night, healing soils by day
Tropicbird
Streamers of the tropical seas
Oyster
Reef builders that clean the coast
Horseshoe Crab
Beach Spawners, Blue-Blooded Guardians
Darwin's Frog
Dad's vocal sac, nature's nursery
Slow Worm
Blinking lizard, not a snake
Barracuda
Silver speedsters with a bite
Avocet
Curved bill, clean sweep.
Fishing Cat
Spotted swimmer of Asia's wetlands
Bengal Tiger
Stripes of the subcontinent
South China Tiger
Southern China's tiger-waiting to return