King Crab
Cold-water royalty of the seafloor
Conservation Threats
Pollution
Contamination from chemicals, plastics, noise, and light affecting wildlife health and behavior
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Lemming
Small rodents, huge tundra impact
Lion
Built for prides, born for the hunt
Lizard
From geckos to dragons-lizard power
Mouse
Small gnawers, huge impact.
Moth
More than night flyers
Newt
Crests, ponds, and potent defenses
Nightingale
Plain feathers, legendary night song
Octopus
Eight arms, endless ingenuity
Otter
Built for water, born to hunt
Penguin
Born to dive, dressed to endure
Platypus
Electric hunter of Australian rivers
Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle, give it space.
Red Knee Tarantula
Red knees, calm queen of the burrow
Scorpion
Glow at night, strike with precision
Sea Lion
Ear flaps, flippers, and fierce colonies
Skunk
Bold stripes, bigger attitude.
Termite
Nature's master recyclers (and builders)
Tortoise
Built for land, made for time
Great White Shark
Warm-blooded hunter of the seas
Cheetah
Built for the burst.
Bobcat
Small lynx, big adaptability.
Grizzly Bear
Hump, claws, and wild omnivory
Zebra
Stripes built for the African wild