Resource Depletion

Ape

Tailless thinkers of the treetops

Indigo Snake

Indigo: the longleaf's top hunter

Elegant Tern

Orange bill, black crest, perfect dive

American Dog Tick

Ornate hitchhiker of field and brush

Mojave Rattlesnake

Desert rattle, stealthy and lethal

Ribbon Eel

Horn-nosed, ribbon-thin reef ambush eel

Nudibranch

Nature's neon, toxin-borrowing sea slugs

Danio

Small fish, big science, bold schools

Crucian Carp

The ethanol-brewing survivor carp

Keta Salmon

Calico traveler of the North Pacific

Freshwater Eel

Born at sea, raised in rivers, return to spawn

Grouper Fish

Big mouth. Bold strike. Reef ruler.

Moon Jellyfish

Four horseshoes under a living moon

Ortolan Bunting

Long-haul bunting of open fields

Lizardfish

Hidden on the bottom, built to strike

Polecat

Small predator, big attitude

Eurasian Wolf

Wild Europe's original pack hunter

Ruddy Turnstone

Flip a stone, cross an ocean.

Gopher Snake

Rattlesnake act-harmless rodent hunter

Great Egret

Big white hunter of the wetlands

Kestrel

Windhover hunters of open country

House Sparrow (English Sparrow)

The sparrow that followed humanity

Chicken Snake

Barn Guardian, Not a Viper

Cinereous Vulture

Big, black, and built to clean