Spider Wasp
Paralyze a spider, raise a wasp
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Urbanization Animals
Dung Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew-on the roll
Mole Cricket
Built to dig, born to sing
Northern Alligator Lizard
Armored, secretive, tail-shedding survivor
Japanese Beetle
Small beetle, big bite.
Ghost Crab
The night sprinters of the sand
Key Deer
Small deer, big Keys legacy
Caribou
Antlers, Arctic, and endless miles.
Spotted Lanternfly
Not a fly-spot the planthopper
Parrotlet
Small body, big parrot attitude
Genet
Spots, stealth, and a ringed tail
Chinese Alligator
China's little "earth-dragon" alligator
Gopher Tortoise
Digging homes for hundreds of neighbors
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small. Silent. Seriously venomous.
Potoroo
Diggers, hoppers, fungal spore spreaders
Eastern Fence Lizard
The blue-bellied sentinel of fences
Draco Volans Lizard
Glide like a dragon, live in trees.
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Dik-Dik
Small antelope, big territory.
Cape Lion
Ghost lion of the Cape frontier
American Robin
Spring's orange-breasted songster
White-Tailed Eagle
Wedge-tailed ruler of northern waters
House wren
Big song, tiny tail-cocker
Banana Spider
Golden webs, gentle giant.