Eurasian Eagle-owl
Booming monarch of the night cliffs
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Oxpecker
Tick riders of the African savanna
Finch
Built to crack seeds, born to sing
Nuthatch
Head-first bark detectives
Great Kiskadee
Hear it before you see it: Kiskadee!
Emerald Toucanet
Green jewel of the cloud forest
Egyptian Tortoise
Small shell, big desert survivor
Knight Anole
Cuba's bold, tree-top "knight" lizard
Eastern Box Turtle
Nature's little hinged "lockbox"
Loris
Quiet climbers of the night canopy
Eastern Meadowlark
The flute-voice of open fields
Tiger snake
Southern wetlands' striped heavyweight
Eastern Tiger Snake
Wetland hunter with a tiger's bite
Brown Tree Snake
Night-climber that changed Guam's forests
Tasmanian Tiger Snake
Banded, black, and built for wetlands
Rhesus Macaque
Street-smart primate, social to the core
Curly Hair Tarantula
Curly, calm, and quietly formidable
Zebra Tarantula
Zebra legs, burrow boss
Texas Brown Tarantula
Big, brown, and mostly mellow.
Black Tarantula
Velvet-black, calm, and captivating
Arizona Blonde Tarantula
Blond legs, desert burrows, calm giant
Brazilian Black Tarantula
The Velvet Black Burrower
Purple Tarantula
Purple velvet of Ecuador's canopy
Chilean Rose Tarantula
Chile's "rose" with a hidden defense