Desert Tortoise
Built for burrows, made for deserts
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Urbanization Animals
Crab-Eating Macaque
Long tail, big brains, bold foraging
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
Turkey
Strut, gobble, and soar-wild-born.
Wallaby
Pouches, power-hops, and wild places
Earwig
Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering
Wrasse
Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers
Grouse
Masters of the lek and the snow
Collared Peccary
Not a pig-America's javelina
Bandicoot
Digging by night, healing soils by day
Tropicbird
Streamers of the tropical seas
Basking Shark
Big mouth, tiny prey.
Marine Toad
Big toad. Bigger toxins.
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
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