Invertebrates > Bivalves
The Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), famously celebrated throughout New England and the Atlantic coast as the Northern Quahog, is one of the most culturally iconic, ecologically vital, and commercially valuable marine bivalves in North American history. Renowned for...
Amphibians > Salamanders
The Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) is a secretive, subterranean mole salamander native to the rich, damp river bottomlands and floodplains of the central United States. Named for its disproportionately tiny head, blunt conical snout, and narrow jawline...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) is one of the most abundant, resilient, and scientifically celebrated small reptiles in North America. Thriving across the arid deserts, sagebrush plains, and rocky washes of the American West, this small, sprightly...
Reptiles > Turtles
The Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) is a uniquely elegant, long-necked freshwater turtle native to the sluggish cypress swamps and ephemeral ponds of the American Southeast. Famously named during the nineteenth century because early American settlers...
Fish > Characiformes
The Golden Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis), revered across South America as ‘El Tigre del Río’ (The River Tiger), is the ferocious, gold-armored apex predator of the continent’s great river systems. Belonging to the family Bryconidae, this magnificent...
