Field guides · Land & Ocean

The Animals

Every animal in the collection, written around the question people actually ask about it, with figures from the named sources and the photographs taken in the field.

01   Land

9 species
A male lion with a full mane walking directly toward the camera, holding eye contact.
LionLand

The only cat that lives in a family.

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A leopard portrait.
LeopardLand

The big cat that hauls its dinner up a tree.

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A cheetah standing alert on a low rise, rim-lit by the early morning sun, scanning the plain.
CheetahLand

The fastest animal on land.

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A lone bull elephant with ears flared, walking through tall grassland.
African ElephantLand

The largest animal that walks the Earth.

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A spotted hyena lying in a mud wallow, meeting the camera's eye.
Spotted HyenaLand

Not a scavenger: Africa's most successful hunter.

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Three zebras drinking at the lush green edge of a waterhole, their stripes mirrored in the still water below a sandy bank.
Plains ZebraLand

Why zebras have stripes.

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A close profile portrait of an olive baboon, its amber eye catching the light against a soft green background.
Olive BaboonLand

The troop that runs on politics.

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A big male gelada sits on a rock with his head thrown back and mouth wide open, long mane blowing, red chest patch showing.
GeladaLand

The only monkey that lives on grass.

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A coyote walking straight toward the camera along a path through soft, wildflower-dotted grassland.
CoyoteLand

The wild dog that moved into the city.

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02   Ocean

8 species
A great white shark in close profile, one dark eye meeting the camera, dappled sunlight rolling across its bronze back in deep blue water.
Great White SharkOcean

The ocean's most storied predator.

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A shortfin mako shark in full profile just beneath the mirrored ocean surface, its metallic flanks catching the light.
Shortfin Mako SharkOcean

The fastest shark in the world.

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A blue shark up close with its mouth open, lit by shafts of sunlight slanting through clear blue water.
Blue SharkOcean

The most fished shark on Earth.

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A stocky bull shark in profile against deep blue open water, dappled light playing across its back.
Bull SharkOcean

The shark that swims up rivers.

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An orca rising vertically out of calm grey water to look around, forested coastline soft in the background.
Orca (Killer Whale)Ocean

The ocean's top predator, and the largest dolphin.

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A California sea lion swims straight at the camera with its mouth open above a reef garden, a bright orange garibaldi below and the rest of the colony behind.
California Sea LionOcean

The reef's welcome committee.

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A split-level photograph of an American crocodile at the waterline, jaws wide open showing its teeth, seagrass below and blue sky above.
American CrocodileOcean

The crocodile that lives in the sea.

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A huge swirling bait ball of sardines beneath the ocean surface, with two striped marlin circling below in deep blue water.
Pacific SardineOcean

The small fish the whole ocean eats.

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