Which creature fights fires, creates wetlands, recharges groundwater, alters landscapes, and is a climate hero?
Beavers!
Creature: Water Quality Team
Creatures that maintain clean water, like freshwater mussels or beavers, which create wetlands that filter pollutants.
Featured Creature: Giant Barrel Sponge
What creature grows tall and sturdy, cleans up its neighborhood, and defends itself from predators – all without moving a muscle?
The Giant Barrel Sponge, or Xestospongia muta!
Featured Creature: Dragonfly
Which creature existed before the dinosaurs, is an aerial genius, and can detect things we can only witness through slow-motion cameras?
Featured Creature: Pacific Salmon
What creatures navigate oceans, climb mountains, feed forests, and motivate us to destroy renewable energy infrastructure?