Praying Mantis

Masters of camouflage, wait for their prey to stray too near, ambush them with lightning speed, and eat them alive!

Pteranodon

75 million years ago, they stood 6 feet tall and had wingspans of over 20 feet, sometimes more than 30 feet

Big-eared Desert Bat

From Mexico to South Dakota they roost in caves and mines and catch flying insects, mostly moths, and pick them off plant leaves.

Orangutan T-Shirts

Gracefully swinging from branch to branch high in the jungle canopy ... You'd be amazed how many buy this one for their kids.

Pterodactyl

Most likely able to soar for long distances and may have even walked well 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous.

Phororhacos longissimus

Largest carnivorous birds ever to have lived, had claws like meat hooks and a massive hooked beak for ripping flesh from its prey.

Smiling Vampire Bat

There really are Vampire Bats and they actually feed on blood.  And they actually have sort of a grin, kind of like a dog.

Melanesian Mask

Mask of carved wood, ornamented with figures of a bird and fish worn in religious ceremonies in New Ireland, Melanesia.

Moai of Easter Island

One of hundreds of Moai, stone carved monoliths on Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile, some over 30 feet high and up to 75 tons.

Dragon's Mouth Sculpture

A magnificent stone sculpture of a human in the mouth of the great Dragon of Quirigua, in an extraordinary ancient altar.
 

 

Peruvian Sky God

Pre Inca Vase Painting of the Peruvian Sky God, Tiahuanaco style, from the temple-city of Pachacamac
 

Hate to think of what the Aztecs were doing in their in religious rituals when they wore these trophy masks made of skulls.
 

Reclining Mayan Figure
of Chichen Itza

Amid stone observatories, pyramids, and temples built by the Maya "At the mouth of the Itza well" rests this reclining stone sculpture.

Maya King

Maya rose from rain forests more than 2000 years ago, created a sophisticated culture and built elaborate temples and monuments

Temple of the Beau Relief

A figure in a graceful pose on a throne adorned with tiger heads near the Palace at Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico

Cobra T-Shirts

Besides a deadly venomous bite, some cobras can spit venom into the eyes of an enemy when threatened.

Bison del Altamira

This incredible painting of a European Bison, now extinct, is on the ceiling of the Cavern of Altamira in Spain.

Fish Eagle

Huge birds with wingspans up to 8 feet swoop down from high trees to snatch fish from water with sharp clawed talons.

Stegocephalian

Between 345 and 65 million years ago, salamander-like amphibian land animals developed from lungfish.

Gorilla

Gorillas are the largest of the primates and live in mountain and lowland forests.

Indian Fox Bats

Fox Bats roost in spooky looking camps where thousands hang upside down in large trees.

Creepy Spider

Air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

Linophryne lucifer

This deep sea fish attracts its prey with a natural lure and rips them to shreds with its long teeth.

 
Mesosaurus

Permian Period Fossils found in both Africa and South America support the theory of continental drift.

One theory is the Great Sphinx's head is modeled from the pharaoh Khafra of the Fourth Dynasty.

National Gallery of Bats

Statue of the Greek God Helios build about 300 BC  and destroyed by an earthquake about 226 BC.

Unsuspecting spectators could be thrown to the beasts in arena at the Emperor’s command!

A Chariot Racing Stadium
in ancient Rome measuring 621 by 118 meters seating 250,000 people.

A mysterious prehistoric monumen began over 4,000 years ago, and possibly 2,000 years before that.

Brooklyn Bridge

New York icon, stretches over a mile across the East River, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Mushroom T-Shirts

Buy your mushrooms at the grocery store.  Identifying mushrooms can be deadly for non-experts.

 


Ancient Rome

The Forum, Pantheon, Coliseum,  Aqueducts, Temple of Diana, Caesar, Roman and Gaelic Soldiers

Reptiles & Amphibians

Lizards, Turtles, Crocodiles, Frogs, Toads, Tree Frogs, Horned Frogs, Flying Frogs, Snakes

Insects, Spiders

Praying Mantis, Damsel Flies, Spiders, Wasps, Butterflies, Swallowtail, Atlas Moth

Bats!

Horseshoe Bat, Desert Bat, Vampire Bat, Long-eared Bat, Indian Fox Bats, Vampire Bat, Brown Bat

Extinct around 10,000 years ago, but a dwarf race lived on Wrangel Island until about 1700 BC.

Fossil of a carnivorous flying reptile, now extinct, lived in Africa and Europe during the Jurassic Period.

Lairs lined with silken webs enable them to sense wandering insects to ambush and eat.

Parrots, Penguins, Owls, Goldfinch, Hummingbirds, Nuthatch, Bluebird, Martins Swallows Crows Nighthawk

Whales, Humpback, Beluga, Right Whale, Sperm Whale, Manatee, Walrus, and
Schools of Flying Fish!

Giraffe, Zebra, Elephant, Tigers, Leapards, Okapi, Bighorn Sheep, Caribou, Bobcat, Mountain Lion

Flowers

Wild Rose, Honeysuckle, Sweet Violet, Purple Virgins Bower, Sun Flower, Bitter Root, Swamp Rose Mallow

Habitats & Ecosystems

Nature T-Shirts, Wetland Water Lilies, Ocean Coral Ecosystem, Lilies in a Forest, Pond Life

 Fresh Water Fish

Bluegill, Crappie, Perch, Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Steelhead Trout, Golden Trout

Dog Lover T-Shirts

Pomeranian, Pekingese, Yorkshire Terrier, German Shepherd, Dashchund, Mastiff, Collie, Bloodhound

Butterflies

Swallowtails, Attacus Atlas, Ornithoptera Paradisea, Oleander Hawk, Spurge Hawk, Hawk Moth

Extinct Animals

Great Auk, Dodo, Giant Moa Thylacine, Pterodactyl, Woolly Mammoth, Mosasaur, Mesosaurus,

Monkey T-Shirts

Green Monkey, Hanuman Monkeys, White-Handed Gibbon, Orangutan, Chimpanzees, Gorilla

 

Prehistoric Cave Art

Cave Bear des Grotte de la Mairie, Horses of Font-de Gaume, Mammoth de la
Galerie des Fresques

Squirrels & Chipmunks

Red Squirrel, Grey Squirrel, Douglas Squirrel, Eastern Chipmunk, Golden Chipmunk Siberian Chipmunk