abalone ab-uh-LOH-nee aerial plankton air-ee-ul PLANK-tun aging AY-jing aglu AH-gloo albatross AL-buh-traws ambergris AM-ber-grees ammonite AM-uh-nite anadromous  ah-NAD-roh-mus anemone uh-NEM-uh-nee anhinga an-HING-guh antlion ANT-lye-un armadillo ar-muh-DIL-oh avocet AV-uh-set

baleen buh-LEEN barnacle BAR-nuh-kul bed BED belemnite BEL-em-nite binky BINK-ee biophony bye-OFF-uh-nee birdfall BURD-fawl bittern BIT-ern blep BLEP blubber BLUB-er bowhead BOW-hed brant BRANT brindle BRIN-dul browse BROWZ browse line BROWZ LYNE brumation broo-MAY-shun bunt BUNT burrow BUR-oh by-the-wind sailor by-thuh-WIND SAY-ler

cache KASH caddisfly KAD-is-fly capercailzie kap-er-KALE-yee capybara kap-ih-BAR-uh caracal KAR-uh-kal caracara kar-uh-KAR-uh catadromous kah-TAD-roh-mus ceavvi CHEH-ah-vee chamois SHAM-wah charm CHARM chiton KY-tun chuff CHUF cicada sih-KAY-duh cinereous sih-NEER-ee-us coati koh-AH-tee cobweb morning KOB-web MOR-ning cochineal kotch-uh-NEEL cockshut KOK-shut comb jelly KOHM JEL-ee condor KON-dor conodont KOH-nuh-dont coprolite KOP-ruh-lite cordyceps KOR-dih-seps cormorant KOR-muh-runt corncrake KORN-krayk crane fly KRAYN FLY crinoid KRY-noyd crèche KRESH ctenophore TEN-uh-for cuttlebone KUT-ul-bohn cuttlefish KUT-ul-fish čakča CHAHK-chah

damselfly DAM-zul-fly darner DAR-ner dawn chorus DAWN KOR-us dead man’s fingers DED MANZ FING-gerz dhole DOHL diapause DY-ah-pawz dipper DIP-er dook DOOK drey DRAY dun DUN dust bath DUST BATH dálvi DAHL-vee

ecology of fear ih-KOL-uh-jee uhv FEER egret EE-gret eider EYE-der endemic en-DEM-ik ermine UR-min estivation ESS-tih-VAY-shun exaltation eg-zawl-TAY-shun

fauna FAW-nuh fennec FEN-ek feral FAIR-ul ferruginous fuh-ROO-jih-nus firefly FIRE-fly fisher FISH-er fluke FLOOK forage FOR-ij fraying FRAY-ing frigatebird FRIG-ut-burd fulmar FUUL-mar fuscous FUS-kus

gait GAYT gall GAWL game trail GAYM trayl geassi GYEH-ah-see gill GIL glass sponge GLAS SPUNJ glaucous GLAW-kus glowworm GLOH-wurm goshawk GOS-hawk gossamer GOS-uh-mer grizzled GRIZ-uld guillemot GIL-uh-mot gyrfalcon JER-fal-kun gökotta YUR-koh-tah

hatch HACH haymaker HAY-may-ker hedgerow HEJ-roh hibernaculum hy-ber-NAK-yoo-lum hibernation hy-ber-NAY-shun hide HIDE hoary HOR-ee hunter’s moon HUN-terz MOON

ibex EYE-beks ibis EYE-bis iridescence ir-ih-DES-uns

jaeger YAY-ger jaguar JAG-wahr jaguarundi jag-wuh-RUN-dee javelina hah-vuh-LEE-nuh

katydid KAY-tee-did kemonomichi keh-MOH-noh-mee-chee kill site KIL syte kit fox KIT FOKS Kokogiaq KOH-koh-gee-ahk

lacewing LAYS-wing lag LAG lark LARK latrine lah-TREEN leafcutter LEEF-kut-er lek LEK licking branch LIK-ing branch loon LOON lynx LINKS

mantis MAN-tis marmot MAR-mut marten MAR-tun mason bee MAY-sun BEE mast MAST mayfly MAY-fly melanistic mel-uh-NIS-tik merganser mer-GAN-ser merlin MUR-lin mermaid’s purse MER-maydz PURS midden MID-un migration my-GRAY-shun milkweed MILK-weed mistletoe MIS-ul-toh murmuration mur-mur-AY-shun musit MYOO-zit musk MUHSK myrmecochory mur-muh-KOK-uh-ree

nanuq NAH-nook narwhal NAR-wul nautilus NAW-tih-lus nocturnal nok-TUR-nul numenon NOO-meh-non

ocelot OS-uh-lot okapi oh-KAH-pee osprey OS-pray otter OT-er owl light OWL LITE oystercatcher OY-ster-kach-er

pagophilic pag-oh-FIL-ik parliament PAR-luh-muhnt peccary PEK-uh-ree pelagic puh-LAJ-ik pellet PEL-it peregrine PAIR-uh-grin petrel PET-rul phantom road FAN-tuhm rohd phenology feh-NOL-oh-jee piebald PIE-bawld pika PIE-kuh plucking post PLUK-ing pohst predator PRED-uh-ter pronghorn PRONG-horn pronk PRONK ptarmigan TAR-mih-gun puffin PUF-in pug PUG pugmark PUG-mark

quid KWID

redd RED register REJ-is-ter rete mirabile REE-tee mih-RAH-bih-lee rub RUB run (tracking) RUN

saiga SY-guh salmon SAM-un sand dollar SAND DOL-er sanderling SAN-der-ling scat SKAT scrape SKRAYP sea urchin SEE UR-chin seaŋáš SENG-ahsh sepia SEE-pee-uh sett SET shearwater SHEER-waw-ter shoal SHOHL shrew SHROO shrike SHRIKE siege SEEJ sign SYNE siphonophore sy-FON-uh-for skewbald SKYOO-bawld skua SKYOO-uh sloth SLAWTH smeuse SMYOOZ smolt SMOLT snag SNAG snow leopard SNOH LEP-erd spawn SPAWN spittlebug SPIT-ul-bug spoonbill SPOON-bil spoor SPOHR spraint SPRAYNT springtail SPRING-tayl stamp STAMP stigmergy STIG-mer-jee stint STINT stoat STOHT stonefly STOHN-fly stotting STOT-ing straddle STRAD-uhl stride STRYDE subnivean sub-NIV-ee-un substrate SUB-strayt sway SWAY symbiosis sim-by-OH-sis

tapir TAY-per tardigrade TAR-dih-grayd tawny TAW-nee tiger beetle TY-ger BEE-tul torpor TOR-per track TRAK trail TRAYL treehopper TREE-hop-er trilobite TRY-luh-bite troglobite TROG-luh-bite trophic TROH-fik truffle fly TRUF-ul FLY truffle hog TRUF-ul HOG turnstone TURN-stohn tyndall blue TIN-dul BLOO

umwelt OOM-velt unkindness uhn-KYND-nuhs

vector VEK-ter velella vuh-LEL-uh vole VOHL

wagtail WAG-tayl wallow Wah-loh walrus WAWL-rus water strider WAW-ter STRY-der whale WAYL whale fall WAYL FAWL whimbrel WIM-brul whippoorwill WIP-er-wil whirligig WUR-lih-gig wigeon WIJ-un wolf moon WUULF MOON wolverine WUUL-vuh-reen wonty-tump WON-tee-TUMP wrack line RAK lyne

zombie fungus ZOM-bee FUNG-gus zugunruhe tsoog-oon-ROO-uh