entomological & creepy-crawly specia:

• moths, death's-head hawkmoths, atlas moths, luna moths, rosy maple moths, elephant hawkmoths, beetles, stag beetles, rhinoceros beetles, jewel beetles, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, praying mantises, cicadas, dragonflies, damselflies, wasps, bees, butterflies, stick insects, walking leaves, pinned insects, specimen boxes

unconventional fauna:

• snakes, ball pythons, corn snakes, boas, vipers, hognose snakes, bats, fruit bats, vampire bats, crows, ravens, magpies, owls, vultures, deer, antlers, elk, foxes, wolves, possums, rats, mice, frogs, toads, salamanders, axolotls

vistas of deep time & oceanic oddities:

• horseshoe crabs, jellyfish, octopuses, squids, deep-sea creatures, sharks, eels, lampreys, strange fish, marine invertebrates, parasitic organisms, bioluminescence, mimicry, camouflage, extinct animals, fossils of all kinds

natural history preservation & vulture culture:

• animal anatomy, comparative anatomy, zoological illustration, natural history, specimen collecting, field guides, taxidermy, skeletal specimens, wet specimens, museum collections, natural history museums, dioramas, biological oddities, evolutionary oddities