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A stubby flutter of greenery at a gas station, and a lofty palm behind an IHOP.

A seafaring albatross, stretching out its sail-like airfoils, lives a very different life from a ground-dwelling antpitta with its long legs and short, stubby wings that it uses in rare, short bursts of flight.

Hunting limited the movements of the rhinos, as did their short, stubby legs, which made it difficult for them to trek through thick snow.

The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.

Instead of a sword, this guard held a battle-axe in its stubby fingers, the blade covered in what looked like blood.