Recently, I've decided that once and for all, I want to create unique creatures for my fantasy world. To that end... Does anyone have any tips or resources that might be helpful? I like hands-on resources; templates to fill out, generators to randomly create creature bases I can build upon (the more options in the generator the better!), and so on. Reading huge articles and the like often uninspires me because it takes too much time away from actually getting into the meat of the situation. But hints and tips would be helpful!

(Note: I realize this isn't a question about cartography in its purest form... but ecosystems are very much a part of a mapped world, right? Haha, I hope this is relevant enough to ask about...)