Rafflesia

Plants > Parasitic Plants

Rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii), celebrated across Southeast Asia as the ‘monster flower’ or ‘corpse lily,’ holds the prestigious biological record for producing the largest individual, single flower of any plant species on planet Earth. Endemic...

Chinese Giant Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus) is a prehistoric aquatic titan, reigning as the largest living amphibian on Earth. Often called a ‘living fossil’ due to an ancestral lineage that dates back more than 160 million years to the Jurassic...

West Indian Ocean Coelacanth

Fish > Lobe-finned Fishes

The West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) is the ultimate ‘living fossil,’ a deep-sea lobe-finned fish that was believed to have perished alongside the dinosaurs 66 million years ago until a living specimen was miraculously discovered off...

Axolotl

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), affectionately known in Aztec mythology as the aquatic canine incarnation of the fire and lightning god Xolotl, is one of the biological world’s most enigmatic and medically significant amphibians. Strictly endemic to the...

Axolotl

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), affectionately known in Aztec mythology as the aquatic canine incarnation of the fire and lightning god Xolotl, is one of the biological world’s most enigmatic and medically significant amphibians. Strictly endemic to the...