Bahia Subterranean Carnivorous Plant

Plants > Carnivorous Plants

The Bahia Subterranean Carnivorous Plant (Philcoxia bahiensis) is a botanical marvel belonging to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), discovered in the sun-drenched, windswept highlands of Bahia, eastern Brazil. Breaking the conventional mold of carnivorous flora...

King Cave Centipede

Invertebrates > Centipedes

The King Cave Centipede (Cryptops speleorex), whose specific epithet translates directly to ‘King of the Cave,’ was described in 2020 as the undisputed apex predator of Movile Cave in southeastern Romania. Sealed off completely from the outside world for...

Subterranean Cryptic Catfish

Fish > Catfish

The Subterranean Cryptic Catfish (Kryptoglanis shajii) is an enigmatic, stygobitic troglomorphic fish native to subterranean freshwater aquifer labyrinths in Kerala, southwestern India. First formally described in 2011, this bizarre pinkish-white subterranean catfish...

Virginia Big-eared Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) is an endangered microbat subspecies endemic to the rugged Appalachian karst valleys of eastern North America. Renowned for its enormous, translucent ears that measure over an inch long and curling...

Black-faced Spoonbill

Birds > Spoonbills

The Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) is one of the most recognizable and critically watched wetland wading birds in the world. Confined to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, this elegant white waterbird is renowned for its distinctive, spatulate bill and...