Apple Snail

Invertebrates > Gastropods

The Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata), widely celebrated and feared as the Golden Apple Snail or Channeled Apple Snail, is the colossal, dual-breathing juggernaut of the freshwater gastropod world. Reaching the size of an orchard apple and equipped with both aquatic...

Yellow-bellied Slider

Reptiles > Turtles and Tortoises

The Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) is the sun-worshipping, yellow-splashed sovereign of the American Southeast’s cypress swamps and coastal wetlands. Belonging to the pond turtle family Emydidae, this handsome freshwater turtle is famous for...

Common Yabby

Invertebrates > Crayfish

The Common Yabby (Cherax destructor) is Australia’s most famous and beloved freshwater crayfish. Described scientifically with the fearsome species name ‘destructor’ for its notorious habit of burrowing into and undermining the earthen walls of farm...

Rainbow Crayfish

Invertebrates > Crayfish

The Rainbow Crayfish (Cherax pulcher), also celebrated as the Blue Moon or Hoa Creek Crayfish, is widely acclaimed as the most breathtakingly colorful freshwater crustacean on Earth. Described by science in 2015 after specimens mysteriously appeared in the European...

New Guinea Crocodile

Reptiles > Crocodilians

The New Guinea Crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae) is a medium-sized freshwater crocodilian endemic to the sprawling, uncharted river basins and swamp forests of New Guinea. Well-adapted to interior freshwater marshes where it coexists peacefully with the larger...