Invertebrates > Insects
The Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), also known across North America as the American Copper, is a glittering, fiery-hued jewel of the open countryside. Distributed across the vast temperate landscapes of the Northern Hemisphere, this pugnacious little butterfly belongs...
Birds > Passerines
The Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is one of the largest and most striking finches in the northern hemisphere, inhabiting the vast circumpolar boreal forest belt known as the taiga. With its sluggish, confiding demeanor and robust build, this bird moves...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewThe Woolly Milkcap (Lactarius torminosus), delightfully known in Britain as the Bearded Milkcap and in Eastern Europe as the *volnushka*, is an iconic, beautiful, and ecologically vital agaric fungus belonging to the milkcap family Russulaceae. Widely...
Birds > Auks
OverviewThe Common Murre (Uria aalge), known across Britain and Europe as the Common Guillemot, is a sleek, black-and-white pelagic seabird belonging to the auk family Alcidae. Dominating the wild, spray-drenched sea cliffs and offshore stacks of the northern oceans,...
Birds > Owls
OverviewThe Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa), revered across northern indigenous cultures as the Phantom of the North, is the world’s longest owl, cutting a ghostly and majestic silhouette through the snow-bound taiga forests of the circumpolar north. Inhabiting...
