Many-banded Krait

Reptiles > Venomous Snakes

The Many-banded Krait (Bungarus multicinctus), also known as the Taiwanese krait or Chinese krait, is a highly venomous elapid native to lowland wetlands and river basins across southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. Instantly identifiable by its alternating...

Greater Roadrunner

Birds > Cuculiformes

The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is a large, terrestrial member of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) intricately adapted to the harsh, moisture-depleted desert and chaparral biomes of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. Characterized by its bushy...

Sheltopusik

Reptiles > Squamata

The Sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus, formerly Ophisaurus apodus), also celebrated as the European glass lizard, giant legless lizard, or Pallas’ glass lizard, is the largest legless lizard in the world. Belonging to the family Anguidae, this imposing, armored...

Low’s Pitcher Plant

Plants > Nepenthales

Low’s Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes lowii) is among the most structurally bizarre and ecologically sophisticated carnivorous plants on the planet. Restricted to isolated, mist-drenched mountain peaks in northern Borneo, this extraordinary pitcher plant has largely...

Satin Bowerbird

Birds > Passeriformes

The Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), celebrated worldwide as the premier architectural artist and aesthetic curator of the avian kingdom, is a remarkable, highly intelligent passerine bird belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae within the...