Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Mammals > Afrosoricida

The Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is an extraordinary, brightly adorned, spiny afrotherian mammal belonging to the tenrec family Tenrecidae. Strictly endemic to the damp, lush lowland tropical rainforests of eastern Madagascar, this petite,...

Panther Chameleon

Reptiles > Squamata

The Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), celebrated across global herpetology as one of the most vividly colorful and optically sophisticated reptiles on Earth, is a large, tree-dwelling lizard belonging to the chameleon family Chamaeleonidae. Strictly native to the...

Ant Plant

Plants > Gentianales

The Ant Plant (Dischidia pectinoides), also known as the Malayan urn vine or kangaroo pocket, is an extraordinary epiphytic climbing vine native to the warm tropical canopies of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Belonging to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, this...

Tripodfish

Fish > Aulopiformes

The Tripod Fish (Bathypterois grallator), affectionately termed the ‘abyssal stilt-walker’, is an extraordinary, surreal benthic teleost belonging to the spiderfish family Ipnopidae. Inhabiting the sunless, freezing, high-pressure abyssal plains of the...

Eastern Emerald Elysia

Invertebrates > Sacoglossa

The Eastern Emerald Elysia (Elysia chlorotica) is a world-renowned biological marvel: a ‘solar-powered’ sea slug that blurs the boundary between animal and plant. Inhabiting temperate salt marshes along the eastern seaboard of North America, this...