Blue Dragon

Invertebrates > Gastropods

The Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus), celebrated across marine malacology and evolutionary biology as the most dazzling and formidable sea slug in the ocean, is a tiny, pelagic aeolid nudibranch belonging to the family Glaucidae. Drifting upside down on the surface...

Ghost Fungus

Fungi > Bioluminescent Fungi

The Ghost Fungus (Omphalotus nidiformis) is a spectacular bioluminescent basidiomycete fungus native to the eucalyptus and coastal woodlands of southern Australia. Forming large, fan-shaped brackets that cluster around the bases of living and decaying trees, this...

Diving Bell Spider

Invertebrates > Spiders

The Diving Bell Spider (Argyroneta aquatica), also known as the water spider, is the only spider species in the world that spends virtually its entire life underwater. Inhabiting clean, densely vegetated freshwater ponds and ditches across northern Eurasia, this...

Inland Taipan

Reptiles > Snakes

The Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), known historically as the small-scaled snake or the ‘fierce snake’, is a highly specialized elapid native exclusively to the remote, sun-baked clay floodplains of east-central Australia’s arid interior....

Statuesque Helmet Orchid

Plants > Orchids

The Statuesque Helmet Orchid (Corybas diemenicus) is a charming, miniature terrestrial orchid endemic to the moist temperate forests and shaded fern gullies of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Emerging from tiny underground tubers each winter, this diminutive...