Reptiles > Sea Kraits
Saint Girons’ Sea Krait (Laticauda saintgironsi) is a beautifully banded, amphibious marine elapid snake endemic strictly to the pristine coral reef waters and limestone islets of New Caledonia. Formally recognized as a distinct species in 2005 and named in...
Mammals > Afrotheres
The Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) is a subterranean afrotherian mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. Despite its superficial resemblance to true moles, it is completely unrelated to Holarctic talpid moles, belonging instead to Afrotheria alongside...
Fungi > Gasteroid Fungi
The Devil’s Fingers (Clathrus archeri, formerly Anthurus archeri), also known across natural history as the octopus stinkhorn, is an astonishing, alien-like saprophytic fungus belonging to the stinkhorn family Phallaceae. Indigenous to the temperate eucalypt...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Variable Bush Viper (Atheris squamigera), also celebrated as the green bush viper or rough-scaled tree viper, is a visually mesmerizing arboreal predator native to the lush equatorial rainforests of Central and West Africa. Famed among herpetologists for its...
Fish > Ghost Pipefishes
The Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), also known as the ornate ghost pipefish, is one of the marine realm’s most spectacular masters of visual mimicry. Closely related to true seahorses and pipefishes, this delicate creature hovers nearly upside...
