Giant Club Fungus

Fungi > Club Fungi

The Giant Club Fungus (Clavariadelphus pistillaris), also colloquially known as the pestle puffball or large club, is one of the most distinctive and architecturally imposing club fungi found in temperate Northern Hemisphere woodlands. Producing massive, solitary or...

Campbell Island Carrot

Plants > Herbaceous Perennials

The Campbell Island Carrot (Anisotome latifolia) is a monumental sub-Antarctic ‘megaherb’ belonging to the parsley and carrot family Apiaceae, native exclusively to the windswept, cloud-shrouded Campbell and Auckland Island groups south of New Zealand....

Fogstand Beetle

Invertebrates > Beetles

The Fogstand Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) is an internationally celebrated darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) endemic to the ultra-arid Namib Desert of southwestern Africa. Inhabiting one of the most water-scarce environments on Earth, where rainfall often measures...

Bering Skate

Fish > Sharks & Rays

The Bering Skate (Bathyraja interrupta) is an abundant, cold-water soft-nosed skate inhabiting the continental shelves and upper bathyal slopes of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Ranging down to depths of nearly 5,000 feet (1,500 m), this cartilaginous fish is...

Gargoyle False Toad

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Gargoyle False Toad (Alsodes gargola) is a hardy, cold-adapted leptodactylid amphibian endemic to the rugged Patagonian Andes of southern Argentina and Chile. Thriving in extreme alpine environments where winter temperatures plunge well below freezing and glacial...