Reptiles > Lizards
The Yellow-spotted Tropical Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a secretive, heavily armored squamate belonging to the night lizard family Xantusiidae, native to the damp, ancient rainforests of Mesoamerica. Despite the family common name ‘night...
Birds > Owls
The Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) is a compact, highly adaptable nocturnal raptor native to diverse forest, canyon, and riparian ecosystems of western North America. Named in honor of American naturalist Robert Kennicott, this small owl is celebrated for...
Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Velvet Belly Lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) is a captivating, bioluminescent deep-sea dogfish shark native to the deep waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Inhabiting bathyal continental slopes, deep fjord basins, and muddy abyssal plains...
Birds > Songbirds
The Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) is one of Australia’s most whimsical and elusive avian treasures, beloved by ornithologists for its tiny, secretive nature and extraordinary filamentous tail feathers. Skulking through the impenetrable tangle of...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Ulysses Butterfly (Papilio ulysses), also known as the Mountain Blue Butterfly, is widely celebrated as one of the most breathtakingly spectacular lepidopterans in the Southern Hemisphere. Soaring through the sun-drenched canopies of tropical rainforests across...
