Twinleaf

Plants > Perennials

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) is an elegant, spring-flowering woodland perennial native to the rich deciduous hardwood forests of eastern North America. Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson by botanist Benjamin Smith Barton, this member of the barberry family...

Dealfish

Fish > Deep-Sea Fish

The Dealfish (Trachipterus arcticus) is an enigmatic, ribbon-like lampriform fish inhabiting the dark mesopelagic and bathypelagic depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. Known historically to Scandinavian fishermen who viewed its rare beach strandings as mystical...

Palawan Stink Badger

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Palawan Stink Badger (Mydaus marchei), known locally in the Philippines as the ‘pantot,’ is a fascinating mephitid carnivoran that bridges the evolutionary divide between badgers and skunks. Confined entirely to the Palawan Faunal Region, this stout,...

Gooseneck Barnacle

Invertebrates > Barnacles

The Gooseneck Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus), also known as the leaf barnacle, is an extraordinary pedunculate cirripede crustacean engineered to thrive in the most violently wave-battered zones on Earth. Clustered in dense, rubbery colonies across exposed Pacific...

Diane’s Bare-hearted Glassfrog

Amphibians > Frogs

The Bare-Hearted Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium dianae), officially described to science in 2015, is an extraordinary, arboreal anuran belonging to the family Centrolenidae, celebrated worldwide for its startling glass-like ventral translucency and uncanny physical...