Birds > Bushshrikes
The Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), also celebrated as the common gonolek, is one of the most vividly plumaged songbirds in equatorial West Africa. Belonging to the bushshrike family (Malaconotidae), this secretive yet vocally conspicuous bird skulks...
Mammals > Bats
Griveaud’s Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus griveaudi) is a small, highly gregarious microchiropteran native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, inhabiting Madagascar and the neighboring volcanic Comoro archipelago. Named in honor of French entomologist Paul...
Mammals > Eulipotyphlans
The Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex dispar), also known as the rock shrew, is a delicate, highly specialized insectivore adapted exclusively to the fractured rocky talus and boulder slopes of eastern North America. Inhabiting the spine of the Appalachian Mountains, this...
Fungi > Stinkhorns
The Anemone Stinkhorn (Aseroë rubra), also known as the starfish fungus, is one of the most bizarre and visually astonishing mushrooms in the fungal kingdom. Native to the damp temperate rainforests of Australia and New Zealand, this member of the Phallaceae family...
Plants > Bromeliads
The Sky Plant (Tillandsia ionantha) is an exquisite, compact epiphytic bromeliad indigenous to the seasonal tropical dry forests and thorn scrub of Central America and Mexico. Celebrated worldwide as an iconic ‘air plant,’ this miniature perennial grows...
