Invertebrates > Wasps
The Panda Ant (Euspinolia militaris) is one of the most visually striking and deceptively named insects on Earth. Despite its popular moniker, it is not an ant at all, but rather a species of wingless parasitoid wasp belonging to the velvet ant family (Mutillidae)....
Fish > Anglerfishes
The Sargassum Fish (Histrio histrio), celebrated across marine ecology as the ultimate pelagic camouflage artist, is a remarkable, free-floating frogfish belonging to the anglerfish family Antennariidae. Unlike almost all other frogfishes that dwell on benthic coral...
Amphibians > Frogs
The Common Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) is an extraordinarily flattened, tongueless aquatic frog native to the murky tropical waters of northern South America. Renowned across developmental biology for its unprecedented reproductive strategy, the female incubates...
Birds > Trogons
The Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus) is a breathtakingly plumaged member of the trogon family inhabiting the primary evergreen rainforests of the western and central Amazon Basin. Renowned for its radiant metallic green and deep crimson feathers, this...
Invertebrates > Decapods
The Red Claw Crab (Pseudosesarma moeshi) is an active, semi-terrestrial sesarmid crab native to the intertidal mangrove swamps and estuarine riverbanks of Southeast Asia. Instantly recognizable by its vivid ruby-red chelae and olive-hued square carapace, this...
