Golden Angwantibo

Mammals > Primates

The Golden Angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus) is an exquisite, secretive nocturnal strepsirrhine primate endemic to the dense rainforest understories of equatorial Central Africa. Renowned for its rich reddish-gold woolly fur, this slow-moving lorisine possesses an...

Australian Brushturkey

Birds > Galliformes

The Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami) is an iconic megapode endemic to eastern Australia, renowned for its extraordinary reproductive strategy of constructing colossal organic composting mounds to incubate its eggs. Possessing a distinctive featherless crimson...

String Jellyfish

Invertebrates > Siphonophorae

The String Jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria), often called the barbed wire siphonophore, is a monumental pelagic siphonophore that drifts through the world’s oceans. Rather than a solitary animal, this astonishing marine wonder is a colonial superorganism comprised of...

Brownsnout Spookfish

Fish > Argentiniformes

The Brownsnout Spookfish (Dolichopteryx longipes) is a profound wonder of evolutionary sensory biology, celebrated as the first and only vertebrate discovered that utilizes internal reflective mirrors—rather than refractive lenses—to focus images onto its retinas....

Mousepee Pinkgill

Fungi > Agaricales

The Mousepee Pinkgill (Entoloma incanum) is one of the most vividly striking mushrooms in the Northern Hemisphere, instantly recognized by its brilliant chartreuse to neon-yellow-green coloration and immediate turquoise-blue bruising reaction upon handling. Thriving...