Plants > Piperales
The American Prosopanche (Prosopanche americana) is one of the most astonishing subterranean holoparasitic flora in the Western Hemisphere. Belonging to the ancient family Aristolochiaceae (subfamily Hydnoroideae), this bizarre plant lives its entire vegetative...
Amphibians > Caudata
The Many-lined Salamander (Stereochilus marginatus) is a small, specialized lungless salamander that represents a monotypic evolutionary genus endemic strictly to the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Inhabiting saturated, tea-colored...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
Thor’s Hero Shrew (Scutisorex thori) is an extraordinary mammal formally described in 2013 that revolutionized evolutionary biomechanics. Endemic to the dense lowland rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this diminutive insectivore possesses a...
Birds > Bucerotiformes
The Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a charismatic, highly vocal arboreal bird renowned for its brilliant dark plumage shimmering with bottle-green and purple structural iridescence. Ranging throughout the wooded savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa, this...
Invertebrates > Araneae
Kipling’s Jumping Spider (Bagheera kiplingi) is a revolutionary biological marvel: recognized scientifically as the world’s first and only predominantly herbivorous spider. Inhabiting thorny acacia trees across Central America, this diminutive jumping...
